Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

While I have a very lengthy and somewhat contentious blog post lined up for next week, let’s first take a look at some stories from the week that are now in the rear view mirror… The Weird Gets Weirder It’s a difficult market out there and many agents don’t know how to work within it. But can you blame them?

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s really, really tough to put three bedrooms in 700 square feet and expect the result to be a workable, functional space. Yes, there are places around the world where residents would be lucky to live in a 400 square foot condo, since that’s a palace to them! It’s all relative, of course. – 351 Square Feet.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

So without further adieu, let me present to you: my top five TRB posts from the year that was 2020… #5) “Capital Gains Tax On Primary Residence Is Coming” August 6th, 2020. Those long-term readers among you will recall the length of these “year-end” blog posts. It’s the end of the year! ” LOL.

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The Close

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in order to connect residents of the Equality State with the properties of their dreams, you’ll need to first get your real estate license. Before long, you’ll be helping clients buy and sell mountain chalets in Jackson, ranch-style houses in Casper, and Victorian homes in Cheyenne. And that’s where we come in.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

This might be a case of, “I’ll lay it out for ya’ll to play it out,” but do any of us really know what caused the housing crisis, who is to blame, or how to fix it? This: “I’ll be blunt as well — housing isn’t a primary federal responsibility. TorontoRealtyBlog Is this a “can of worms?”

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 6, 2020

Yep, you guessed it: the capital gains tax on a primary residence. Justin Trudeau said in a Tweet, “To be clear: We will NOT put a 50% tax on the sale of your home,” and called Andrew Sheer a liar in the process. Because this time around, the government is, in my opinion, going to take from everybody !

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And Benjamin Franklin seems to have been most famously credited with being the first to use the phrase, so let’s just agree to let sleeping dogs lay. But the longer I wait to put this post together, the greater the post becomes! ” Or something like that. But do you know the origin of the quote? Some of you surely do.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I hope you enjoyed that “trip down memory lane,” as Marina so eloquently put it, with the Top Five Blog Posts of 2022 in Monday’s post. 1) The “Problem” In Our Housing Market. Picking my top five posts is always a difficult task, given I’m the author. That was a year in which Ms.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In case you haven’t noticed, all of the topics thus far (and my opinions therein…) are intended to create reactions. Through two posts and four discussion points, I have already seen incredible contributions from the readers, some of which might give us pause and allow us to think about our opinions. Did you hear that?

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HomeLight

JANUARY 19, 2023

DISCLAIMER: This article is meant for educational purposes only and is not intended to be financial or legal advice. If you are considering flipping houses in Georgia, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to an advisor regarding your own situation. Whether you’re interested in flipping the occasional house as a (hopefully!)

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I was signing holiday cards on the weekend and a few names popped up for which I thought this would be their first Christmas in their new homes, only to realize that those sales were from 2021. But I’ve put myself in a position where I’m essentially a slave to TRB. It was a long, long year! April, 2022.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 1, 2020

People who sold their home in Q2 2020 had owned that house for an average of 7.95 People who sold their home in Q2 2020 had owned that house for an average of 7.95 Signs you should sell that house and move. My house is not ‘just a thing.’ years , a report from Attom Data Solutions shows.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Sort of like being a millennial first-time home buyer in the Toronto Real Estate market, am I right? Sort of like being a millennial first-time home buyer in the Toronto Real Estate market, am I right? In simplest terms, my job was to convince your Investment Advisor to put our products into your portfolio. No, no I do not.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

She’s a mature, professional, caring lifeguard, and the idea of intentionally putting oneself in peril, in the water, doesn’t sit well with her. Did I ever tell you that I was really into magic as a child? Name a child that wasn’t , right? This was before the Internet, mind you. I’ll never forget it.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Last week, I offered my opinion on the new vacant home tax here in Toronto, but this is much, much better. “Vacant Homes & Empty Minds” Nothing to See Here. A colleague of mine emailed me this essay last week. I was blown away. Thirty-seven footnotes, for one thing.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

DISCLAIMER: This article is meant for educational purposes only and is not intended to be financial or legal advice. If you are considering flipping houses in Texas, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to an advisor regarding your own situation. If you’re looking into flipping houses , Texas is a great place to start.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

All that time off over the holidays without an outlet for my thoughts – both about real estate, and not, and you had to know that the first blog back in January would be lengthy. ” Prices are rising, affordability is falling, inventory is low, bla, bla, bla. Is our market really the “same old, same old?”

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

TorontoRealtyBlog. Can we have a TOC? Fair warning: it’s a serious talk. It’s one of those “adult TOCs.” ” For the record, I never had one of those “adult TOC’s” about the birds and the bees with my parents when I was younger. I didn’t need to. ” and I gave her the straight answer.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Are we entitled to have ANY opinion on this, whatsoever? – Scenario #3: An Ottawa couple bid $400,000 over the asking price of a house and lost to a higher bid. Both ladies are currently in the market for their first condo. My colleague has the listing. Bring it, David. I’ll get it done.”

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Marco Santarelli

MAY 28, 2022

The city has just under half a million permanent residents. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, you may find mixed opinions about investing in Virginia Beach real estate. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, you may find mixed opinions about investing in Virginia Beach real estate.

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Marco Santarelli

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

It is, however, a suburb of that rapidly expanding housing market and a niche housing market in its own right. The Irvine housing market is certainly part of the L.A. metro area, though many residents tend to work in Orange County. Are you interested to know how competitive the Irvine housing market is?

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Norada Real Estate

MARCH 3, 2021

Perhaps you put the rental property on a short term rental site to cater to tourists coming next weekend. You can buy one or two houses for less than it takes to buy a strip center or store. You can buy one or two houses for less than it takes to buy a strip center or store. Benefits of Residential Real Estate Investment.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

He’s not using swear words, but as most 3-years-old boys do, he loves naming body parts just to witness the shock value on full display. My Dad says, “Dave, one day he’s gonna do that in public, and people are gonna look at you as the reason.” ” To be fair, his sister is the reason. Some words are blasphemous.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 4, 2022

But let’s say that you spend $10 Million on a house in an extremely upscale area of the city. The best and oldest example, which I’m hoping some of the old(er) readers can provide some first-hand-insight about, is the failed “Spadina Expressway.” Forget expectations. What about the right ? I don’t know.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As I wrote on my blog last week, I was away in Prince Edward County, somewhere between Albury and Redernsville, and I didn’t have much of an outlet for my thoughts and opinions on all things real estate, politics, economics, and Toronto. But how much has actually been done about housing ? Next to nothing, in my opinion.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It seems like many of us are on the same page, not only in terms of what the bigger stories will be this fall, but also with respect to our thoughts and opinions on those topics. I read the comments section on many articles in the major Toronto newspapers and they’re just awful most of the time.

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Norada Real Estate

MARCH 8, 2021

Investing in a single family home is basically investing in a house or a condo to rent it to a single tenant. Usually, people tend to buy a property in a low-budget or affordable locality and revamp it to attract new tenants. Single-family rental homes are affordable and have higher appreciation. And there is some truth to that.

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