Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Those of you who are not currently working in the real estate industry probably aren’t familiar with the publication, “Real Estate Magazine,” or REM as we know it. TorontoRealtyBlog. But I would offer that REM isn’t only for real estate professionals. Different news sources are going to provide different news.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A friend of mine sent me a text on Thursday: “Awesome blogs this week dude!” ” I wrote him back and said, “Well, only a couple of comments on Wednesday’s blog, so maybe it’s not all that enthralling?” ” This past week only furthered this notion of a “housing crisis.”

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Marco Santarelli

OCTOBER 11, 2023

What is driving this housing boom? In this blog post, we will explore some of the factors that explain why housing prices are so high in the US and what can be done to address the affordability crisis. If you are looking for a home in the US, you may have noticed that the prices are skyrocketing.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 12, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog As you can imagine, I receive a lot of emails from the blog readers. Consider the blog post from last month: “Should You Hire Your Cousin Vinny To Sell Your Condo? Consider the blog post from last month: “Should You Hire Your Cousin Vinny To Sell Your Condo?” Things got nasty.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 17, 2022

And if we’re being honest, the Titanic did hold water pretty well. But I digress… Well, we’re Monday Morning Quarterbacking once again, but can you blame me? And only three blog posts per week! Well, the former is true, and we’re only two weeks into the year. So much news, so little time!

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

On Tuesday, it was Bloomberg Economics that provided their take on the “World’s Frothiest Housing Markets,” which are based on particular indicators, specifically real house price growth. Nothing gets mouse-clicks quite like the word “bubble” in a headline, does it? It gets clicks. in 2019, and 1.96

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the biz intel, innovative thinking, and curation are valuable, most members are here to rub shoulders with peers making a mark on the world—we continue pushing the ball forward to facilitate curated connections. Before we dive in, note: We’re 60% of the way to our cap of 1,500 members. Three years delayed, but we got there.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We all know how that goes. It’s just really, really hard to describe an entire year’s blog posts or an entire year’s real estate stories in a standard blog-post length. This is likely more subjective than the top five blog posts , but then again, we run into many of the same themes over and over.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 24, 2020

Here’s an awful story, but one that we can all learn from… A colleague of mine sold a condo to a buyer-client of his for investment. The client lived with his fiance in a condo that their parents owned. My colleague put the unit on MLS and another agent, a reputable one, who works in the area, brought an offer to lease.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We tend to just make up our own saying, so long as it includes the words “death and taxes.” Well, a tectonic shift in the world as we know it has just taken place, and this idiom might have to be altered in the near future. I’ve had this blog topic in the queue now for quite some time. ” Who said it?

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

My goal of completing both posts by the start of the long weekend was never even close, but at least it came in handy as an excuse when I really, really needed to get out of the house on Monday. On Tuesday, we looked at the first four “Burning Questions” for the fall market, and inventory was one of them. True story.

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GeekEstate

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Lawsuits, record property prices, high mortgage rates, an affordability crisis. Without further ado, here’s a short Q&A we conducted via email: What makes the housing market so challenging today and what role does the rental segment play in all of this? First off, rentals offer a steady source of income for agents.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

” That’s what I emailed to a client on Sunday after she sent me the listing for a $3,000 per month, 2-bedroom house that she wanted to go check out. I took her and her roommate around the city in 2007 when they wanted to upgrade their current rental, but as she’ll laugh about today, “We were such a waste of your time!

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App Folio

MAY 27, 2020

We’ve been] able to communicate with the board members that just because we’re not in the office, it doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. We also have the AppFolio Online Portal for homeowners to be able to communicate. Right now as people are at home, we’re seeing a huge increase in architectural requests.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Really, and truly, this blog story is an example of: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible time… Mickey and Mallory are clients of mine that underscore the true meaning of the phrase “clients for life.” Mickey and Mallory came to me in 2013 and said that they wanted to buy a house.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I can picture the massive table in our conference room with dozens of MLS listings spread out as we tried to make sense of all these re-listed properties and a significant change in the market. 3) The Rental Market. It happens so quickly, and you’re simply along for the ride. That corner had a certain aroma to it.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A colleague of mine, who we’ll just call “A. Ettinger,” is one of the younger agents in the business and with our brokerage, and we got to chatting the other day. “Shared accommodations” are everywhere now and it’s a sign of just how bad our housing crisis is getting.

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GeekEstate

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We haven’t exactly excelled with appraisals in real estate – a 2022 Brookings study finds that “homes in Black neighborhoods are valued roughly 21% to 23% below what their valuations would be in non-Black neighborhoods”. So, would this “perfect tax” really solve our housing crisis? Sounds great, right?

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Many just can’t bring themselves to believe that this is what we’ve devolved into! I’m going to hazard a guess that half of you did, and half of you didn’t. I don’t blame either side. I think I’ve just grown tired of it all. The truth is, I didn’t want either party to win. It’s not easy.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Ever since “ Chair Girl ” gave people the utmost reason to despise AirBnB, it ceased to be “if” the City of Toronto would look to license and regulate all short-term rentals, but rather “when.” All short-term rental companies will be required to obtain a licence to operate in the City of Toronto.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Well, maybe Thursday’s blog was a mouthful. 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. It’s blogs like these that often make me feel guilty of being unoriginal, however.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But we don’t have the same fascination with those moving to Toronto. If somebody here on our team is having one of those days , we might joke around and say, “What would life be like right now if you were a paddle-boat instructor in Fort Myers, Florida?” Move to Boston and start BRB ; the Boston Realty Blog!”

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McKissock

APRIL 25, 2023

Catered to real estate appraisers, agents, and other professionals, this monthly blog series helps you navigate the ever-evolving economic environment so you can make well-informed decisions to support your business and career success. In this recap we focus on a few main areas of the economy. Housing starts declined 0.8%

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve heard the term “bubble” almost as often as “crash” or “collapse,” and that too has been a constant in the market. We saw the market retract in 2008, 2017, and 2022. But relative to prices before those retractions, we could hardly call this a “collapse.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

It doesn’t mean we can’t be friends and can’t discuss! So let’s pick up where we left off on Monday… 6) Vacant Home Tax. If I get fined, I’ll post a copy here on Toronto Realty Blog for all to see. If one person owns a 7-bedroom house, and chooses to live there alone, then so be it.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

Of course, somewhere therein lays topics for blog posts, and today is an example of exactly that. Some of the blog posts I’ve written this month were in response to emails from readers, who often just want to chat about a topic, or point out something they saw that could be of interest to myself and the readers.

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Norada Real Estate

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

This can mean being able to afford a little bit more house than you might in a higher rate environment. New York City is one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world, and it regularly tops lists of the most expensive markets in the United States. It is known for its powerful tenants' union and difficult eviction process.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Not only that, the lyrics to a very famous Andy Samberg song, the title of which isn’t appropriate for this blog, also spoils the ending. My wife is one of those people who wants to know the ending of a book, show, or movie before we watch. TorontoRealtyBlog Spoiler alert: Bruce Willis was a ghost in “The Sixth Sense.”

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Norada Real Estate

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Where can you get a strong rental income as well as good equity in the long term? Although the pandemic is still causing disruptions for businesses, there is no downturn happening in the Southern Nevada housing market. Willing to invest in real estate? Then Las Vegas is one of the best places to buy investment properties.

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Notorious ROB

JUNE 12, 2022

In part 1 , we covered legal and regulatory challenges to the real estate industry. In part 2 , we covered the insane money printing that has devalued the dollar, and stuck the Fed into a corner with no options. If GDP declines in Q2, we have an official recession. On a Black Horse: Recession. Revelation 6:5–6 NASB.

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HomeLight

JULY 25, 2022

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not for professional tax advice. If you need assistance navigating the tax implications of selling a house after owning it for two years, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to your own advisor. A financial crisis.

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HomeLight

JULY 25, 2022

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not for professional tax advice. If you need assistance navigating the tax implications of selling a house after owning it for one year, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to your own advisor. A financial crisis.

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App Folio

APRIL 22, 2020

The reality is, we have the capacity to give more personal attention than we have during normal times.”. “The The reality is, we have the capacity to give more personal attention than we have during normal times.”. Here are some of the valuable takeaways they cover in the interview: . Renewables, renewables, renewables.

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not for professional tax advice. If you need assistance navigating the tax implications of selling a house within a year of purchase, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to your own advisor. Get a Free Home Value Estimate.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 18, 2023

In lieu of dedicating an entire blog post to some items that might not deserve it, please enjoy the following Quick Hits … Can’t We Just Pay People To Sell These Damn Things? We’re talking about paying agents $95,000 commissions to sell houses. Toronto has a housing crisis. But how much?

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Marco Santarelli

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this blog, we have compiled a list of the cheapest housing markets analyzed by Realtor.com to purchase a home in the United States in 2022. Here Are the 10 Cheapest Housing Markets in the US. We were undervalued,” he says. Scranton housing prices are low despite year-over-year gains. Source: Realtor.com.

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App Folio

MAY 13, 2020

I think we understand the value of technology. I think we understand the value of technology. But when you’re in the middle of a crisis, I think that’s when you really appreciate the efficiencies that are created by all of the different pieces that a system has.”

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