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Toronto Realty Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
I have been perhaps the harshest critic of the pre-construction condominium industry in Ontario over the past two decades. Some of you, reading this, have made money in pre-construction. I think I grew so disenfranchised with writing about the perils of pre-con that I finally stopped.
Toronto Realty Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
Yes, a lot of time has passed since I started in this industry, and a lot has changed. The first condo I ever sold was for $246,500. The first condo I ever sold to a first-time buyer was for $216,900. The first condo I ever sold to a first-time buyer was for $216,900. I remember it vividly.
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Toronto Realty Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Now, in another case, if you found a condo that was both tiny and expensive, and it was tiny because of how expensive it was, but also expensive because of how tiny it was (I’ll explain this in a moment), then that’s a classic double-whammy too. These blog posts are like bible verses that keep me from sinning.
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 had a lot of fun here on Toronto Realty Blog as I always do, and I had even more fun sitting down to go through the year’s blog posts.
Toronto Realty Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Nothing says “9:15am coffee” quite like reading the third-part of a blog series on TRB, right? I’ll be honest: when I set out to write this blog, it was only intended to be one part. Condominium cancellations were rampant in the pre-construction industry and people were starting to get pissed.
Toronto Realty Blog
MAY 3, 2021
It depends on where you find yourself on the real estate ladder, and to a certain extent, how you feel about the industry and the market in general. For other existing home-owners, empathy flows from their fingertips to the comments section on the blog, as they talk about what’s “fair.” TorontoRealtyBlog.
Toronto Realty Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
So here goes… “Hit me up @ the Hot” I think there might be two lessons learned in this story: 1) Why “professionals” in our industry shouldn’t use free email accounts. However, my last downtown condo listing that produced 9 offers only produced 3 cheques “herewith.”
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