Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog It may come as no surprise to you that I receive a lot of feedback on these blog posts. I just received this email: Hey David, A long time lurker on your blog and audience to your Pick5 videos. Or more politely: our happiness at the misfortune of others. The feedback is everything good, bad, and in between.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

And to see my one-time hero, Bret Hart, now an old man, recovering from a stroke that almost killed him, well, if that doesn’t move you, then you’re not human. Over the Christmas holidays, my phone rang and I saw the name and number displayed, and I immediately thought, “Oh boy, what’s wrong?” Or do they?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about the new Freed Residences, where studio condos were being pre-sold for upwards of $2,300 per square foot. In fact, I really didn’t learn much from it, other than perhaps the notion that I needed to pen a similar blog post. Oh, and that was a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom unit.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

Have you had your company holiday party yet? 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. Not blogging is simply not an option. TorontoRealtyBlog. It was a long, long year!

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Maybe it’s because we collectively drink a lot of wine from companies called something like “Jackson Estates.” These sales can be anything from easy and common, to downright nightmarish. I took that clause above – with the open-ended 180 days, with only 10 days’ notice, from an active listing.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

During our weekend escapades to sports-card and memorabilia shows all over the Golden Horseshoe, we would explore a host of musical acts from yesteryear such as the Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Van Morrison, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pink Floyd, and you can only imagine what else. “Break On Through” is about as good as it gets.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

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. Comments on TRB started to flood in late last year as homeowners began receiving notices from the city and tried, often in vain, to access the website.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

A reader emailed admin@torontorealtyblog.com and said, “Whaa no blog today?” ” True, I never post blogs on holidays. I drink my extra-large Tim Horton’s while catching up on headlines from CNN, CBC, and Yahoo Sports. And how was your long weekend? And this time around, who would be reading?

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Can you please grab one of the notes from the folder, and move Stainey somewhere?” We flew home from London, England after a short visit with our family, and I was up the next day at 5:00am, downtown to be on CTV Your Morning at 7:00am, and then at the office by 7:45am. I didn’t write a single blog for two weeks!

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JANUARY 5, 2023

So, how was your holiday break? I’m clearly about to unleash a verbal torrent of unsolicited information about my holiday break, so it’s only fair that we hear about yours in the comments section below. No, it’s not a cream for your face, or the name of a long-lost album from Nirvana. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

She’s a single, 27-year-old, part-time dog-walker, full-time book-lover, who is partial to fine Malbec wine and holiday seasons in the Bahamas. Let me dig up a photo of my first condo kitchen… That’s the MLS photo from 2005. At least, from where that photo was taken. That’s Jenny.

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MAY 17, 2023

I mean, I write a blog on Monday about “the worst experience of my career,” and you ask for more ! Blog reader Cyber asked me to rank them by category! In preparing to write this blog, I had to dig up three JPG files that were buried somewhere on my computer. It was the buyer from this nightmare transaction.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Happy Friday, folks! It certainly gave me something to do over the holidays. Some of those changes included; Gross Debt Service (GDS), and TDS (total debt services) to be reduced from 39%/44% to 35% to 42%. Minimum credit scores to change from 600 to 680. All good, all happy!” TorontoRealtyBlog.

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