Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How in the world do people get away with this? TorontoRealtyBlog Geez, what happened to “More MLS Musings?” ” Perhaps I got carried away this year actually writing about real estate! I offered this feature eight times in 2020, seven times in 2021, only four times in 2022, and much to my amazement, only twice in 2023!

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

I read the comments on the blog most of the time, just so you know. And above all, I know that what one readers loves the most may fall into the loathe category for the next reader. TorontoRealtyBlog. Did you enjoy the post about home inspections on Monday, or did you want to want to get political, yet again?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

” The truth is, we have no idea how many of these deals there are, but we do know that the number is more than zero. None of these “issues” matter, in the context of the signed Agreement of Purchase & Sale. Is that where we are in this market? We’re starting to have conversations like this ? 6% rate meh.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Forget about the fact that most of these “new” listings are re-lists from last fall, but the fact that my gut instinct is not to scroll down and look at the specs, but rather to see if this property is truly new or a re-list, tells you all you need to know about the quality of inventory out there. Any new developments?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Last week, no fewer than seven blog readers emailed me the following article: “Landlords Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Raise Rents Between Tenants, Says Toronto’s Top Housing Official” For what it’s worth, I saw the article on my own too. TorontoRealtyBlog. Trust me folks, I did not want to write about this.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

“David must be having a slow month,” you’re assuming. “He’s probably got some meth lab coming up for sale and he’s just trying to grease the…… tray.” They loved the house but, they were only pre-approved for $1,300,000 and there was nothing they could do. range, broadly speaking.

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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

MARCH 1, 2023

As you’ll see in today’s blog, many of the reasons for cancelations are often rooted in the same problems that caused delays, but some are extensions, and some are completely different reasons altogether. And other times, a delay is just the first step along the road to a cancelation. I see a leopard. It’s a giraffe.

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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. Believe it or not, this is the eighth year I’ve been working with this format; the top five blogs followed by the top five posts. TorontoRealtyBlog. 3) The Rental Market.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

On Tuesday, we looked at the first four “Burning Questions” for the fall market, and inventory was one of them. The TRB readers had some great responses to that blog post, and some of them didn’t pull any punches! Will we see it finally happen this fall? ” But how much need it lag?

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Really, really insightful discussion on Wednesday’s blog, and some admissions from regular readers that they may have seen the light, or at least, some light. The question of whether we want the government to control the sale of real estate in this country is the most obvious first query. ” O-kay. . ” O-kay.

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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.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 29, 2021

How about some headlines from this past month? How about a few leftist opinion pieces? I was on BNN last week to talk about the market, and in the pre-interview, they referenced David Rosenberg’s comments about the “market bubble.” TorontoRealtyBlog. I’m pretty sure I’ve written this post before.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I don’t care about horsepower, or engines, or tires, or how loud and annoying the muffler is. I’ve been writing for over a decade about how I don’t understand pre-construction condos costing more than resale , but what about new condos that have been completed, are soon-to-register, and being sold by the developer?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

We’ll look at the risks of pre-construction “investing” being put on full display. There are currently nine units for sale in the building. The first thing I did was go into the MLS archives and see how many units have been listed and how many have sold. A house is calling to them!

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

I wanted to call this blog post, “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda,” but by the time you finish reading it, you’ll be sick to your stomach. I suppose I’m in no position to tell a buyer how he or she should feel. But how can anybody take that at face value? TorontoRealtyBlog. But I’m not though.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Not only are my fingers tired from writing Monday’s blog, but also from hand-writing three-hundred Christmas cards! And lots of links to blog posts in each section too. TorontoRealtyBlog. Cards and envelopes! Yes, I do that. I do it with pride. 4) Real Estate Commissions. 2) CMHC, The Bank of Canada, & Monetary Policy.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 29, 2020

I suppose I could have written this blog, but I felt like explaining it in person while comfortably reclining on a cheap couch that I’m ashamed to say I purchased from Bad Boy Superstore in the summer of 2018. But the points are there: 1) Pre-construction condo sales have plummeted in 2020. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Exasperated, you wonder: “Phew, I don’t know how much longer I can do this. How many showings on average does it take to sell a house?”. A home can average around 25 showings before being sold , according to a blog posted by Portland real estate agent Steven FitzMaurice. Source: (Ekin-Fidel Tanriverdi / Unsplash).

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

2) Just how rampant financial fraud is in 2022. 2) Just how rampant financial fraud is in 2022. ” As an aside, I keep track of all the offers on my listings and the various metrics, such as how many have conditions or how many have deposit cheques. “How come you cashed my buyer’s cheque?”

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

What I found more interesting than anything else with respect to Monday’s blog post was just how many people emailed me directly, compared to how many commented on the blog. ” The idea of “pre-approved, qualified, third-party technical consultants” has me cringing. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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HomeLight

APRIL 26, 2023

When the time comes to move, some tenacious homeowners are eager to take over the reins of their home sale and figure out how to sell a house by owner in Alabama. With millions of homes sold each year, a modest portion of sellers — about 7% in 2021 and 10% in 2022 — choose to list “For Sale By Owner” (or FSBO — pronounced fizz-bow).

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 12, 2022

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not legal advice. With median sales prices rising 24.2% How Much Is Your Utah Home Worth Now? A seller needs to give that information to the buyer so they can make a decision on how they want to proceed,” says Carson.

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 17, 2022

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not legal advice. You want to read in plain-speak what you are legally obligated to disclose to buyers — and if you acknowledge problems with your home, does that mean you’ll have to pour money into fixing them before you can close a sale?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 2, 2022

If you’re a long-time blog reader, you’ve heard this story from me before, but here goes… As a child of the 1980’s, one of the most exciting excursions for a kid my age was going to “the downtown.” TorontoRealtyBlog. Case in point: Yonge & Dundas. Do you remember this? The Eyeopoener. November 11, 1998.

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HomeLight

APRIL 19, 2021

Looking to buy a home in Sioux Falls? How are you doing? The real estate headlines are scary right now. All across the country, inventory is at or near all-time lows. Buyers can’t find homes, or when they do, they have to compete against 20 other buyers to get the home. Often, more than 20!) There’s no end in sight.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

How much is that offer for? Some exceptional mathematical deduction went into this quote: Fewer homes are for sale and more people are wanting to buy. I’m going to give you five scenarios and I want you to tell me which is something you would define as a “problem.” ” Cool? My colleague has the listing.

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Marco Santarelli

AUGUST 4, 2020

We will discuss the latest Houston real estate market trends & news and find out how they can affect the investors and homebuyers in the latter half of 2020. This housing market has been impacted by the pandemic and slumping oil prices which led to a decline in home sales down. percent year-over-year.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Prices are, from what I can gather, around $2,300/sqft in pre-construction, but those prices may have fluctuated with the market. I remember in the late-1990’s when the new “SilverCity” movie theatre opened, and that seemed to be the turning point for this area. For years, people have sought out Yonge & St.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We have a lot of fun here on Toronto Realty Blog, don’t we? Upon reading the full report, which spans thirty-three pages and is, at times, as dry as the Sahara, I again determined that an examination of this report could also serve as one of the most important blog posts in the history of TRB. TorontoRealtyBlog. I get that.

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