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Toronto Realty Blog
MAY 18, 2022
Perhaps this could have been included in Monday’s blog as a third tenet, except that this isn’t “new legislation,” nor is it going to kill condominium development. Sure, developers do take risks now and again. But most developers, believe it or not, look for some level of certainty.
Toronto Realty Blog
APRIL 22, 2022
Then again, it seems that a large portion of the general public is really only interested in articles that talk about house prices declining, regardless of the authenticity and accuracy of the stated facts. It’s taxation and development charges. Who’s driving unaffordability? It’s foreign buyers.
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Toronto Realty Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Regardless, if the government is going to provide something new for “free,” that means it has two options on how to go about doing so: 1) Increase revenue. I noted in a CTV Your Morning interview last month that about 35% of the cost of a new condo is taxation. Take a $750,000 condo in Toronto. What’s that?
Toronto Realty Blog
APRIL 25, 2022
I just couldn’t stomach the thought of putting so much effort into a blog post, when all the while, I know full well that people will skip the blog itself and head straight for the comments section to provide their two cents. I would also argue that Toronto is a first-generation world-class city, and these prices make sense.
Toronto Realty Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2020
I specifically didn’t post new content on Friday because I knew you’d all need to be fresh, eager, and well-rested this morning in order to power through this week’s blogs. Those long-term readers among you will recall the length of these “year-end” blog posts. It’s the end of the year!
Toronto Realty Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2023
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. Development. Pre-Construction.
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. 4) Prices Outside The City Of Toronto.
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