Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

But we also saw a minimum down payment of 20% instituted for second properties or investment properties, which was also a game-changer. At a rate of, say, 4.99%, your monthly payment would be $1,386.50. But let’s use today’s prices just to illustrate the difference. The first is 25. The second is 40.

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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. The feedback is everything good, bad, and in between. The feedback is everything good, bad, and in between. Wonder why?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Let me throw some skin in the game here: my mortgage comes due in November of 2024. It’s been at the back of my mind since the spring of 2022 when interest rates started increasing, but it’s not something that I think about every day. I’m on a 2.59% fixed-rate mortgage. Is it on my mind?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

b) Running into the endzone during an epic game of pick-up football at the park. b) Running into the endzone during an epic game of pick-up football at the park. 1999 playing basketball. Last fall must have flown by because I realize now that I missed my quarterly installment of this blog theme! Absorption Rate.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog If it’s fair to draw just one conclusion from Monday’s blog post, it would be this: maintenance fees have increased substantially throughout the downtown core over the last decade. As I showed you on Monday, I wrote blogs about this way back when. Blog reader Daniel wrote: Very good point!

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Real Trends

DECEMBER 12, 2022

From rapidly escalating interest rates to contingencies becoming nearly obsolete, we have all held on for what proved to be a wild ride. Simple in their essence, and often complex in their application, the following has sat at the forefront of my methodology since I got into this game back in 2011. Translation?

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

So I gave him the over/under on Christian McCaffrey’s receptions, only to see CMac tear his hamstring and leave the game. We made a play on the rookie quarterback Davis Mills, only to see him lay an egg. wondering how you guys are looking at this rating of toronto as the second biggest bubble risk globally? .

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Marco Santarelli

MARCH 24, 2023

So, let's dive in and explore these exciting opportunities to earn money from home. With these 20 real ways to make money from home for free, you have the opportunity to choose what suits your interests and skills the most. In this article, I've compiled a list of 20 real ways to make money from home for free.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Let’s have a read, shall we? Why not just let the government own the properties too, while they’re at it? TorontoRealtyBlog. The rental market doesn’t get a lot of attention. Or at least historically, it hasn’t. Who cares about rentals, right? We’ve talked about this before.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Everybody and their mother want to talk about “blind bidding” but many of those people aren’t interested in a discussion. Let’s start from the very, very beginning: real estate is expensive. Or low interest rates. At least, not a two-way discussion. Many people already have their minds made up!

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Enjoying this episode? Be sure to follow The Walkthrough to get future episodes delivered automatically: Apple Podcasts/iTunes | Spotify | YouTube. About This Episode. How would you like an extra $58,000 in GCI from your website? How about more than doubling your website leads? A business texting platform called Leadferno. Leave a Review.

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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!

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HomeLight

JUNE 14, 2023

In this high-stakes game, an effective strategy can make all the difference. Whether you’re considering using an escalation clause, need advice on bidding strategies, or just want help finding the perfect home, connect with a top-rated HomeLight agent today for their guidance. What is an escalation clause, anyway?

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Kyle Handy

JULY 6, 2023

Let’s dive into the world of real estate data with IDX. Navigating the real estate industry can feel like decoding an entirely new language, especially for those new to the field. The various abbreviations, jargon, and technicalities can be quite daunting. However, the benefits of IDX go beyond just making listings accessible.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

The fact that we were moving to a larger house, with a bigger yard, a deeper driveway for my hockey net, a basement rec-room for video games, and more, did not matter in the slightest. Long-time TRB readers will recall the story of when my parents bought our house on Bessborough Drive in May of 1992. I asked, “Dad, what happened?”

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The Close

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You’re going to want to get data like click-through rates for ads, closing ratios for leads from various sources, and how much you paid for leads and closed deals from different marketing channels. Since your time is valuable, include marketing tasks that you spent time on but didn’t spend money on, like blogging. Related Article.

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Kyle Handy

JUNE 11, 2023

Let’s delve into why making this shift can be a game-changer for real estate agents. Take your time in selecting the category, as it plays a vital role in improving your page’s visibility. Are you still managing your real estate services through a personal Facebook profile? This can be frustrating.

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GeekEstate

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Tech savvy Real Estate agents have leveraged existing technologies that have been around for years, sometimes for decades, to elevate their clients showing success even before our COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 pandemic has urged agents to pivot and adjust. It’s become an essential way to do business for all agents and brokers. Yes, thousands.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Let me break it down for you… – More real estate agents. Many of us have also been waiting for a massive “cleanse” to the agent pool beyond the natural rate of attrition, and a worldwide pandemic where people stop working and the real estate market stops functioning should have provided that. But I was wrong.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 19, 2021

Board games. Yes, I know there are lots of board games for adults. Those “drinking games” that you played, pre-pandemic. I played Settlers of Cattan once with my wife and another couple. Forget those adult games. I’m talking about the games we played as kids.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 31, 2023

I received a call from an older gentleman who had seen me in a CBC documentary called “ The Condo Game. The young man had been drafted into the National Hockey League the prior year and he was currently playing in the minor leagues. On a 30-year amortization and with a 4.29% interest rate, the monthly payment would be $1,771.44.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

I distinctly remember playing with my brother and sister in the upstairs of our Parkhurst Boulevard home pretending to open presents, and pretending to put them in our Christmas Boxes. Not only did the kids play with them for two weeks leading up to Christmas, but they’re still playing with them! I got nothing.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Two trips up to cottages (one family, one friend), a return to Deerhurst for the first time since 2019, more parks, play centres, and attractions than I can count, plus the C.N.E There’s nothing quite like a long run, late on a Sunday morning, then coming home in time for NFL games at 1:00pm. ” Oh, she’ll love that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

And we did this to start off January 2021, not just as a stand-alone blog, or even a two-part series, but rather a three-part series that spanned the entire first week back! I mean, “Burning Questions” again? We did this after Labour Day, right? To start the fall market? Well, what can I say? I just like photos of burning logs.

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Marco Santarelli

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In this blog post, we will reveal some of the best-kept secrets of the internet that can help you make money in 2023. You can set your own rates and choose the tasks you want to complete. If yes, then you are in the right place! Making money online has become increasingly popular in recent years.

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HomeLight

APRIL 5, 2021

Let’s be candid for a moment: Following up with new real estate leads can be tough and frustrating. How many times should you make contact? What should you say? What if there’s no response? What if they say “no” right away? The most successful agents have a system in place that answers all of those questions.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 26, 2022

Let’s start with a bang, shall we? The recent drop in Toronto home prices is solely due to the increase in interest rates. TorontoRealtyBlog. Yay or nay? Well, I suppose before we confirm or deny, we must first address this “drop in Toronto home prices,” since many home-sellers are in denial. ” At least.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Be sure to follow The Walkthrough to get future episodes delivered automatically: Apple Podcasts/iTunes | Spotify | YouTube About This Episode Courtney Poulos started her real estate brokerage in 2009, right after the crash. She had 2 choices – either sink or swim. Well, it is a known fact we are in a changing market.

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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

AUGUST 25, 2021

So here we are in August, after a summer condo market that didn’t give us any properties of interest, and all the while, watching the condo market push higher, and she’s finally looking at a plan-b… … renting. . “You’re not going to throw away $36,000 in after-tax dollars on rent every year.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I was on vacation, playing in a park with my 2-year-old daughter in Jackson, Wyoming, giving a phone interview to a Toronto Star reporter about the Competition Bureau’s ruling. Somebody told me once that when you have children, the years go faster because you start to view your life in terms of your children’s milestones.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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. Being your own judge is always an interesting task, but I did get some input this year from my team, a few clients, and of course my mother, Moonbeam !

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Here’s a fun game, if you feel like playing. Let’s start a thread in the comments section for “How Long Have You Been On TRB?” This blog started in 2007, and McBloggert , who only posts a couple of times a year, is one of the first to comment back in 2008. TorontoRealtyBlog. ” Imagine that?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

It involves identifying and connecting with individuals who might be interested in buying or selling property sometime in the future. Real estate prospecting refers to a series of strategic activities done by real estate agents or brokers to identify and attract potential clients who are interested in buying, selling, or leasing properties.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 14, 2022

It starts with a lump in your throat, then congestion, then culminates with that one brutal night where you wake up in a cold sweat, body on fire, shivering, and when you strip off your sweaty clothes and then jump back under the covers with your teeth chattering, it feels like a feat saved for the Olympic Games. Wait, back up.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Let’s say you’re currently tipping the scales at 198 pounds. A few years ago, we started talking about laneway houses on this blog back when they were just a pipe-dream. A few years ago, we started talking about laneway houses on this blog back when they were just a pipe-dream. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Now, just to triple-down on the theme of being an old man stuck in the past, let me say this: the day that they closed the ‘shop’ and took out the bandsaws, lathes, and drill presses to replace them with computers, monitors, and keyboards was the day that kids ceased to be taught REAL life skills ! It’s an inside joke.

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