Sotheby's International Real Estate

MARCH 17, 2022

Highlights from this week’s top news stories on luxury and global real estate, art, collectibles, and home. The property has five lodges, endless views and serves as conservation sanctuary with significant tax incentives. Antique-Filled Home Lists for $4M — and Some Treasures Could Be Yours – New York Post.

Land 91

Land Sales As-is Marketing 91

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

As to why we usually set offer dates for Monday or Tuesday, you can read more about that in a blog post that I wrote last month: “When Should You Move Your Offer Date?” ” Now, while discussing our upcoming listings, active listings, and offer nights, we often play a prediction game. Yes, a prediction game.

Sales 64

Sales Agents As-is Inspection 64

Sotheby's International Real Estate

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Highlights from this week’s top news stories on luxury and global real estate, art, collectibles, and home. This four-bedroom penthouse apartment occupies the top three floors of an 11-story building in the affluent Lomas de Chapultepec neighborhood, in Mexico City’s southwestern Miguel Hidalgo borough. Million – Mansion Global.

Sales 87

Sales Design Agents Marketing 87

Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Are you just a Toronto Realty Blog reader, or do you watch Pick5 as well? That video spawned several emails from readers about their fondness for The Cranberries, and the following week in Pick5, I outlined my top-fifteen bands, in order, after much, much deliberation. Could you do the same thing? Seriously, give it a try.

Agents 95

Agents Sales As-is Marketing 95

RIS Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Do you foresee the current hot market that we’re in continuing through 2022? Do you foresee the current hot market that we’re in continuing through 2022? . On top of COVID, 2021 was an incredibly demanding year for real estate professionals. Where do you see your business in five years? . Absolutely.

Marketing 98

Marketing Brokerage Agents Title 98

Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 10, 2023

I’ve often mused on this blog that there’s nothing I love more than watching a movie I’ve seen a dozen times! The best entertainment experience I’ve had in the last year was seeing “Top Gun 2” in the theatres, and I will admit that there’s just no way to replicate that experience on the couch at home.

Title 75

Title Commercial As-is Marketing 75

Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Let’s look at the last five months of the Toronto average home price: Stable, right? But what does it say about the Toronto market that the average home price remains within a 1.37% range in the last five months? It’s stable, it’s consistent, and it’s been somewhat uneventful. That’s not sexy! Well, gee.

Sales 72

Sales Marketing As-is Agents 72

Realty Biz

MAY 30, 2023

The region's tech boom in 2022 made prices and sales shoot through the roof, but the economic slump has hit this town like most others in the U.S. The region's tech boom in 2022 made prices and sales shoot through the roof, but the economic slump has hit this town like most others in the U.S. year-over-year.

Agents 74

Agents Sales Branding As-is 74

Windemere Selling

JULY 13, 2022

This blog post contains excerpts of the “Remodeling 2022 Cost vs. Value Report” ( costvsvalue.com ). As laid out below, here are the five highest ROI remodeling projects nationwide as found in the Remodeling 2022 Cost vs. Value Report ( www.costvsvalue.com ). Cost of Remodeling Project (2022).

Branding 52

Branding Agents As-is 52

Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

I don’t believe that, in 2022, it’s the writers’ fault. So today, I want to focus on the province of Ontario and look at how prices have fared in 2022. So let’s look at the twenty-five areas in Ontario that CREA tracks. I want to run two sets of data: 1) December 2021 to May of 2022. Wait, what?

As-is 83

As-is Marketing Sales Brokerage 83

Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Prices topped the list with Sales & Inventory ranking second. 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. What if a five-year rate is 5.59%? What do I mean by that? That’s a bad sign! Now what?

Fixed-rate mortgage 73

Fixed-rate mortgage Banks Mortgages Construction 73

Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

While I have a very lengthy and somewhat contentious blog post lined up for next week, let’s first take a look at some stories from the week that are now in the rear view mirror… The Weird Gets Weirder It’s a difficult market out there and many agents don’t know how to work within it. But can you blame them?

Brokerage 74

Brokerage Agents Construction MLS 74

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Seriously, only a sprinkle of comments on Monday’s blog post? Case in point: who among you knew that Daniels Corporation, who built every existing condo in Regent Park, had lost out on its bid to construct both Phase Four and Phase Five? This puts both in the $1500 PSF range, and RP coming out on top! Why so quiet?

Pre-approval 91

Pre-approval Construction Development Commercial 91

Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

” A listing agent calls you to say that she’s expecting five or six offers tonight, but when pressed, she confirms she has zero registered offers? But the property was tenanted until “late 2022,” per the listing. But the property was tenanted until “late 2022,” per the listing.

Marketing 84

Marketing Renovation Closing Construction 84

The Close

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

We surveyed our most engaged readers to get a pulse on how real estate pros plan to move the needle in their business in 2022—and the results are finally in. Check out our 2022 Real Estate Agent Marketing Survey to see this year’s hottest trends. Social Media Reigns Supreme. Hootsuite also reported that 2.91

Agents 94

Agents Marketing Brokerage Closing 94

Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Then, I pulled the SI-joint in my lower back right before the long weekend and had to hobble around the house and the office for five days. Then, I pulled the SI-joint in my lower back right before the long weekend and had to hobble around the house and the office for five days. I’m a person that thrives on routine.

Marketing 81

Marketing Banks Sales As-is 81

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. TorontoRealtyBlog. May I please use a sports analogy here? Back in 2003, there was a lockout looming for the 2004-2005 season. How about that, eh?

Development 87

Development Purchase and sale agreement Land As-is 87

Realty Biz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This week we look at the top real estate professionals in Mobile, Alabama. As you can tell from the Instagram share above, these top agents are just friendly folks. The firm lost a few points because the company blog has been left unattended 5 years now. I’d say this is the Smiths’ most significant praise point.

Agents 85

Agents Renovation Branding As-is 85

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

The CBC picked up the story: “Canada’s Population Grew By Record 1 Million In 2022, Spurred By International Migration” But of course CBC would pick up the story. TorontoRealtyBlog On Thursday, I couldn’t help but note a lot of stories about Canada’s population growth. Scratch that. Did you notice too?

Construction 77

Construction Mortgages As-is Marketing 77

HomeLight

MAY 16, 2022

And Ryan says 85% of their business comes from SEO from blogging and content marketing. This week on The Walkthrough , Ryan shares the content marketing blueprint that’s helping him outrank the big real estate sites and bringing in more than 20 organic website leads per day. Join our Walkthrough Listener Mastermind. INTRO MUSIC).

Branding 91

Branding Due diligence Agents As-is 91

The Close

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Stay top of mind by maintaining regular communication, even if that communication is automated. If you’re looking for a robust CRM with all the bells and whistles, check out Elevate , which consistently ranks as one of our top picks for best CRM. 21 Best Real Estate Email Templates & Scripts for 2022. Visit Elevate.

Agents 105

Agents Investor Property Management Development 105

The Close

OCTOBER 31, 2022

You must continue filling the top of the funnel in your lead generation process to avoid dry months without pay. Real estate has an overall average conversion rate of 4.7%, but top performers convert up to 12.0%. Continuous lead generation creates a constant flow of clients to work with that will, in turn, create predictable income.

Agents 94

Agents Closing Design As-is 94

Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Those who are, um, what’s the politically-correct term here… “of an advanced age,” can probably answer this question from memory, but has there been a year in before 2022 where we saw seven successive interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada? Raise your hand if you remember the days of 107% financing?

Banks 70

Banks As-is Marketing Mortgages 70

Yardi Marketing

APRIL 21, 2022

Sarah: I looked at applications-by-source and cost-per-lease for five of our top sources: Google Ads, website SEO and three different ILSs. Our sites began to pick up more traffic as we optimized them more effectively, and they became our second top source, bringing in a total of 1,952 applications last year.

Branding 52

Branding Marketing As-is Development 52

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. Picking my top five posts is always a difficult task, given I’m the author. That was a year in which Ms. 1) The Pandemic.

Development 81

Development Purchase and sale agreement As-is Marketing 81

The Close

DECEMBER 13, 2022

To help you crush your marketing goals in 2023 and beyond, we worked with top-producing broker and coach Sean Moudry to put together a real estate marketing plan template that can serve you for your entire career. Since your time is valuable, include marketing tasks that you spent time on but didn’t spend money on, like blogging.

Marketing 122

Marketing Branding Agents Design 122

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

I guess part of me just felt like this post would prove to be a fool’s errand. 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.

Agents 89

Agents As-is Title search Marketing 89

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

hour drive to wherever you’re going when there’s “no traffic” is a five-hour torture-fest on a Friday. And there, on my laptop screen, was what I leased expected to see: “03 August 2022” The timestamp on TRREB’s latest stats! TorontoRealtyBlog. ” Wow. Why do people do this? Not a chance!”

Sales 89

Sales Marketing As-is Closing 89

Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 27, 2022

For those who played along in last Thursday’s blog, thank you for trying! How could none of you guess that? It’s Rainbow Sherbert. That’s my favourite type of Baskin Robbins ice cream. But I’ll give you credit, you guys tried! Rocky Road. Cookies ‘n Cream. Mint Chocolate Chip. Rum Raisin. Bubble Gum. Mango Tango.

Sales 105

Sales MLS Marketing As-is 105

The Close

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Of course, top-producing agents know that how you start your day is almost as important as what you do during the day. Here are five science-backed tips to help you start your day working smarter and not harder. There’s a simple reason why: They never learned proper time management techniques for Realtors. Don’t Touch Your Phone.

Agents 111

Agents Closing As-is Design 111

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Oh man, I hope my buddy doesn’t read my blog… One of my very best friends, dating back to childhood, was renting a 3-bedroom apartment in the midtown area about fifteen years ago, and he ran through a fair number of roommates. I remember this conversation vividly. ” “For the four months of rent!”

Banks 100

Banks Agents As-is Industrial 100

Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Do I bother starting with the obligatory, “I’ll try to make this post shorter this time around?” 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. ” Nah.

Pre-approval 82

Pre-approval Construction Development Agents 82

GeekEstate

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2022, I could conceivably appear at events in the six largest GEM hubs (or even the top 10) in the U.S. In 2022, I could conceivably appear at events in the six largest GEM hubs (or even the top 10) in the U.S. The GEM is not the largest proptech community, and never will be ( membership is capped at 1,500 members ).

Residential 82

Residential Property Management Industrial Staging 82

The Close

MARCH 23, 2023

I also include battle-tested advice from 29-year real estate veteran, author, Close contributor, and real estate coach Sean Moudry and top-producing Florida Realtor, Close writer, and social media guru Jodie Cordell. How could I not become a successful real estate agent in that market? If you’re reading this, you can too.

Agents 126

Agents Branding Brokerage As-is 126

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

On Monday morning, I began the arduous task of sorting through a week’s worth of mail that had piled up and been left by my lovely wife in my home office. How could there be so much when we don’t really even use mail anymore? Why do we still mail these? Seriously, what a waste of paper and postage! And what was inside? since day one.

Construction 88

Construction Renovation Development As-is 88

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

TorontoRealtyBlog. Those of you who are not currently working in the real estate industry probably aren’t familiar with the publication, “Real Estate Magazine,” or REM as we know it. REM’s “About Us” section reads: REM (Real Estate Magazine) is Canada’s premier monthly magazine for real estate professionals.

Land 86

Land Development Construction Investor 86

HomeLight

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Disclaimer: Information in this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only and provide a high level overview of some of the top iBuyer programs. To help you navigate through selecting an iBuyer, we’ve put together a roundup of the top iBuyers as we head into 2022 and details about working with each.

Home sale contingency 95

Home sale contingency Sales Closing Short sale 95