Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

A gentleman on the line said, “I’d like to sell my condo and I’d like you to be the one to do it,” so naturally, my interest was piqued and I got out my pen. I said, “Where’s your condo?” Now, before I tell you when , what do you think would be the worst possible answer? Um, sorry.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 21, 2021

“ My parents have a condo in Florida, ” said my first girlfriend, circa 2002. My girlfriend explained that her parents “owned” a condo, but that condo could be anywhere in a series of Floridian cities, in any number of hotels. They didn’t own a condo. TorontoRealtyBlog. Still don’t.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

most of you can’t tell is the following… We can probably all agree that many men don’t really care what they wear to a wedding, right? I suppose I didn’t get the fashion gene , but in any event, I’m really all not that fussed about what I wear to a wedding, and that included my own. What are the chances?

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

What is a lateral move, for those of you who aren’t quite caught up? And more to the point, she sent me a couple of listings for where she wanted to move to, and the price was barely more than what her place was worth! Her condo was worth about $325,000 at the time, and the condo she was looking at was about $350,000.

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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. ” Nah. We all know how that goes.

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App Folio

MAY 27, 2020

From hosting virtual board meetings, to handling a rise in complaints, requests, and maintenance needs as more residents remain at home, association managers have had to find creative ways to continue to provide the same level of excellent service. It streamlines the process where we have everything available for them.” .

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Thanks to the readers for suggesting blog topics before the long weekend! As you saw in Tuesday’s blog post, I took one such suggestion to heart. I started blogging (ranting?) about the pre-construction condo industry just as soon as this blog was launched back in 2007. We passed by the St.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

So more often than not, the buyer would travel to opposite ends of the GTA to pick up an envelope with keys, then trek down to their house or condo to open it up for the very first time. I went to sell their house two years ago and I said, “Oh, great, you’ve already got a lockbox here!” Do you see the problem with this?

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

After a few years in the market, watching what was going on, and experiencing the market dynamics, I began to think that Toronto was different. Or what about Mom and Dad actually going on title to the mortgage? Or what about Mom or Dad making the mortgage payments? It began with this age-old metric: debt-to-income ratio.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

There’s sort of a wilful ignorance theme happening. A house with a backyard for the dog, multiple bedrooms for the future kids, and only a handful of other properties within their eye line, rather than the thousands of condos they can see from their living room window. A house is calling to them! But they understand that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

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. Well, because there have been a handful of what I’d call “controversial” posts over the years, and the long-time readers might remember them. That’s a long, long time. Imagine that?

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

DISCLAIMER: As a friendly reminder, this blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not legal advice. If you need assistance navigating the legalities of what to include on a home seller disclosure form in New York State, HomeLight always encourages you to reach out to your own advisor. What is a seller’s disclosure?

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A house is typically a person’s largest financial asset, and the decision to sell solo is often understandably driven by a desire to save on commission fees and pocket more equity from a hard-earned investment. Selling a house is a pretty rare event for most people, so you don’t know what you don’t know. The state topped 7.8

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wow, y’all went all out on last Friday’s blog! It seems like many of us are on the same page, not only in terms of what the bigger stories will be this fall, but also with respect to our thoughts and opinions on those topics. That might sound exaggerated, but just look at what’s out there.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 8, 2021

So without further adieu, here are Burning Questions seven-through-ten… – 7) What policies will the federal government, Bank of Canada, and CMHC undertake and how will they affect the real estate market? So what has 2020 taught us? And what can we expect for 2021 when it comes to mortgage lending? vs $505,000.00.

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