Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

And upon speaking to a rep for one of Toronto’s largest developers yesterday, I learned that this $950/sqft figure is real, and it’s spectacular! 950/sqft for construction costs. This is why so few developers are buying land right now, and even fewer are building. Imagine that? Where are they now?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2019 and won class-action status in April, alleges that some NAR rules, including one that requires listing brokers to offer buyer brokers a commission to list a property in a Realtor-affiliated MLS, violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by inflating seller costs.

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Redfin

JANUARY 12, 2022

While first-time homebuyers and even seasoned homeowners might have heard of MLS, they may not be familiar with the role it plays throughout the home buying and selling process. Understanding how the MLS factors into the process can help you get the most out of your purchase or sale. What an MLS is and how it works. What is MLS?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If shelter was excluded from the CPI calculation, inflation would be about 1% in August, said Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant last week. Additionally, apartment construction is strong , which puts an additional pressure on landlords to avoid vacancy.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. However, permits for future construction recorded a 4.4% Despite the uptick last month, builders are becoming increasingly anxious about persistently high mortgage rates and cooling demand,” Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS , said in an emailed statement.

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RIS Media

JUNE 20, 2023

Despite significant doom and gloom in other macroeconomic areas, data on housing starts is providing a positive counterpoint, underscoring increased confidence around the near future of housing as buildings and developers push construction of new units to a 13-month high. A massive 21.7%

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Realtor.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

MLS via Realtor.com A midcentury modern house in Prairie Village, KS, is drawing attention not just for its unique design, but also for its eye-popping list price of $975,000. Construction mayhem. Construction on the home was halted when a city developer had the crew arrested for working on what he regarded as an illegal build.

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Realty Biz

MAY 25, 2022

The most effective MLS listings are always bristling with pictures of homes for sale, as the more images of a home, the more attention that listing attracts. As technology becomes cheaper and more widespread with every new generation of development before long we’ll all be strapping VR goggles on for both business and pleasure.

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The Residential Specialist

MAY 3, 2022

To keep pace with these clients, agents need to develop a thorough understanding of the eco-friendly marketplace, including which energy improvements are in high demand and will help sell a home quickly and at the best price. Builders that received federal incentives for new construction could pass those savings onto buyers.

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

MLS : A Multiple Listing Service (or MLS) is like a realtor’s database, where multiple real estate agents offer both homes and land for sale to each other. Unlike the pocket listing, a property offered on the MLS is there because the owner wants to sell. Your realtor can set up a search for you on the MLS system.

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McKissock

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed to transforming how buildings are designed, constructed, and operated through LEED , the world’s most widely-used green building system with more than 100,000 buildings participating today. GBR data can also be integrated into your MLS. Green Building Council.

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Fancy Pants Homes

APRIL 5, 2024

He’s regarded as one of the main contributors to the Googie architecture style and has developed various Atomic Age houses in the 1950s and 1960s, some of which we’ll take a look at below. Its name, by the way, was inspired by ChemSeal, an American company that provided experiential coatings and paint during construction. The result?

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Realty Biz

JULY 22, 2021

The company has consistently performed at the top of the Sacramento market, currently ranking in the top five percent in transaction sides according to the Metrolist Prospector MLS. He began his real estate career focusing on mortgage and development business. – Sherry Chris, President and CEO of ERA ® Real Estate.

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The Close

JULY 23, 2022

Begin with an MLS search of the past 12 months’ sales in the area your client is looking. Every agent knows that they can find expired listings on their MLS or using Vulcan7. However, the MLS data only tells us two things about the homeowner: at one point they genuinely wanted to sell, and the price they wanted to sell at.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 19, 2023

I wanted to write something positive today to offset those two blogs, but without a slew of funny “MLS musings” on hand to show off, I found myself looking at other options. From the article: The heritage district of Main Street has mostly been spared from development proposals until now. to 6487 Main St.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The City of Toronto mandates that a certain percentage of all new condominiums must be of the 3-bedroom variety, supposedly because they want condos built “for families,” but of course they ignore that at $1,500/sqft in pre-construction, few families can afford to live there. So instead, they simply shrink the units!

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

So people are still curious about pre-construction condos in Toronto? I wrote my friend back and said that I wouldn’t feel comfortable connecting him with my client, but more to the point, my client doesn’t “invest” in pre-construction anymore for a multitude of reasons. I thought that ship had sailed.

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The Close

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DON’T FORGET: You can get a lot of this information from the MLS (from previous times your subject property has been listed), from tax records and county/township websites, and most importantly, from the owner of the property. Let’s say there’s major road construction down the block from your property. Vacant land is tricky.

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HomeLight

JUNE 24, 2021

Not only are agents usually well-connected around town, they also have access to the Multiple Listing Service ( MLS ) — the premier database of real estate professionals. a top agent in New Bedford , Massachusetts, the MLS is his favorite sleuthing tool. “I I get everything from the MLS,” he says. “It For Byron Ford, Jr. ,

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

With an increasing population, we might expect that the number of new dwellings constructed is not in line with the number of new entrants to the market. From BillionBricks.Org: In Singapore, all public housing estates are planned by the government under the Housing Development Board (HDB). to 68.55%, which is hardly insignificant.

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Lab Coat Agents

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Do this for three to four months and pick up on patterns that will help you construct your ideal financial plan. Develop Separate Budgets After gathering the necessary expense and income statistics, you can develop your budgets. Over time, you will develop a pattern of setting aside funds that make the most sense for you.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). Additionally, mortgage applications for new homes surged in February as a lack of existing homes for sale continued to fuel the demand for new construction. Census Bureau and the U.S. While this figure represents a 0.3% rise from the February 2023 pace of 625,000 units sold.

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The Close

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The company links with an agent’s MLS to provide an up-to-date list of all the expireds and FSBO listings in your area, along with the property owners’ names and telephone numbers. You might even get an opportunity to demonstrate your skills to developers wanting to fill newly built apartments or condos. Not sure where to start?

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

MLS has a tool for “favourite listings” and while many agents will click the star next to a property because they’re watching it for a buyer client, or they’re using it as a comparable for a potential seller, many agents will favourite listings that are complete train wrecks so they know how the story ends.

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Links and mentions of North Carolina flat fee MLS companies in this post do not constitute an endorsement. Real estate agents market their listings on the multiple listing service (MLS) as part of their marketing strategy – something FSBO (for sale by owner) sellers cannot do on their own. What is a flat fee MLS listing service?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Permits for future construction also jumped 1.1% It also surpassed last year’s level, according to Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant. The Northeast did not perform as well as weather, supply chain issues, and difficulties getting permits hampered construction.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But time and time again, I’ll log onto MLS one day and see it: 157 Smith Street 159 Smith Street Both listed for sale on the same day! My clients told me that the house next door, which was under construction, was going to come to market in the same time period as our listing, and that just wasn’t an option for me.

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HomeLight

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Furthermore, flat-fee agents usually only provide limited services like setting up lockboxes for vacant home showings or simply listing your property on the MLS. They’ll assess your home’s features, location, construction, and other factors to develop the best possible pricing strategy for your sale. Buyer’s agents.

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The Close

JUNE 22, 2023

The challenge for most real estate agents is that many motivated seller and distressed property opportunities never make it to the MLS. New Construction Supply Cannot Keep Up The simple, logical solution to solving the supply issue is to build more affordable homes. Since then, new construction has continued to trail behind demand.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

New construction rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,560,000, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Single-family building activity drove November residential construction activity. Single-family building activity drove November residential construction activity.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). However, the share of new construction for sale in the third quarter was the highest ever recorded. single-family homes for sale in the third quarter were new construction, up from 28.9% below the revised September rate of 719,000 but is 17.7%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

New construction starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.331 million units, down 14.8% Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Housing starts came in lower than estimates in the first month of the year, as the cold winter dampened activity. month over month, according to a report released Friday by the U.S.

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Details: ERA Infinity Properties now ranks in the top two percent in the number of transactions of all Fort Lauderdale real estate brokerages, according to the Beaches MLS. He also has extensive experience with the development of new construction projects and consults with developers throughout Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade Counties.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Green REsource Council recently unveiled its 2020 EverGreen Award winners, honoring those real estate professionals who have taken extraordinary measures to advance green building, develop their skills, and use their green know-how to better their communities and the real estate industry. “I had finally made some headway in St.

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Housing Wire

MAY 23, 2023

Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ). Demand for newly built homes has been strong amidst the historically low inventory of existing homes for sale ,” Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist at Bright MLS , said in a statement. In April, the sales pace of new homes rose 4.1%

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

Those long-time readers of mine will recall my disdain for “L-shaped balconies,” which are lauded in pre-construction sales, based on their overall square footage, but which often lack functionality at all based on their awkward dimensions. But what takes an outdoor space from a “balcony” to a “terrace?”

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Housing Wire

JULY 19, 2023

single-family homebuilding fell in June, but permits for future construction rose to a 12-month high on the weakness of the existing home sales market. noted Bright MLS Chief Economist Lisa Sturtevant. The number of single-family homes under construction remains high. The decline in housing starts came after a massive 18.7%

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