Toronto Housing Market Report Despite rising mortgage rates, buyers in the Toronto housing market became more active in February. New stats from TRREB show sales grew another 33% after a 33% growth during January. Clearly, buyers are once again interested in purchasing homes and aren’t deterred by excessive lending rates or ridiculously low affordability. Home…
Mississauga Housing Market The story of residential real estate in the Mississauga/Milton/Oakville region is one seen across Canada as higher mortgage rates are pricing a growing number of buyers out of the market. And with a ban on foreign purchases of property, the Mississauga buyer market profile has changed greatly. Canadian buyers struggle to find…
Toronto Condo Market The Toronto housing market continues to accelerate as the pandemic eases. Although the 416 area code sees growth last quarter and in September, it’s the 905 area code that is seeing big increases in condo prices. Toronto’s condominium market fared poorly during the pandemic as few wanted to risk high density living…
The Future of Real Estate While housing markets in US cities waffle back and forth between market crash and price peaks, homebuyers, property investors and Realtors are wondering how real estate will look 5 to 10 years from now. It’s a certainty that new real estate technology (Fintech and Proptech) will shape the path ahead for the real…
Cheap, Cheap, Cheap No that’s not the Twitter bird making noise, it’s the sound of wise International business investors and startup entrepreneurs talking about how Canada is their new bargain basement shop for opportunities. It’s a rare opportunity for US investors and entrepreneurs to exploit the surging US dollar and build a sound, secure, and productive Canadian investment portfolio…
Federal Courts Rule in Favour of Anti Trust Legislators Back in 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld an April, 2016 decision made by Canada’s Competition Tribunal. It ordered the Toronto Real Estate Board to allow its members to share the sales histories of listed properties online. This ruling relates as well to the…
Foreign Buyers Not Driving Up Prices in Toronto A Toronto Real Estate Board investigation concluded that foreign buyers play a minimal role in Toronto house prices and availability. 3 key findings counter the Wynne government’s insistence that Foreign buyers and house flippers are ruining the housing market. The report may indicate how government officials haven’t been honest to the…
Realtors Biggest Pain From Dallas to New York and San Francisco CA, Big Picture realtors hate technical details. You want easy to understand, tangible, measurable deliverables such as guaranteed leads yet the legit real estate marketing world has little to offer. Success is complicated and not everything comes in neat packages. SEO and social media and websites…
When Will Toronto’s Real Estate Market Crash? The experts have been calling for a Toronto Housing Crash for several years now, but it never happened. But is time finally running out? Surely the oil price crisis and the Corona Virus pandemic will deliver the final blow to Toronto’s pressured housing sector. But no, die it…
The Biggest Gamble of Your Life Home sales are rising and prices are still high. From Toronto to Los Angeles to Boston, buyers are about to jump on the opportunity to own their own home. Yet a home or condo priced $300,000 to $1 million is a major personal commitment. If you make a mistake…
Toronto and Vancouver Sizzling Hot Realty Markets Although the US markets such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Miami are glowing brighter these days, Toronto and Vancouver are actually the hottest markets in the world right now. The Forecast for housing sales and combined with higher condo and home prices means realtors can raise their earnings considerably….