It would have to happen sooner or later. Someone has already coined a term for all of this pessimistic news that we are being bombarded with dai [...]

When home values were going through the roof, so were real estate tax assessments. Today the value of many homes has dropped.  Therefore, the [...]

Yesterday I met with a client who wants to move out of town. Her plans had changed and she would like to go back to the town where she grew up. [...]

It's on the news everyday. The sky is falling and housing prices continue to sag. But remember, no matter how downbeat the reports, the doomsaye [...]

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David and Wendy Scott (not their real names) had been thinking of moving to a larger home ever since the birth of their second baby in the sprin [...]

Fresh and natural is in, and less is more. Or so says noted interior designer, Ben Sundermeier. "The things we see coming are more natural, a li [...]

A survey by the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) has found that more than twice as many Canadians today, compar [...]

The news arrives eight months too late, but it's now official -- the Bank of Nova Scotia has just announced that the longest real estate boom in [...]

Comparing home sales in Davisville Village between July and November 2007 to the same period in 2008. Last year there were 65 homes sold, versus [...]

Comparing home sales in Lawrence Park between July and November 2007 to the same period in 2008. Last year there were 25 homes sold, versus 14 i [...]

Tough economics times can bring out either the best or the worst in us. In a recent article, Texas realtor Paul Pastore reminds sellers to be re [...]

Lawyer Bob Aaron wrote an interesting article recently about a home seller's obligations to disclose house defects to buyers. According to Aaro [...]

"There are far too many agents out there who don't specialize, who do just two or three deals a year. Would you use a part-time lawyer or a part [...]

The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) needs your help. With resale home sales declining, TREB members are asking you to contact City Hall about [...]

By now, the financial crisis has touched most players in the real estate market. Even some high-end buyers in Toronto who were scheduled to clo [...]

The statements below in bold text are actual written comments made by listing agents on the published listings on the Toronto MLS. While most a [...]

The Toronto housing market has experienced an amazing change over the past few months. It goes without saying, it's no longer "business as usual [...]

Last week, I had a client in from the States. She's moving back to Toronto, and looking for a home in the million-dollar range. Since she could [...]

True, you may be kicking yourself for not selling your home last year when the market was hot and sellers had the advantage. But selling in a b [...]

Toronto's housing market has made a 180-degree turn from a sellers' to a buyers' market. That means that buyers are now in the driver's seat.  [...]

I overheard the following conversation between two agents at my office a few days ago: "Did you hear about the buyer in the States who is suing [...]

Your mother probably warned you to stay out of the sun or you might get burned due to overexposure. Well, I'm here to warn you that overexpos [...]

History does repeat itself. The question is ... do we heed any of its lessons? For those of us who have been selling real estate in Toronto for [...]

August 2008 recorded a steady pace of resale homes in The Greater Toronto market. The neck breaking speed of the last several years has turned i [...]

Some of Toronto's prime neighbourhoods do indeed march to the beat of a different drummer. Between May 2008 and August 2008, home sales in Lawre [...]

No, this is not a typo - a house in the Lawrence Park area in Toronto (*) just sold after being on the market since 1998! I want to share wi [...]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jThcc5lbfOs[/youtube] Last year in Florida, the new owners of a home were shocked to learn from some of thei [...]

A few years after the internet started becoming one of the most powerful tools for home buyers and sellers across North America, many in my indu [...]

Cresford Developments has announced the construction of Stratford Residences, a new low-rise building on Bayview Avenue, at the site of former S [...]

Most of us are familiar with the most basic law of supply and demand which tells us that when supply goes up and demand goes down, prices ca [...]

Three weeks ago you put your home up for sale and things are going quite well. The home you are moving into has a flexible closing and you are l [...]

The majority of us tend to make major buying decisions, such as a home,  based on impulse and very little logic. Most home buyers will buy afte [...]

The more things change the more they remain the same, except when it comes to selling your home without an agent. When I first entered the r [...]

Here are the last two most common errors that you must avoid, in order to get a higher price when selling your home in a softening real estate m [...]

Here are two more common errors that you must avoid in order to get a higher price when selling your home in a softening real estate market. [...]

A few days ago I got an email from a client who has been thinking of moving into a smaller house for several years. The family is all grown u [...]

You have bought your new home and have decided to make some improvements. The good weather seems like an invitation to go ahead. All you want to [...]

In an effort to prevent a U.S. style housing bubble, the Canadian government has announced that as of October 15 2008, it will no longer back mo [...]

Up until recently both the home buyer and seller could use the same lawyer in the purchase and sale of a home. Personally I never thought this w [...]

Moderate sales and healthy price increases continued to characterize the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market during the first half of Ma [...]

This was much worse than a bad hair day for the Globe and Mail. Upon closer inspection of the figures the newspaper published on April 25, 2008, [...]

The trouble is that what you do tell the buyer may come back to haunt you as well! In over twenty eight years in the real estate industry, I ha [...]

As I was driving home last week-end I noticed there were more open house sings than usual. A quick bit of market research confirmed my suspicion [...]

My partner and I have worked together in residential real estate sales for over 25 years. In the mid nineties my partner had an opportunity to [...]

  On April 25, 2008 the Globe and Mail featured a two page spread showing average prices of homes in most neighbourhoods in the Greater Tor [...]

Low inventory levels kept the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market brisk but well off record levels last month, announced today Toronto R [...]

Homes sales declined by a considerable 18 percent in Toronto during the first half of March, compared to the same period last year. Most of thi [...]

Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O'Neill announced yesterday that Toronto Board members recorded 6,015 resale home transactions in F [...]

Today the Bank of Canada announced it was slashing interest rates by half a percentage point to 3.5 per cent. The bank also signaled more rate [...]