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The College Promenade BIA Introduces Their New Blog
Last Thursday the College Promenade Business Improvement Area (BIA) held their Social Media Launch Party at LIT Espresso Bar on College Street. This is the BIA that encompasses the neighbourhood where our new Team office and the RE/MAX Hallmark office are located. The new College Promenade blog is now online and available to local stores, restaurants and professional [...]
Winterlicious in Toronto
Are you ready for Toronto’s Winterlicious? If you’re new to the city or are thinking of selling your home and moving to a different neighbourhood in Toronto, there’s no better way to get a feel for the offerings of any particular area than Winterlicious. Winterlicious – along with its warm-weather counterpart Summerlicious – is an [...]
Toronto Tops Best Roads Survey
The Worst Roads List is a survey is released each year by the Canadian Automobile Association. For once, Toronto doesn’t have a road in the top spot but has the top three spots on the Best Roads in Ontario list, another CAA annual survey. Last year, Toronto’s Steeles Avenue was voted the worst road in [...]
Land Survey: Toronto Homebuyers And Home Sellers Shouldn’t Overlook It
In any Toronto real estate transaction, a land survey is sometimes overlooked. A recent story in the Toronto Star about two neighbours who shared a mutual driveway between them reiterates the importance of getting a land survey and understanding property boundaries before purchasing or selling a home. The couple who recently moved in next door [...]
Watch the Toronto waterfront area grow!
If you’re lucky enough to own a piece of downtown Toronto real estate, you can just sit back and watch the waterfront area grow. Toronto’s new Sugar Beach is just one part of the city’s waterfront revitalization projects. Plenty of thought has gone into it: Pink umbrellas, imported sugar-like sand and well-thought out landscaping. However, [...]
Waterfront Toronto Chooses Next Great Toronto Neighbourhood
It was announced yesterday that Waterfront Toronto has officially chosen the Hines Toronto real estate firm to develop the Next Great Waterfront Neighbourhood. The new neighbourhood will be on 10 acres of waterfront land between Parliament and Lower Sherbourne Streets, south of Queens Quay Boulevard. The currently underutilized land will be turned into a mixed-use [...]
Bedbugs In Toronto Homes – What to do?
The Toronto Star recently announced that the bedbug infestation numbers in the city are rising. Bedbugs aren’t limited to low-income apartments or housing, but Toronto real estate that includes upscale houses and condominiums. However, in situations like these as well as in hotels, the problem is underreported because of the stigma attached. In 2003, Toronto [...]
Take Some Time And Get To Know Your Toronto Neighbourhood A Bit Better
Toronto is a city of neighbourhoods. No matter where you live, or where you’re planning on buying a home, getting to know all of the hidden secrets of each of these neighbourhoods is a bonus. Find the best local coffee shop, book store or gelato dispensary. Learn about the nearby park bench and why it’s [...]
Toronto among the second-most transparent real estate markets in the world: Canada
Toronto is one of the largest real estate markets in Canada, and the biannual Global Real Estate Transparency Index study conducted by financial and professional services company Jones Lang LaSalle has found that Canada’s real estate market is the second best in the entire world with regards to transparency. The transparency of a real estate [...]
Fewer Toronto Home Sales Meant Better Relationships With Builders in 2010
Consumer research firm J.D. Power and Associates announced last week that the recession may have led to fewer home sales in the Greater Toronto Area, but less sales meant one positive development for builders and their customers. Less sales meant fewer closings, and builders has more time to spend with their customers, allowing them to [...]
