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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 [...]
The Greater Toronto Area 5-Day Build Project
Over 5 days, one Greater Toronto Area builder is going to attempt to build an entire 2,300 square-foot home, to be sold with proceeds going to support a new intensive care unit at the Bowmanville Memorial Hospital. According to Halminen Homes, the home is expected to sell for over $400,000. The home is being built in [...]
Toronto: Boring Architecture? Never.
In a recent Downtown Toronto condominium-naming contest, “That Big Steel Thing Downtown” was a contender, chosen by the community to be voted on as the next possible name of a new downtown Toronto condominium development. The suggested name seemingly lends a bit of credibility to one of Toronto’s mayoral candidates vision for a “prettier” downtown, [...]
Yard Sale For The Cure @ Toronto’s Real Estate Team Office Went Well
Just a note to update everyone… thanks to all of you who dropped off your yard sale items we sold almost a garage full of eclectic items ranging from kid’s dolls to an antique Singer sewing machine table. Total earned this year – $634 to help with the search for a cure for breast cancer!
