Archive for Home Buying In Toronto
Housing Affordability And The Toronto Real Estate Market
For the last little while, many of the articles about the Toronto real estate market and other large real estate markets across Canada, such as Vancouver, have been nothing but doom-and-gloom. With all of these experts telling you the opposite, it may be hard to be optimistic about the Toronto real estate market if you [...]
Craig Alexander From TD Economics Gives His 2012 Forcast For Toronto Real Estate
Craig starts off by apologizing for last year’s economic forcast of what would happen to the Toronto real estate market in 2011 – it seems ALL of the economists got it wrong! It’s not often us normal citizens get a change to hear an in-depth, global, nation-wide and Toronto-GTA analysis of what we should expect to [...]
Why It’s A Good Time To Buy Toronto Real Estate
Many people are uncertain as to whether now – of all times – would be a wise idea to buy a home in Toronto. Toronto real estate lawyer and writer Mark Weisleder pointed out in his most recent column that in his 28 years on the job, he hasn’t seen so many positive signs for [...]
Toronto Real Estate Sales In 2012 – So Far
How’s the Toronto Real Estate Market faring in 2012 so far? Quite well! The Toronto Real Estate Board has just released its mid-month resale housing figures for January 2012, which covers Toronto home sales through the Toronto MLS Listings for the first two months of January in 2012. “The market didn’t miss a beat after [...]
Getting Your Toronto Property Tax Assessment
This week, Toronto city council approved a 2.5 per cent residential tax increase for 2012. And to follow the example that all major local news outlets are using, this would add $60 to the current Toronto property tax bill for a home that is assessed at $447,090 – or what’s considered average. Now, $60 isn’t [...]
December Numbers From Toronto Real Estate Board Make Second-Best Record Official
The latest numbers from the Toronto Real Estate Board show that 2011 was officially the best sales year on record for Toronto real estate and four per cent higher than in 2010 with a total 89,347 sales. According to the Toronto Real Estate Board, 2011 might have taken the top place had their been more [...]
2012: Is This The Year You Finally Buy A Home In Toronto?
With the passing into a new year comes new goals and resolutions, in an effort to make this year a great one. Maybe one of your New Year’s resolutions was to finally buy a home this year or at least get yourself in a better position financially so you can realize your homeownership dreams. If [...]
More Of The Top Home Buying Errors From The Ontario Real Estate Association
Earlier this week we posted the top three home buying errors that buyers make that can easily be avoided. The list comes from the Ontario Real Estate Association, and here are the other two mistakes on the list as well as one of our own. #4: Not knowing what you can afford While there are [...]
Top 3 Home Buying Errors From The Ontario Real Estate Association
The Ontario Real Estate recently published a list of the top five home buying errors that people make, all of which can easily be prevented. Here are the top three: #1: Not getting pre-approved for a mortgage Not being pre-approved for a mortgage before you start shopping around is the biggest mistake that home buyers [...]
Toronto Real Estate Lawyer Bob Aaron: Not All Detached Homes Are As They Appear
In Toronto, detached homes can be very highly sought-after in certain neighbourhoods. It’s no surprise that when a detached home is on the market, it is clearly listed as being a detached home. Toronto Real Estate Lawyer Bob Aaron has taken a look at link-semi homes in his latest column. Link-semi homes look completely detached [...]
