Archive for Home Buying In Toronto

Buying Into Fear In The Toronto Real Estate Market

It was interesting to see a Barron’s article online recently about fear about the stock market. The article explained that one woman with over a million dollars in stocks sold it all and is sitting on cash right now, sick of the volatility in the markets. What’s really interesting is that the article has the [...]

Toronto Real Estate Remains Affordable For Most Home Buyers For A Bit Longer

Slowdown “Postponed” For Canada’s Housing Market: National Bank Financial According to a new report from National Bank Financial, the Canadian housing market’s predicted slowdown will be postponed based on the Bank of Canada’s recent announcement. On October 25th, the Bank of Canada decided to leave it’s policy rate unchanged and will likely not increase rates [...]

Toronto Real Estate Board: Home Sales Increase Yet Some More

According to the latest press release from the Toronto Real Estate Board, home sales through the first two weeks of October have increased by 20 per cent over the same period last year, moving up from 2,890 sales to 3,477 sales reported through the Toronto MLS listings. The president of the Toronto Real Estate Board, [...]

Toronto Real Estate Lawyer Bob Aaron: Document Your Possessions

Anyone who has ever had to file a homeowners’ insurance claim will be the first to tell you how necessary having homeowners’ insurance is – but they also might want to relay another important piece of advice: document your possessions ahead of time, it will make the process much less of a headache. Toronto real [...]

Toronto Real Estate Sales Up 25%

The Toronto Real Estate Board has released its resale housing sales figures for September, saying that home sales through the Toronto MLS listings have increased by 25 per cent over September 2010. “We have experienced strong growth in sales so far this year, with a much more active summer compared to 2010,” said Richard Silver, [...]

Toronto Condominiums: The Best Of Both Worlds?

For some, it seems that when choosing between a Toronto condominium or a house, some sacrifices must be made. The sacrifice that stands out the most is usually living space. Condominiums have long been known as a popular choice for both first time homebuyers who are looking for something a little less costly and retirees [...]

When Buying Toronto Real Estate: What Comes With The House?

When walking through a home for the first time as a potential buyer, you may unintentionally fall in love with certain features within the home – such as a bathroom mirror or the light fixtures – and then be seriously disappointed when you pick up the keys and find them gone, because the sellers took [...]

When Buying Newly Constructed Homes: The Toronto Real Estate Board

Buying Newly Constructed Toronto Real Estate Toronto Real Estate Board president Richard Silver recently wrote an interesting and important article in the Toronto Star on how Toronto real estate buyers can protect themselves when buying newly built housing and new condominiums. This Toronto Star column in its entirety is available here. When buying a home [...]

Buying Former Grow-Ops

There are hundreds of marijuana grow-op busts around the Greater Toronto Area each year, and it’s likely that thousands more go unnoticed. These grow-ops are in homes, condominiums and apartment buildings all around us. When a grow-op is found, busted and the home resold, it must be noted that it was a former grow-op to [...]

Difficulties In Selling Pre-Registration Condominium Units

Selling Pre-Registration Condominium Units in Toronto Last month, Toronto real estate lawyer Bob Aaron wrote an interesting and timely column on the difficulty of selling pre-registration Toronto condominium units. When pre-registration condominium units are snapped up by investors, they may want to sell them later even if they are not yet completed. According to Bob [...]