Archive for Home Selling 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 [...]

Getting Your Trees Ready For Fall

Much of Toronto’s properties have older trees, and in some neighbourhoods these trees can be well over a few hundred years old! Your gardening and landscaping duties don’t end in the fall – especially when it comes to trees. Follow these tips to ensure your trees come back with beautiful foliage in the spring, increasing [...]

Seven Things You Might Not Realize Can Lower The Value Of Your Toronto Real Estate

Ways of increasing your property value are more often written about than things that will lower them. But you can easily raise your property value by paying attention to these details and eliminating small problems that can lower your property value. When you decide to sell your Toronto real estate, getting top dollar is on [...]

Now Is A Great Time To Sell Your Toronto Real Estate

According to both the Toronto Real EstateBoard and Canadian Real Estate Association, home sales in Toronto and across Canada are increasing even in uncertain economic times. The Bank of Canada just announced that it will not be changing its rates for the time being, and resale homes increased 2.7 per cent across Canada in September. [...]

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, [...]

Bring Back Ontario Home Energy Savings Program: TREB

Toronto Real Estate Board calls for reinstatement of renovation rebate program The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) recently issued a press release calling for the reinstatement of the Ontario Home Energy Savings Program, which provided up to $5,000 worth of incentives for homeowners to complete energy-efficient renovations. “Summer is coming to an end and winter [...]

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 [...]

Toronto Real Estate Board: Repeal Land Transfer Tax

Toronto Real Estate Board wants Land Transfer Tax abolished A recent press release from the Toronto Real Estate Board is calling on Toronto City Council to eliminate the Land Transfer Tax. “The Toronto Land Transfer Tax is a job killer: Economic analyses have shown that about 40,000 Toronto jobs rely specifically on the economic activity [...]