Archive for Home Selling In Toronto
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 [...]
Improving Your Toronto Real Estate’s Curb Appeal
If you’re planning on selling your Toronto real estate this year or even next year, you can get a head start on enhancing your curb appeal now. Your curb appeal is the first impression your home will make on a buyer – making it especially important to make it a good one. Be a stranger [...]
TD Economics Quarterly Report – Housing Outlook
According to the latest Economic Update from TD Economics, Canada’s housing market will avoid symptoms of another United States-style downturn because Canada is already in a great position to deal with any economic uncertainty that might be coming our way. The Quarterly Economic Update says that, “Canada’s economy enjoys several advantages that will help to [...]
Toronto Real Estate Sales Jump In Mid-August
According to the latest report on mid-month Toronto real estate sales from the Toronto Real Estate Board, home sales in mid-August increased by 22.5 per cent during August 2011 compared to the first 14 days of August 2010. Detached homes increased by 24 per cent in the 416 area code and 25 per cent in [...]
July 2011 Toronto Real Estate Market Video Analysis Now Ready
Hi, I’m Thomas Cook from Toronto’s Real Estate Team at RE/MAX Hallmark and here is our July 2011 Toronto real estate market report. July’s average sale price was up compared to one year ago but the listing inventory was lower. We’re going to talk about the effect of a drop in the ratio of sales-so-listings (or [...]
