Archive for Luxury Toronto Homes

Over-Sealing Your Toronto Real Estate To Conserve Energy?

The weather in Toronto is cooling fast.. Many Toronto homeowners will take to using heat in order to warm up and get a decent night’s sleep. Smart homeowners also know that the smallest crack or opening will seriously lessen the efficiency of their winter heat, and will seal up their homes to prevent their precious [...]

Have A High Toronto Property Tax Assessment?

A high Toronto real estate property tax assessment can be appealed, and if this is successful homeowners can save thousands of dollars each year. When you receive your notice of assessment, there are instructions on how to appeal included. If you have a strong case, there’s really no reason why you won’t be successful in [...]

Toronto Real Estate: The Media Game

While perusing through the recent Toronto real estate headlines regarding market stats from September, two things stand out: several headlines pointing out that Canada’s September home sales have fallen a whopping 20 per cent from September 2009, and one puny headline saying that Canada’s home sales have risen three per cent this September. So are [...]

Toronto Income Real Estate And Claiming Business Losses

Thanksgiving weekend is the unofficial closing of cottage country season for Greater Toronto Area vacation real estate owners. The leaf colour changes have reached their peak, and soon the temperature will drop too low to be palatable during the majority of evenings on the lake. Those summer nights around the campfire and fishing opportunities are [...]

Prepping Your Toronto Real Estate For Fall

The leaves are changing and the weather has already cooled in Toronto, but before winter comes you might want to get some fall maintenance done in order to both protect your investment and help you save money on your heating bills. If this maintenance is not done before winter, serious floor damage could occur and [...]

Toronto Real Estate And Marriage: Food For Thought

The Toronto Star reported on an interesting case this week, where a couple married in a religious ceremony without getting a civil marriage license and lost their ability to claim rights to their mutual Toronto real estate if they were to ever separate. In 2004, the couple was married by a religious leader under Sharia [...]

Toronto’s Housing Market Won’t See The Same Issues As The United States

The Canadian housing market has cooled slightly after record-highs and now we’re faced with news that the housing market in the United States is floundering even more than when compared with previous months. Approximately 10 per cent of American homeowners are projected to be at risk of having their homes foreclosed on in the near [...]

Toronto-Area Couple Steals During Open Houses

According to the Canadian Press, a Toronto-area couple is facing several different charges after pilfering through people’s belongings and taking what they wanted during real estate open houses. After a string of thefts in a series of open houses, police began keeping track and finally arrested the suspects last weekend. Jewelry and money were the [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]