Archive for Toronto condominiums

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 [...]

Avoiding Toronto Real Estate Fraud

The real estate market is stable in Toronto right now, but with a stable or booming market comes an increase in real estate fraud, namely mortgage fraud. There are two common types of real estate fraud: using “straw buyers” to voluntarily sign away their good credit by putting their name on a mortgage application for [...]

The Recession Has Taught Potential Toronto Real Estate Buyers The Value Of Smarter Choices

The results of a recent poll of potential Canadian homeowners were presented at the 37th annual Canadian Home Builders’ Association conference earlier this year. Some of the key statistics presented in the poll were: • 24 per cent of Canadian homeowners plan to sell their home and buy another one within the next two to [...]

Sometimes, It’s Not Easy Being Green For Toronto Homeowners

Sustainable products, eco-awareness films, energy-efficient appliances and environmentally friendly incentives for homeowners are just a handful of the green things that we see all around us throughout the day, everywhere we look. Government and City of Toronto incentives are still rewarding homeowners left and right when they renovate with green in mind. Some of these [...]

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 Homeowners Like To Move: Survey

A new survey by Toronto-Dominion Bank has found that Canadians like moving. Approximately 20 per cent of Canadian real estate buyers have owned more than five homes in their lifetime, and nearly the same amount of Canadians are planning on moving within six years. Fewer than a third of those surveyed said that their next [...]

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 [...]

Toronto Home Appliance Program Can Lower Energy Bills

Toronto building codes are changing, and by 2012 it’ll be mandatory for homes to be 35% more energy-efficient than they are today. New homes will probably be built with higher-end, costlier and more energy-efficient cooling and heating systems as a result. These systems may also be costlier to maintain and repair should there be a [...]