Richard Silver

Archive for May, 2011

Toronto’s Cabbagetown Garden Tour: June 5th, 2011

If you have never been to the Cabbagetown Garden Tour before, than this year is your year! There are 10 great gardens on this year's tour...I will be at one of them so come and see if you can find me. Look forward to seeing you on June 5th, 2011. This event is presented by the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.      Continue Reading...

TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOOD IN FOCUS: Yonge Street Corridor

Bloor on the south, St Clair on the north, Yonge on the east and Avenue Rd on the west — as they say in real estate parlance, “Location, location, location.” Centrally situated, this neighbourhood includes grand Victorian and Edwardian detached and semi-detached homes on east-west streets accessible to the subway and great shopping. The shops include the legendary “Five Thieves,” the name given by locals to the specialty food stores just south of the Summerhill LCBO. As the name suggests, make...Continue Reading...

Toronto Area Housing Market Charts for April 2011.

Here are the latest charts from the Toronto Real Estate Board. Notice that if you take out last year, the other three years remaining are on a similar track. That is why I like these charts. They give you a fuller perspective of what is happening in the Toronto Area Marketplace. Toronto Realtors Housing Market Charts April 2011View more presentations from Richard Silver.Continue Reading...

GREATER TORONTO REALTORS® REPORT APRIL 2011 RESALE HOUSING FIGURES

TORONTO, May 4, 2011 -- Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 9,041 existing home sales through the TorontoMLS® system in April 2011. This result was down 17 per cent compared April 2010 when sales spiked to a new record of 10,898. While off last year’s record result, April 2011 sales were in line with the average April sales level reported over the previous five years. “Existing home sales have been strong from a historic perspective through the first four months of 2011.Expect the pace...Continue Reading...