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Toronto Area Housing Market Charts for December 2012.

Here are the housing market charts for the Toronto Area MLS Sales for December 2011...Sorry if I am late getting them to you as it has been a crazy busy January 2012. Toronto Real Estate Board Housing Market Charts View more presentations from Richard Silver Continue Reading...

Toronto Area REALTORS® RELEASE MID‐APRIL RESALE HOUSING FIGURES

TORONTO, APRIL 18, 2011 ‐‐ Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,444 sales during the first two weeks of April 2011 – a three per cent decrease compared to the first two weeks of April 2010. The number of new listings was down by 21 per cent compared to the same period last year. “Sales activity was quite strong during the first two weeks of April. If this level of activity is sustained for the remainder of the month, we could see April...Continue Reading...

Greater Toronto REALTORS® Report January 2011 Monthly Resale Housing Market Figures

TORONTO, February 4, 2011 -- Greater Toronto REALTORS®  reported 4,337 transactions through the TorontoMLS®  system in January 2011. This result was 13 per cent lower than the record result reported in January 2010. “While off the record pace experienced a year ago, the Greater Toronto Area  resale market has started the year on a solid footing. Home buyers in Toronto and surrounding areas continue to benefit from a diversity of housing types for sale at many different price points,” said Toronto...Continue Reading...

The Canadian Real Estate Association releases REALTOR.ca mobile application for Apple iPhone

 Just in time for Xmas! This is great news from the Canadian Real Estate Association. It is a free download from the iTunes store and also works (though is not as good) on your iPad. The best part is the GPS so it can be used on the move when you are sitting in from of a property to get the REALTOR.ca information.   Ottawa, ON – December 21, 2010 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) today released its REALTOR.ca app for...Continue Reading...

Toronto Real Estate Board: C.D. Howe Commentary

Here is a commentary from TREB  about a study by the C.D. Howe Institute . It points to the misconception that the Canadian Real Estate Market is doomed to follow the U.S. Real Estate market in the next few months. Here are their thoughts: (more...)Continue Reading...

Need Help to Declutter and Downsize?

My friend and client Ann Christie has begun a great new business to help people "Declutter and Downsize". I have known her for years and think this is a great service she is providing that all of us can use from time to time. I have no qualms at all in referring her to you. In fact, I may be calling her to help me attack my closets....doubt I will be wearing those pants with a 32 inch waist...unless they have...Continue Reading...

Toronto Real Estate: Holding Off Offers.

Over the past years a technique has developed that Realtors and the Public call: Holding Off Offers. The idea is that the Seller and Realtor bring a property to the market through the TorontoMLS system with a note in the Broker's remarks that although showing can commence at the time of listing, offers, if any, will be reviewed at a later date. What is the reason for this? Are the Realtor and Seller manipulating the market to force multiple offers in an Auction-like scenario? Could...Continue Reading...

My Thoughts on The Competition Bureau and The Canadian Real Estate Association

Please notes that my thoughts are personal only and are not in any way those of Bosley Real Estate Ltd .(who hold my license) or The Toronto Real Estate Board  (I am a Director-at-Large). I love my business, am engaged in it 7 days a week, 12 to 15 hours a day and would not want to do anything else however: There is a lot of discussion going on led by the Competition Bureau  and forces that want to "open up" the MLS ...Continue Reading...

Downtown Toronto News Is Up and Running!

Every morning I get up, head to the front door, pick up my Globe and Mail  and skip happily to the Toronto Section. What happens in the rest of the world and the world economy is important, but nothing engages me like breaking new in Toronto. Sadly, I find myself with the feeling that I am missing a lot of the Toronto goings-on, and head to the Internet going to several sources to keep up to date. (more...)Continue Reading...

Toronto Real Estate Board Releases Housing Market Graphs for December 2009

The Toronto Real Estate Board has released it's most recent Housing Market Graphs. Of note, is the last page which notes that over the past couple of years, affordability has increased in the Greater Toronto Area. This would account to the strong market we have been having despite the world-wide economic downturn. I always find these housing charts a great read as they compare the last three years and help to add some perspective that month by month statistics cannot....Continue Reading...