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A recent survey by Point2Homes found that while 66 per cent of millennials had an interest in buying a home, half had savings significantly below the national average down payment ($25,000) and 12 per cent didn’t have anything aside. What’s more, 70 per cent of millennials believed that for a down payment they would need …
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In 2017, we wrote about New Story Charity and what they’re doing to help families in need and their fight to introduce transparency into existing charity models. They built a crowdfunding platform to construct homes for families in the most vulnerable communities around the world.
Stay home this weekend and enjoy all Toronto has to offer. You may be surprised! It is Heaven without the six-hour drive! However, if you are someone who must leave Toronto on the weekend then we love you for doing so…Saturday or Sunday shopping at Costco or IKEA and actually having parking available…unbelievable!
We’ve all heard the old adage about “the American dream”, but modern opportunities, volatile political climates and the friendly reputation of Canada has more and more people revising this statement to encompass “the Canadian dream”.
At the GNE in Las Vegas, Brett Hagler, the co-founder and CEO of New Story Charity, presented hoping to get a commitment on 100 homes for a new project in Mexico. By the end of the presentation, they got pledges for more than 140 homes for a new community. Torontoism donated 6,500 USD for a home to be built for one of the families in need.
The words “Toronto” and “condo” have become synonymous. There’s no avoiding them. It seems as though every week more are commissioned, and half a week later a cluster of three or four high-rise, garden-topped buildings appear. Different people will experience this influx of infrastructure differently, but there’s no denying it’s changing Toronto, and the change …
Toronto is a great place to live if you’re striving for a healthy lifestyle. With its world-class health-related policies, cultural and culinary offerings, and fitness-oriented design, it offers an impressive environment for anyone.
Local is better. Eating locally grown food means you’re supporting family-owned Canadian farms instead of big foreign companies that had to freeze and ship the food to you. This doesn’t just mean you’re supporting local farmers, but you’re also doing a big favour to yourself and your family, by eating higher quality, GMO-free organic food. …
Members of various demographic groups shop for mortgages in different ways. Do the contrasts in the way the baby boomers and the millennials shop for mortgages tell us something about modern home buying? You bet. A pair of mortgage professionals recently took the time to chat about the way Canadians of different generations think debt …
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What do you call a cultured American? A Canadian. All right, I know. It’s easy to make fun our neighbours to the south – especially now, in this era of fake news, loud hair, and belligerent patriotism – so perhaps we should take some time to exercise our somewhat flabby appreciation muscles by acknowledging some …
This selection of podcasts for Real Estate professionals and rookies covers marketing, commercial real estate, interviews with industry veterans and accomplished investors and investing in general. The great thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them anywhere at anytime. Couldn’t find your favourite show on the list? Let everyone know in the comments …
Sit down with your partner and family and decide what rightsizing will mean to you and your lifestyle. The ruling decision should be based on “Is this the safest place for me to live?”.
On 28th of January traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar turns over to a new year. This occasion is also known as Spring Festival, or simply Chinese New Year.
Everybody is aware of the pros of working from home, but nobody is talking about the huge, unproductive, disorganized elephant in the room.
Join me this holiday season in making a gift to Casey House. I still give because I continue to be inspired to see Casey House serve the HIV community with innovative, inclusive approaches to care; to see clients feel included as part of a movie night, a healthy cooking activity, or a roundtable discussion.
A few hours north of the congestion and pollution of the country’s largest city lies an oasis of solitude. A place where people can breathe fresh pine-tinted air, cannonball into crystal-clear water, or just sit around a fire under the stars. Ontario’s cottage country has been an escape for city-dwellers for generations. Every summer a …
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We look up to them. They are our parents, mentors, teachers, partners in both business and life. Everybody needs a role model just like every experienced sailor needs to rely on a map and a compass. Essentially, just like the sailor has a destination, we too strive for the best of our future self.
I grew up at St. Claire and Dufferin, and my grandmother’s down at Dufferin and Bloor, and my other grandmother’s at Runnymede. We’re definitely a West End kind of crew.
Scores of foreign students choose to study in Canada especially in Ontario as well as British Columbia because of their internationally renowned education, better job opportunities, and high standard of living.
Although real estate is still very much a face-to-face business, there’s no doubt that technology has dramatically changed the profession.
