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Extreme Pumpkins

October 31, 2011 | Design

This evening will be my first time in thirteen years not being at The Button Factory, where I and my neighbours would annually stage a haunted fright night show on our mews walkway for the neighbourhood kids. Boo! How amazing to witness young children growing over the course of a decade+,…
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October 2011 Home Of The Month - Roncesvalles Village

October 27, 2011 | Home Of The Month

Welcome to urbaneer.com's Home Of The Month. This feature provides a snap shot of what urbaneer.com's Buyers are purchasing in the City of Toronto. One of the best parts of a realtor's life is being witness to the bloom of love. Adorable girl meets cute boy...they date, become smitten, and…
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Investors Beware

October 25, 2011 | Blogs

Recent data has revealed that a lot of investors have sunk their speculative capital in the Toronto housing market. A chunk of it is in the high-rise condominium marketplace, many of which are set to take delivery in the near future. Click HERE for our latest press on the subject matter, with a tip on where…
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Staging Nightmare

October 17, 2011 | Real Estate, Style Enhancement Staging

While I understand, and as a realtor participate, in the heightened media-induced obsession to 'stage' properties for sale using home furnishings that are 'aspirational' (though, at urbaneer.com, we prefer to implement 'Style Enhancements' which are less contrived and more personable - click HERE for an example - ), sometimes the staging effort is executed all WRONG! In fact, there are occasions where staging makes…
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Another Amusing Ad

October 15, 2011 | Amusing Ads - Globe & Mail

Sometimes ya just gotta embrace your sense of humour! Here's this week's Globe and Mail Innovative Space ad, now running most weeks for over 18 years. If you, or someone you know, is looking for a realtor who does things a little differently and with great success, please know I'm here…
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The City Of Culture

October 14, 2011 | Arts

I know... we're all victims of it. We live in our big cities boasting about all the cultural amenities at our disposal, but in the complacency of our day to day lives we miss some great experiences. Last year I said "Enough!" and vowed to celebrate as much of our amazing city as possible. In…
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Parking Space For Sale

October 12, 2011 | Real Estate

Oh My! Parking is never easy at the best of times, but it looks like the driver of the car above unwittingly choose the spot which would become a Sinkhole! Yikes! Today's post is a response to one of my clients who emailed me with the following question: "A neighbour has…
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Thanksgiving Gratitude

October 10, 2011 | EntertainmentLeisure

What better way to get grounded and grateful than spending Thanksgiving weekend at my friends' farm in the country amidst clear sunny skies of 27 degrees celsius? I'm giving thanks for my family, my friends, my clients, my colleagues, my city, my province and my country. Yea! Here's a few snaps of the…
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A Bite In Queen West

October 06, 2011 | RestaurantBars

Yup, sometimes I start my day with coffee and a Breakwich. This is what it looks like when I have it at The Drake Hotel (http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/) on Queen West. Breakwich + Coffee = Happy ~ Steve
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A Breezy Balmy Day In The Beach

October 06, 2011 | Lifestyle

As a west coast transplant from 25 years ago, I still find myself yearning for water. Fortunately, Toronto has a pretty stellar boardwalk running along Lake Ontario in a charming neighbourhood called, what else, but 'The Beach'. In the late 80s this neighbourhood was my home. In fact, I owned…
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