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Urbaneer’s Summer 2012 Real Estate Forecast - Part 2

July 09, 2012 | Real Estate, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

  As a child I often played the Monopoly Board Game with my family. The game of Monopoly is a real-estate trading game that was developed in the first half of the twentieth century. The premise of the game is that eventually, due to market forces simulated within the game…
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Knob And Tube Wiring

June 12, 2012 | Real Estate, Renovation, Tales Of Upper Hillsborough

  Like so many property owners doing renovations, we were surprised to find old knob and tube wiring throughout parts of our triplex when the home inspection completed as part of the due diligence for our purchase a few years ago listed all the wiring as ‘upgraded’. Sadly, this isn’t…
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A Panorama To Come Home To

May 29, 2012 | Real Estate

You know you've "arrived", "got it made" and are "the envy of your friends", if you're coming home to a swish penthouse with floor to ceiling windows and a panoramic terrace! For those who dream of being at the epicentre of all things Toronto, and crave being the King, or…
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Basement Blues

May 14, 2012 | Real Estate

  Today was a bit boo-hoo for urbaneer.com and one of its fab Buyers. Over the weekend our Buyer popped through an Open House in the central west end of the City and developed a bit of a crush on the property. Within 48 hours her note pad comprised a…
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Have Suitcase, Will Buy

May 09, 2012 | Lifestyle, Real Estate

  It was near a year ago when I proposed the next growing niche real estate market to cater to the busy professional would be the turn-key furnished residence, especially as I intend to sell my Movie House Loft with pretty much everything inside it! Click HERE to read that…
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About Condo Speculation

May 05, 2012 | Real Estate

  A few weeks ago I posted an article by Diane Francis of The Financial Post who suggested one way to regulate Canada's housing market is to ban foreign investment. Click HERE to read that article and post. Yesterday, Diane offered insight into the practice of speculators purchasing to-be-built condominiums…
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It’s All Visual

May 02, 2012 | Real Estate, Selling

  In a competitive market, Sellers are well-served when their listing broker provides more, not less, information for Buyers to review in advance of actually crossing the threshold of a property. I mean, what's with those realtors who post blurry, oddly-angled photographs showing open crammed closets, messy kitchens littered with…
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Ban Foreign Buying?

April 14, 2012 | News, Real Estate

  To tame Toronto’s housing ‘bubble’, ban foreign buying Diane Francis Apr 13, 2012 – 2:26 PM ET   While I don't want to present myself as xenophobic, I thought Diane Francis' article published in The Financial Post yesterday offered a solution to regulating Toronto's condo boom before it bursts…
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Coveted Outdoor Space

February 08, 2012 | Landscape, Real Estate, Selling

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you may have seen my previous writings on the importance in showcasing your outdoor space when selling. After all, in our Canadian climes, there's at least six months of each year where we can comfortably consider our outdoor space as an additional 'living room'. For…
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In The Service Of Love

February 06, 2012 | MediaPress, Real Estate

I was recently interviewed for PropertyWire.ca about the difference between working for friends and family versus clients. For me, there is no difference. I love my career so much that you'll get the same exacting prudent professional guidance regardless of who you are. However, if there's one thing my friends and…
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