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The ‘Can’t Touch This’ Market

June 14, 2010 - Lately it's been a challenge bringing buyers and sellers together to create a meeting of the minds when negotiating a real estate transaction. As the bidding wars diminish buyers are wanting to negotiate with sellers yet, after years of increasing property values, sellers are reluctant to let go of their properties for anything less…
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Summer Time Beef

June 07, 2010 - As summer rolls in with another warm breezy weekend (including a lashing night time thunder storm), by end of day Sunday my neighbourhood was filled with the sound of chatter, clinking glasses and the scent of steak grilling on the barbecue. Everyone is embracing their 'summer rooms', whether that be their patio, garden, deck…
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Soya-nara College Street

May 21, 2010 - Utopia Cafe 586 College Street 416-534-7751 Sushi Island 571 College Street (416) 535-1515 Wednesday night was so warm everyone in my neighbourhood was out on the streets. Even at 9:30pm the patios were full, there were lines up at every gelati parlour (this is Little Italy, afterall), and the streets were…
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Lite Brite

May 17, 2010 - First, not that you asked, but one thing that drives me bonkers are alliterations that also spell the words incorrectly. I consider this awkward attempt to be 'oh so clever' infuriating. In fact, it sends me into a rage. Maybe it's because I lost the school spelling bee in grade five. Regardless, you're guaranteed to…
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Black is Beautiful

May 14, 2010 - Many of us have heard Henry Ford's comment about his Ford Model T in 1909 - "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black". I kind of feel that way about houses. While most traditional Toronto housing is constructed of brick and…
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When It Rains, It Pours

May 12, 2010 - Sometimes I'm certain there's a correlation between the weather and real estate activity. One week we're sunning ourselves being languid, the next a blustery storm is lashing on our heels and the phone is ringing off the hook. Buyers are buying, while sellers prepare to catch the tail end of…
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Spring Blooms New Listings

May 05, 2010 - I am simply beaming for joy this week now that Spring has fully blossomed! Yesterday, after photographing my new listing at Tip Top Lofts (see the Current Promotions Section for the listing 'Modern Bespoke At Tip Top Lofts' offered for $349,000 for something truly special!), I took a stroll along the marina and parks lining Lake Ontario. Nature's symphony…
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My Room With A Peek-A-Boo View

May 03, 2010 - I have a love/hate relationship with the CN Tower. On the one hand, I marvel at how it's reigned supreme as the world's tallest structure since 1976 until this year, when Dubai's Burj Khalifa took the crown. On the other hand I despise how there's almost no escaping its presence. No…
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The Literal Sale, Literally

April 21, 2010 - Every so often we realtors have the task of selling a property that has some, shall we say, "limitations". From a six lane highway opposite your bedroom window to backyard sinkholes, there are some things that scream "caveat emptor" and make finding a buyer very challenging. Some properties I've been…
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We Flip Burgers, Not Houses

March 17, 2010 - First, I don't want to label all renovators as 'house flippers' and put them out of business. In fact, I really appreciate the skilled contractor who takes a tired, dated, obsolete crapbox and turns it into quality, renovated, mechanically-sound product for resale. In fact, I fully support the home…
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