Blog

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…
Read More

Locks Or Stocks?

August 19, 2011 | MediaPress, News, Real Estate

Locks? Stocks? Or live in a barrel? Any one who has money invested in the stock market has become a little frayed and jittery lately. It's got people wondering whether they should cash out some capital and invest it money in bricks and mortar. Should they? Read on for urbaneer.com's latest press in Propertywire.ca, which…
Read More

Summer Sizzle Part Deux

August 12, 2011 | News, Real Estate

Last week I wrote about our scorching hot Toronto real estate market, using June's sale statistics to demonstrate how dramatically it is outperforming last summer. Typically, the humid weather prompts buyers to take a break, but not this year. We're low on supply, while demand continues to surge. Buyers are in a summer…
Read More

Canadian Homeowners Renovate Less in 2010

July 07, 2011 | MediaPress, News, Real Estate, Tales Of Upper Hillsborough

A 2010 'Renovation and Home Purchasing Survey' by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) revealed slightly fewer property owners embarked on home renovations than in 2009. How come? Propertywire.ca consulted urbaneer.com on possible reasons. Read on below for our thoughts. Incidentally, the photo above is a work-in-progress shot of our newest project, located on Prince Edward Island! Situated in the heart of…
Read More

Fall 2010 Forecast

August 09, 2010 | Books & Magazines, News, Real Estate, Trades, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts, Worthy Websites

Ok, so here we are in the heat of summer when real estate sales are traditionally their slowest and the media is making dire predictions on where the market is headed. Here's my two cents from the real estate trenches! First, Toronto Life Magazine did a good job wigging us out with their July article called 'Bubble Trouble'.…
Read More

The Heat Is On

June 25, 2010 | News, Real Estate

Mix one part obsessed World Cup Soccer fans driving around town honking and waving flags from their cars, with one part traffic gridlock exacerbated by wrapping our financial core in concrete and barbed wire for the G20 summit, and then bake it under this week's hot humid weather system! Voila,…
Read More

Mortgage Financing

March 31, 2010 | Finance, News

Qualifying for a mortgage is becoming more difficult, interest rates are set to rise, and buyers don't know whether to lock in for the long term or go with a variable financing package. Read more here. ~Steven
Read More