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Spring/Summer Forecast 2013: Be Wary of the Condo Crunch

May 06, 2013 | Real Estate, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

Welcome to the second installment of urbaneer’s current round of prognostication: our Spring/Summer forecast for 2013 on Toronto's condominium market. Last year we predicted we'd be in for a wonky market. Well, it's come true. Click HERE to see last year’s forecast. Like in nature, real estate follows a…
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Spring/Summer Forecast 2013: The Central Toronto Freehold Housing Market

April 30, 2013 | Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

Welcome to the first installment of urbaneer.com’s prognostication, our Spring / Summer 2013 Forecast. This installment explores the dynamics of the central Toronto freehold housing market, with our second installment - coming soon - analyzing the city's condominium market. Last year we predicted we'd be in for a wonky…
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Our Spring / Summer 2013 Fashion Forecast For Housing

April 25, 2013 | Real Estate, Style Enhancement Staging, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

This may surprise you, but the fashion forward aren’t the only people who monitor the trends and styles that designers send down the runway. Economists and realtors like me also look to cool hunters in the fashion world to forecast consumer consciousness and behaviour. Of course, fashion and real…
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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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Urbaneer’s Summer 2012 Real Estate Forecast - Part 1

July 03, 2012 | Real Estate, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

So Summer is here with toasty temperatures, prompting Torontonians to strip down to the outdoor basics. According to Debonair.com, that means all the cool kids, hipsters and trendys are strutting in attire with color blocking fabrics, especially those featuring a gradient or ombre tie-dye effect as you can see…
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Our Fall 2011 Forecast Part 2

September 06, 2011 | Real Estate, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

The photo above illustrates how the hot fashion colours included in my Spring Summer 2011 Forecast are appearing in the world of real estate. Click HERE to review that posting. In it you'll read several of my insights that serve as continued dire forewarnings indicators for this coming season's market. More recently, I'm hoping…
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Our Fall 2011 Forecast Part 1

September 01, 2011 | Real Estate, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

This may surprise you, but the fashion forward aren’t the only people who monitor the trends and styles that designers send down the runway. Economists and realtors like myself also look to cool hunters in the fashion world to forecast consumer consciousness and behaviour. Of course, fashion and real estate…
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Spring Summer 2011 Forecast

January 24, 2011 | Real Estate, Style Enhancement Staging, Urbaneer's Real Estate Forecasts

First, for your listening and viewing pleasure, here's the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Spring 2011 show - can you tear yourself away from those models to read this? For those of you who are wondering why I occasionally toss in some fashion here at the urbaneer.com blog, let it be…
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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'.…
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