Urbaneer - Toronto Real Estate, Condos, Homes

Why Do We Love Where We Live?

April 19, 2012 - When walking down most residential streets in the old City of Toronto, have you noticed the variation in the condition of the houses? Some are original and somewhat dilapidated; others are upgraded with a distinct cultural stamp; still others are meticulously restored or renovated with a decidedly modern flair. In…
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Where Are The Listings?

March 21, 2012 - A question we’re frequently hearing from our buyers this Spring is: "Where are the decent listings?" To complicate matters, when our buyers do find a potential property, they realize that in order to secure the property in question, they often must become participants in a frenzied bidding war. Recently one…
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Seven Home Runs To Achieve Top Dollar!

February 15, 2012 - In an era where dozens of home design and decorating magazines are published each month advising you on the latest trends and styles, ‘house fluffing’ is a common program theme on the ever popular Home and Garden Television (HGTV) station; House Flippers are popping up on nearly every urban street…
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The Future Of Urban Toronto

January 11, 2012 - Imagine the near future; you land at the airport from your vacation abroad. Within minutes of arrival, you speed through the terminal using your hand print and matching bio-metric identity scan passports to bypass the immigration line-ups. Your partner picks you up, and zooms on to the highway, choosing one…
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Locks Or Stocks? Which Should I Buy?

November 30, 2011 - Given the roller coaster ride in the stock market recently, more and more investors are asking me whether they should place their capital in bricks and mortar rather than in stocks. The currently volatile environment breathes new life into an age old argument- “Stocks Or Locks, Which Should I Buy?”.…
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Is Toronto’s Real Estate Market ‘Too Good To Be True’?

October 17, 2011 - As one of Toronto's top-producing realtors, it's amazing I began my real estate career in 1989 just as the Toronto housing bubble burst. Lucky me, eh? But boy did I learn a lot during the early years of my career. The magnitude of that housing market collapse was so substantial, it…
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Fashion In Housing

September 16, 2011 - 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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The Seasons To Real Estate

June 10, 2011 - Much like in nature, there are seasons to Real Estate. While there are four distinct seasons in our Canadian climate, the real estate market has but three, each with its own unique characteristics that contribute to the cyclic nature of buying and selling real estate. Think of summer, with its…
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Bully Offers & Bidding Wars - Strategies for Buying and Selling

January 24, 2011 - Whether you’re just keeping tabs or you’re an active participant in Toronto’s real estate market you’ve probably heard the terms ‘bidding war’ and ‘bully offer’. Here’s a brief summary that explains the motivations and circumstances which, in any market condition, create these situations. A ‘bidding war’ is when more than…
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Spring Summer 2011 Real Estate Forecast

January 24, 2011 - Just like Spring flowers bursting into bloom, count on our Toronto real estate market to burst with fresh vigor as early as January with a consistent volume of sales and solid prices. Depending on the price point, location and type of dwelling, we may also see prices blossom in segments…
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