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Value in Buildings

November 09, 2010 - As a prudent buyer or homeowner, it’s crucial you understand how the six layers of a building inﬂuence value. These six layers—Site, Structure, Skin, Services, Space Plan, and Stuff (the furnishings), as illustrated in the diagram, all impact a property’s value—both in the marketplace and as a real cost. SITE—The…
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Recapturing Soulfulness In Your Urban Homelife

October 27, 2010 - In Canada’s pioneering history, shelter was once connected to the soil and the site, with timber logs split on ends for walls and stones stacked for a stable foundation. The use of natural materials for the creation of a homestead became an extension of the landscape – and with it…
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Understanding Our Market Momentum

June 30, 2010 - Do you wonder why our real estate economy has continued to grow even when you suspect it should not? As a realtor engaged in the trade of property over the past twenty years throughout the City of Toronto, I’ve witnessed the property economy boom, bubble, collapse and recover into the…
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For the Love of Trees

March 26, 2010 - There is something purely enchanting in those first Spring Days when you can open your windows and breath in the fresh scent of nature waking up from its winter hibernation. As the soil thaws, spring flowers begin to peek out to greet the sun, and garden perennials shift from twig-like…
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Gentrification In The City

October 28, 2009 - Have you ever noticed how some neighbourhoods suddenly transform from a plain unimaginative enclave into the new hot trendy area with sky-rocketing property values? And how is it that in the course of a few years a neighbourhood once renown for it’s Italian shoe stores can become home to the…
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Strategies To Help Sell Your Home

August 07, 2009 - If you’re thinking of selling, keep in mind most buyers are not only looking for shelter but a place to call Home, a place to fall in love with and take root. By taking the time to create a pleasing environment, you not only enhance the opportunity to grab your…
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From Boom to Balance in the City of Toronto

July 26, 2009 - After an unrivaled housing boom that has cycled substantially longer than those previous, recent Toronto real estate statistics are reporting a reduction in volume traded and a minor increase in home prices. This signals a shift in the market, with the pendulum swinging from a Seller’s market to one that…
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What is your home worth today?

May 09, 2009 - Have you ever wondered why your bank’s appraiser set the value of your property far lower than you thought fair? Or had your insurance company offer a policy that barely covers your decade’s worth of improvements ? And how come those values seem so different from the sale price your…
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Buy Smart Purchasing the Smart Buy

March 02, 2009 - By the end of 2008 the global ﬁnancial calamity was impacting Toronto’s real estate market, prompting a drop in value upwards of ten percent. After a frozen moment of hesitation and Holiday hunkering, Buyers who had been actively home-shopping prior to the ﬁnancial mayhem leapt into the New Year with…
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What Does Your Home Say About You?

February 09, 2009 - Have you ever walked down the street looking at houses and wondered, “Who lives there?”. Casual observations of the style of the house, its condition, and landscaping can reveal several clues about its residents. And the objects around the property, like a flag hung over the front porch, bikes tethered…
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