Dear Urbaneer: How Can I Keep My Flip from Flopping?

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Welcome to 'Dear Urbaneer', where each month we field a thoughtful question from our clients and readers. This time around, an Urbaneer client is thinking about taking on a fixer-upper with the intent of flipping it for resale in quick succession, but is nervous about what the process actually entails…
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Dear Urbaneer: How Much Is My Home Really Worth?

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Welcome to our regular 'Dear Urbaneer' post, where we tackle questions asked by our clients with our insights, experience and sage advice. This time around, we are examining how the appraisal from a lending institution or an insurance company may not fully reflect a property's true market value. Dear Urbaneer: It…
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Dear Urbaneer – On Choosing A Winning Location

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, College Street / Little Italy, Dear Urbaneer, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
Welcome to our monthly “Dear Urbaneer” post, where each month we answer a question asked by one of our clients. This month we tackle the issue of what makes a location desirable when searching for the right property. Dear Urbaneer: We know what we need to have in a home,…
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Dear Urbaneer – Do I Buy A House Or A Condo?

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At the start of my real estate career over two decades ago, I found Buyers quite clearly had a preference to purchasing either a freehold dwelling or a condominium. Back then the price gap between the two housing types weren’t as dramatic as they are today, in part because there…
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Dear Urbaneer – How To Evaluate A Toronto Condo

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Not a week goes by without the media fretting about the potential crash of the condominium market. And with reason. Condominium living has become the dominant housing form in our urban centre and, amidst the sea of construction cranes which blanket the city, there’s a further 60,000 suites to be…
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Understanding The Development Process

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  Given Urbaneer.com’s history of launching multiple new and loft conversion condominium projects within the City of Toronto over the past twenty years, we’re frequently asked how a project goes from concept to completion. Interestingly, whether you are converting a small building into a few residences or intensifying the urban…
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