Dear Urbaneer: Should I Move Or Renovate?

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Beaches, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dear Urbaneer, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, Forest Hill, Harbourfront, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Real Estate, Renovation, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Welcome to this month’s instalment of Dear Urbaneer where I take on tough real estate questions that are posed to me by my inquisitive clients. This time, I’m responding to a client who requires more space but is weighing the pros and cons of buying a larger property or modifying the…
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How Toronto Real Estate Is Shifting From ‘Fixer-Upper’ Flips To ‘Tear Down’ New Construction

College Street / Little Italy, High Park North / The Junction, Tales From The Real Estate Trenches
Welcome to my blog on housing, culture and design, where I explore the many facets of housing and home in Toronto. In this post, I’m exploring the rise of a new standard and price point for luxury executive residences homes located in former ethnic neighbourhoods. The speed with which Buyers are snapping them up signals a…
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Dear Urbaneer: What Are The Important Considerations Surrounding Multi-Generational Housing?

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dear Urbaneer, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, High Park North / The Junction, Housing & Politics, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Welcome to this month’s edition of Dear Urbaneer. Every month I field real estate questions from my clients and then open my vault of real estate experience to provide them with answers. This month, I offer my guidance to a buyer whose family is considering the possibility of purchasing a home…
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Urbaneer’s Toronto Real Estate Forecast 2019: Part Two

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Beaches, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, Forest Hill, Harbourfront, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Best of Urbaneer, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
. I’m Steve Fudge, and I help Owners’ sell – and Buyers’ purchase – Toronto Real Estate!     Welcome to Part Two of my Urbaneer Toronto Real Estate Forecast for 2019! In Part One, I examined the state of the Toronto real estate market in terms of recent activity and prices,…
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Urbaneer’s Toronto Real Estate Forecast 2019: Part One

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Beaches, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, Forest Hill, Harbourfront, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Best of Urbaneer, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Welcome to Urbaneer.com’s most recent shelter prognostication – my Toronto Real Estate Forecast for the latter half of 2019! I’m going to take a little bit of a different approach in this edition. In this first part, I’ll explore the Provincial and Federal governments’ efforts since Spring 2017 to dampen demand and diffuse the potentiality of…
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12 Recent Adaptive Reuse, Live/Work, Storefront & Coach House Conversion Sales In Toronto

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Cabbagetown / Corktown, Corso Italia / Davenport, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Welcome to my blog on housing, culture, and design in Toronto! This is where I share my insights and experiences on almost every aspect of the Toronto Real Estate Market – and life here in the 6ix! Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about how Toronto – the City of…
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Toronto Real Estate, Yellowbelt Zoning & The Missing Middle: Part Two

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Beaches, Cabbagetown / Corktown, City Living, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, Forest Hill, Harbourfront, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Real Estate, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Welcome to the second of my two-part exploration on the ‘missing middle’, where I discuss how a lack of housing type diversity – and the accompanying affordability challenges facing middle-income households in Toronto – is fueling a housing crisis. In Part One, I explored how restrictive and antiquated urban planning policies have impeded…
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Toronto Real Estate, Yellowbelt Zoning & The Missing Middle: Part One

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Beaches, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, Forest Hill, Harbourfront, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Real Estate, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Welcome to my blog on housing, culture and design in the City of Toronto. Today I’m going to explore how a lack of housing types, along with restrictive antiquated urban planning policies, contribute to Toronto’s housing crisis. Have you heard the term “missing middle” being bandied about in the press as of late?…
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Urbaneer’s Best Buys Of 2018

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Buy of the Month, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Queen West, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale
How is 2019 treating you? Given the lack of blizzards and 5 foot tall snow drifts I’d say we’re in pretty good shape for mid-January! As a final reflection on the year gone by, we’d like to continue our tradition of showcasing the past year’s ‘Homes Of The Month’. In…
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Housing As A Symbol Of Self

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, Cabbagetown / Corktown, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, Forest Hill, Harbourfront, High Park North / The Junction, House And Home, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Midtown, Queen West, Real Estate, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood - Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale
Have you ever walked down a Toronto avenue, admiring the wide variety of homes and pondering who might dwell within? “I wonder who lives there…”. I do! Every day. In the original City of Toronto, there is so much cultural, economic and social diversity stamped on our existing housing stock, most…
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