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Toronto Real Estate, Yellowbelt Zoning & The Missing Middle: Part Two

August 8, 2019

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

July 18, 2019

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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Housing As A Symbol Of Self

January 3, 2019

House And Home, Real Estate, St. Lawrence Market

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…

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Urbaneer’s December 2018 E-Promo

December 30, 2018

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

* Happy Holidays! Wishing You Healthy, Happy Homes in the New Year! * In 2019, consider making our Urbaneer blog your source for the latest Toronto real estate news, housing market updates, monthly stats and trends, and seasonal forecasts. You’ll also find helpful homeownership advice and some spot-on urban lifestyle pieces! Here’s what’s inside our December…

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Ryerson Reports On The Visionary Redesigns Of Five Toronto Streets

August 21, 2018

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, City Living, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Wychwood / Humewood – Cedarvale

In a time of growing concern about the safety and efficiency of Toronto’s streets, media outlets have become mills of Vision Zero headlines, raging OpEd pieces, disturbing traffic camera footage, and plenty of finger-pointing. And the shaming isn’t just local – it’s global. Toronto has been singled out as the…

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Gentrification, Densification, And The History Of Toronto Real Estate

August 1, 2018

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, City Living, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, 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

As I move into my 26th year as a realtor – trading in property across the central core from The Beach west to The Kingsway, and from Harbourfront north to Hogg’s Hollow – I’ve witnessed an enormous change in the 42 city neighbourhoods which encompass my business. I’ve experienced this…

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Urbaneer Testimonials

January 4, 2018

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Media/Press, 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

Happy 2018! To start out the New Year, we wanted to share with you what motivates us to continue be one of the Top Realtors in Toronto. It’s the praises we receive from clients! At urbaneer.com, our objective is to educate, guide, and gently steer Buyers and Sellers through the…

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Dear Urbaneer – Does It Still Make Financial Sense To Invest In Downtown Toronto Real Estate?

July 21, 2017

Cabbagetown / Corktown, Dear Urbaneer, Finance, Leslieville/Riverside, Queen West, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth

Welcome to this month’s installment of Dear Urbaneer, where our readers put our real estate knowledge to task with their questions. This month, a reader asks for Steve’s guidance on purchasing an investment property in downtown Toronto based on his available capital. Dear Urbaneer: I was recommended to you by one of your existing clients,…

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TheRedPin Tracks Toronto Real Estate Prices By Subway Stop

June 15, 2017

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, City Living, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, High Park North / The Junction, Junction / High Park / Bloor West / Swansea, Midtown, Real Estate, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, Swansea / High Park / Bloor West Village, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village

Toronto is an expensive city, especially when it comes to real estate. Even as our market cools, buying property is prohibitively costly, given the average price of a detached house surpasses $1 million. A recent article in BlogTO features maps created by TheRedPin that charts the average sale prices of homes…

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Urbaneer’s Winter 2016 Toronto Real Estate Forecast Part One

December 7, 2016

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, College Street / Little Italy, Corso Italia / Davenport, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, 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 Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village, Wychwood / Humewood – Cedarvale, Yorkville / Summerhill / Rosedale

Welcome to Part One of urbaneer’s bi-annual prognostication: the Winter 2016 Toronto Real Estate Forecast. (Feeling reflective? Compare today's real estate climate to the same time last year: Winter 2015 Forecasts Part One and Part Two) Torontonians – and our Canadian media – love real estate, so there's always a story…

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