First, I had a technical glitch that has been preventing me from posting blogs this past week. Golly I’ve missed you! Are you, like me, out of your gloomy weather rut? Sunday’s glorious 18C degree brought swarms of cooped up Torontonians flocking to whatever patio they could find to soak up some sun. College Street literally…

Whether you’re going up or down, a staircase is an opportunity to make a style statement. The photo above attests to my own aesthetic. And for a giggle, click HERE for my past ‘Stairway To Heaven’ blog. I was perusing the amazing Houzz.com website the other day when I took a gander…

Welcome to urbaneer.com’s Home Of The Month. This monthly feature provides a snap shot of what urbaneer.com’s Buyers have recently bought in the City of Toronto. I know it always comes as a surprise for my buyers when I tell them that it doesn’t matter how long it takes to find the…

A number of my Buyers are asking me “Where are the decent listings?” And then, when they find one, they suddenly find themselves participants in a frenzied bidding war to secure it. The other night my adorable ‘soon-to-have-baby’ couple fought hard with their chequebook to win a downtown 480k east-side house in competition.…

If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you may have seen my previous writings on the importance in showcasing your outdoor space when selling. After all, in our Canadian climes, there’s at least six months of each year where we can comfortably consider our outdoor space as an additional ‘living room’. For…

I was recently interviewed for PropertyWire.ca about the difference between working for friends and family versus clients. For me, there is no difference. I love my career so much that you’ll get the same exacting prudent professional guidance regardless of who you are. However, if there’s one thing my friends and…

As folklore has it, should a groundhog emerge from its burrow on Groundhog Day and see its shadow, Canucks will experience another six weeks of winter. And should the Groundhog fail to see his shadow, an early spring is in the works. Huh? To read more about this legend, click here for the National Post story…

I adore the brilliance of Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig Architects based out of Seattle, Washington, USA.  Mr. Kundig acknowledges the importance of place and nature, and subsequently reflects it in the way he uses natural materials to craft the most sublime contemporary structures. They don’t compete with the landscape but enhance it. I love the…

It’s always amusing to see what kind of images you can find on a Google Search engine that will provide a little tongue-in-cheek humour to one’s real estate blog. In today’s post, I’m not here to rank which celebrity is ‘Hot or Not’ but illustrate how important, amongst the myriad…

As much as I adore a low mortgage interest rate, I was left scratching my head this week when some of the Big Banks dropped their 5 year closed mortgage rate with a 25 amortization to 2.99% for a ‘limited time offer’. Click HERE to read a CBC News article on the…