Last week I wrote about our scorching hot Toronto real estate market, using June’s sale statistics to demonstrate how dramatically it is outperforming last summer.  Typically, the humid weather prompts buyers to take a break, but not this year. We’re low on supply, while demand continues to surge. Buyers are in a summer…

I first passed through Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 2005 enroute to the celebratory union of my journalist friend Stephanie Nolen to her filmaker beau Meril at his family’s farm in Meat Cove, Cape Breton. It was one stop of several on a circuitous road trip beginning and ending in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that would see me loop around…

Yes, it’s crazy times in our topsy-turvy global financial world given the United States recently had its credit rating down-graded. Gasp! As the financial markets reel, everyone is wondering what the implications are for our housing market. Today, PropertyWire.ca asked urbaneer.com for an opinion. Read on below for our thoughts, and urbaneer.com’s…

The sales activity in Toronto real estate suggests it remains a Scorching Hot market, just like Toronto’s weather which recently hit 37.9 degress Celsius, with the humidex at the University of Toronto’s campus hitting 51 degrees, on July 21st. Wicked! And while heat waves usually cool off Buyers, who are simply too sticky-hot exhausted to look at houses, this…

This simple white unadorned cube of a house was constructed on a narrow lot only five metres wide in  Landskrona, Sweden. To complement the scale of the street, this three level one bedroom house with separate office was constructed paying attention to the relationship of surrounding buildings. Using compressed slab construction, different living…

Everyone needs a ‘Time Out’. For me, nothing beats finding solace at the place I enjoyed most as a child. Willows Beach in Oak Bay, Victoria, is one of a few locations in the world that feels like “Home” to me. It may not be bricks and mortar, but this sandy spot on the Pacific Ocean overlooking the Olympic…

Ok-so this weekend my Big Sister tied the knot after twenty-five years of cohabition with one swell-of-a-good guy! Yea! Congrats Lea and Jim! Incidentally, you can read about Jim’s stag by clicking HERE. The whole shebang was wicked from start to finish. Call it Non-Stop hilarity as only a family of…

In an interview last week for PropertyWire.ca, I offered my thoughts on the rise of technology and the trade of real estate. As we currently bridge straddling the ‘old school’ program of traditional print promotions while the internet plays an increasingly critical role, the way real estate will be presented will radically change. And…

A 2010 ‘Renovation and Home Purchasing Survey’ by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) revealed slightly fewer property owners embarked on home renovations than in 2009. How come? Propertywire.ca consulted urbaneer.com on possible reasons. Read on below for our thoughts. Incidentally, the photo above is a work-in-progress shot of our newest project, located on Prince Edward Island! Situated in the heart of…

I’m sure you’re asking yourself “Is Steve A Real Model, or a Model Realtor?” Maybe both? Grin. It isn’t every day you find your face suspended on a seven storey city billboard, plastered in most every subway station, splayed in print ads across the nation or, as was the case last year when the…