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Hello Hansel, Meet Gretel

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As a man of duality, while you’ll often hear me celebrate the crisp clean lines of contemporary architecture, I’m also a huge fan of thoughtfully-crafted well-executed traditional dwellings. Especially when they’re so small they could fit in your pocket! Here’s a terrific example from Southern California, owned by a religious hermit with great…
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More Tax?

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The Ontario  Real Estate Association, in partnership with Ontario Revenue Minister Sophia Aggelonitis, have released a video to clarify the rules for those looking to purchase a home and to eliminate confusion around HST as it applies to new and resale home purchases. The short ‘n sweet of it is HST is…
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The Mini-Manse Outcome

College Street / Little Italy
Today I’d like to share the happy conclusion of my Trinity-Bellwoods Mini-Manse listing. To begin, I’d like you to know Joanne, my Seller of Trinity-Bellwoods Mini-Manse, is an amazing dream client. From the moment she contacted me in February to share some happy news that would necessitate the sale of her first Home, Joanne entrusted me to advise, develop and co-execute a plan of action…
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Your Housing Psychic!

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Back in January I made my Spring Forecast predictions on where the market could be heading…and so far I seem to be reading my Crystal Ball extremely well! Record Bidding Wars? Check! Here’s a blog posting sharing a tale from the trenches. Investor-fueled purchases? Check! Here’s a recent article in the…
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Treasure

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You may have heard stories of people renovating properties and discovering vintage newspapers or childhood mementos hidden in little alcoves, wall cavities or secret niches. In fact, it’s quite common when you’re renovating one hundred year old properties. Here’s a CUTE BLOG posting by Toronto’s Beauparlant Design where they recently found…
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Government Levies Threaten Affordability

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There are a whole lotta reasons why housing is so costly today. And one is the rising government development fees, levies and taxes associated with new development. According to the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario and the Residential Construction Council of Ontario, much of this push in prices can…
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Today, I Love…

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Wow, it’s mid-March and I’m yearning for Spring to bloom. The snow is pretty much gone, and we’ve had a couple of days where clear skies and sunbeams have been warming our hearts, but we still haven’t had that first day of the year where you can smell the new…
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Brand Power

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I’m not sure if our style and aesthetic at urbaneer.com has any sway over you, or if our adoration for intriguing architecture and Triple AAA locations has any bearing on whether you do real estate business with us, but we are extremely proud of the brand we’ve been cultivating for almost twenty years + our association…
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A Little Property Nip N Tuck

Style Enhancement
One of the services we take pride in offering at Urbaneer.com is called a Style Enhancement. It’s where we guide homeowners on how to prepare their home for sale in a fresh current style that will help it show to its maximum potential and best use. To start, we begin…
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