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The Mini-Manse Outcome

March 25, 2011

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!

March 23, 2011

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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

March 21, 2011

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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

March 18, 2011

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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…

March 16, 2011

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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

March 14, 2011

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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

March 10, 2011

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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The Yucky Part 2 of Renovation

March 8, 2011

College Street / Little Italy

So it’s near 30 days since I wrote about my trials and tribulations at the Movie House during its first month of a redo. If you’re new to my blog, I’m taking my twelve year old ‘builder’s grade’ sliver of a loft located in College Street’s vintage Movie House Conversion and turning it into…

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Crisp, Clean & Delicious

March 3, 2011

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Face it, nothing screams architectural purity like an unadorned white pavilion set in nature. This Garrison, New York property designed by Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza, is most everything I covet. Simple, elegant and compositionally refined as the perfect balance to the contrasting organic landscape. It’s huge – 54 feet wide, 122 feet…

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Spring Fever

February 28, 2011

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You know when you eat a big spoonful of ice cream in summer and, despite the scorching heat of the season, you get a bad case of head freeze which leaves you in momentary agony? Well, right now I feel like I’m living the opposite of that. It’s arctic cold outside yet my head is burning Hot. Worse…

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The Mini-Manse Outcome

Your Housing Psychic!

Treasure

Government Levies Threaten Affordability

Today, I Love…

Brand Power

A Little Property Nip N Tuck

The Yucky Part 2 of Renovation

Crisp, Clean & Delicious

Spring Fever

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