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Sir Henry: Casa Loma king lived in a world unto himself August 09, 2010 John Goddard  The Toronto Star No statue was erected to the man, no arena named for him, no postage stamp printed in his honour. If you screamed “Sir Henry Pellatt” down Yonge St. almost nobody would…

Ok, so here we are in the heat of summer when real estate sales are traditionally their slowest and the media is making dire predictions on where the market is headed. Here’s my two cents from the real estate trenches! First, Toronto Life Magazine did a good job wigging us out with their July article called ‘Bubble Trouble’.…

When I was becoming a fresh-faced newly-minted realtor twenty years ago I was accepting, in perpetuity, a chosen career path which would entail my being available most every Sunday for the rest of my working life. After all, back in the day before the rise of the self-employed consultant and flex hours, most people…

For those who love light, the increasing availability of condominium residences with crisp clean lines and expansive floor to ceiling windows are a much-welcome relief from the traditional brick facades with small windows endemic to Toronto condominiums dating fifteen to twenty-five years ago. Even a decade ago when condominiums were becoming more cutting-edge…

Are gay neighbours good for property values? Even though you may personally despise those perfectly trimmed topiaries that flank each side of the freshly painted red front door on Fred and Barney’s just-restored picture-perfect Cape Code dwell, replete with vintage coach lamp and brass door knocker, research shows that the…

So Canada is 143 years old today! Pretty swell eh? I consider myself truly blessed to be Canadian. How fortunate to live in one of the most progressive liberated countries in the world, with unlimited opportunities and oodles of space. I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else quite frankly, for even…