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Toronto area condo prices are now out of reach for many buyers, pushing sales down - so what's keeping prices up?

Data Toronto and GTA

Toronto Area Detached Home Sales Up 19% in June

Strong demand continues with sales up 19% over the same month last year, but why aren't we seeing the bidding wars of previous years?

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Market York Region

Why are Detached Home Sales Booming in York Region?

York Region detached homes were the hardest hit by a bubble in 2017 - so why are sales booming again?

Condo Toronto and GTA

A Turning Point for Toronto’s Condo Real Estate Market?

Condos have helped to prop up a drooping real estate market in the Toronto area - but has demand for them started to cool?

Buying

Why Buying a Home Could Be the First Step Towards a Divorce

Research shows that financial stress is among the top reasons couples get divorced. So why do we keep overspending on our homes?

Selling

Your Home Isn't Selling - Now What?

What I advise home sellers to do when their home is not selling - and why it differs from the approach often taken by agents.

Buying

I Made My First Real Estate Decision When I Was 23 - And It Wasn’t a Great One

Launched this past fall, TheMindfulBroker.com aims to address a critical gap in our adult education - how to meet our basic need for housing successfully.

Market Toronto and GTA Vancouver

Why is Toronto's Real Estate Market Doing Better Than Vancouver's?

Toronto is doing better at the things that matter most and was less affected by negative factors.

Market Toronto and GTA

Toronto Real Estate in 2019: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The good, the bad and the ugly details that might impact Toronto’s housing market in the year ahead.

Market Toronto and GTA

Did Toronto’s Housing Market Have a Soft Landing?

A soft landing in the housing market is a moderate and relatively balanced decline in house prices rather than a big 40-50% crash that some housing markets experience when...

Buying

Don't Buy a Home Without Knowing This

After studying housing markets for two decades, I have learned that making better real estate decisions is not about luck, or timing, or wealth.

Market Toronto and GTA

Toronto Home Owners Are Turning to High Interest Private Debt

Special Report: Toronto’s twenty-year housing boom has resulted in a negative side effect that homeowners are starting to feel – very high debt levels.

Data

Are Declines in House Prices Predictable?

Housing markets are notoriously difficult to predict - but data can help home buyers and sellers answer some critical questions.

Market Toronto and GTA

How Debt is Cooling Toronto’s Housing Market

Will the Toronto real estate market return to previously seen highs - or has a major new road block appeared?

Market Toronto and GTA

Why I Fought for Sold Data - and Why The Fight is Not Over

When will innovative Toronto-area brokerages like Realosophy finally be able to share home sold prices with consumers online?

Market Toronto and GTA

Over One in Four Toronto Area Homes for Sale are Empty

Why are so many homes sitting empty and why has the number increased over last year?

Market Toronto and GTA

Why are Fewer Toronto Area Houses for Sale Than Five Years Ago?

When we look at the number of properties that have been listed for sale in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) (including Toronto) since 2012, we see a very interesting trend.

Market Toronto and GTA

How Canada's Mortgage Stress Tests Have Spiked Toronto Condo Prices

The Canadian federal government introduced new mortgage rules in the fall of 2016 to combat rapidly increasing home prices - but have they driven up condo prices instead?

Market Toronto and GTA

Why are Detached House Prices Stable When Sales are Falling?

One of the questions I get often from buyers is how house prices can remain stable while sales are declining and inventory is increasing?

Market

The Mistake That Cost Sellers Millions When Toronto's Housing Bubble Burst

This time last year, nearly 1,000 Toronto home buyers and sellers suffered major financial losses - could they have done something differently or was it just bad timing?

Market Toronto and GTA

Drop in Toronto Condo Listings Keeps Prices Up

With Toronto Area condo sales down 26% in April 2018, many buyers are wondering why the condo market is still incredibly competitive and prices are still up.

Market Toronto and GTA

What You Can Learn From Toronto's 2017 Real Estate Bubble

Today we're releasing a new report featuring my analysis of last year's real estate bubble - why it happened and how it affected home buyers and sellers in Toronto and the...

Market Toronto and GTA

Why Toronto’s Real Estate Market Isn’t Crashing (Anymore)

The headlines and the recent numbers about the Greater Toronto Area’s real estate market have not been great this spring. Average home prices are down 14% in March and sales...

Market

Why condos are more expensive than houses in the Greater Toronto Area

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Condo Buying

Ryerson’s City Building Institute published an interesting paper this week that concluded that builders are not building...

Market

Is Toronto’s real estate market still crashing?

If you’re considering buying a home in the Greater Toronto Area, it’s really tough to make sense of what is really happening in the...

Toronto and GTA

The GTA Neighbourhoods Home Buyers Should Avoid

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Home Buying

I recently stopped by TVO’s The Agenda to discuss the latest market stats with the Toronto Star’s Tess Kalinowski, and...

Buying

Why This is the Best and Worst Time to Buy a Home in Toronto

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Home Buying

“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful” - Warren Buffett

Acclaimed investor Warren...

Market

Three Takeaways from Ontario’s Newly Released Foreign Home Buyer Data

The province of Ontario just announced that 4.7% of the 18,282 homes purchased in the Greater Golden Horseshoe between April 24th and...

Buying

How Bidding on a Home in Toronto Just Got Worse

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News , Home Buying

If there is one part of the home buying process that all of Toronto hates – it’s when you have to compete for a home...

Market

GTA Home Sales Plunge 26% Following Ontario Foreign Buyer Tax

On April 20th 2017 the Ontario government introduced their Fair Housing Plan which included a 15% tax on homes purchased by foreign...

Market

From Bidding Wars to Lowball Offers – Toronto’s roller coaster real estate market

The first half of 2017 has been a roller coaster ride for Toronto’s real estate market.

The first 3 months of the year were the most...

Market

Ontario's New Fair Housing Plan - The Good and the Bad

The Ontario government has responded to the rapid growth in house prices and rents in the Greater Toronto Area by releasing what they...

Market

New Listings Surge 62% as Toronto Home Owners Cash in on Hot Real Estate Market

The first week of April saw the number of new listings of freehold houses (detached, semi-detached and townhouses) surge 62% over last...

Market

House Prices Up over 60% in GTA's Hottest Areas

Toronto's real estate market continued to defy gravity in March when the average price for a home climbed to $922,757 in March 2017, a...

Market

Data Shows That Investors Are Now Speculating on Single Family Houses Across GTA

Last year I wrote about a trend I had been noticing in the Toronto area real estate market - whether at our office or at dinner...

Market

Are Toronto House Prices Booming Because Too Many People Want to Live Here?

In the late 1980's economists Robert Shiller and Karl Case began to challenge the long standing assumption that all home buying...

Market

GTA Detached Home Prices Up 28% in January

The Greater Toronto Area's real estate market is off to a very hot start in 2017. The table below shows the average price for a...

Market

Home Prices Up Over 50% In GTA’s Hottest Neighbourhoods

Earlier this month the Toronto Real Estate Board announced that the average price of a detached home in the 905 region was up 29.4%...

Buying

Is This a Good Time to Buy a Home in Toronto?

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Home Buying

As I started my own home search a few months ago I found myself in an interesting position – for an owner of a real...

Market

The Tipping Point for Toronto’s Real Estate Market

Torontonians have become so accustomed to hearing about how competitive the real estate market is and how quickly prices are rising...

Market

First Signs of a Real Estate Bubble in Toronto?

Readers of this blog know that I am not one to call bubbles lightly (or every month for the past few years, like some). Something may...

Condo

Are all Condos a Good Investment?

John Pasalis in Condo Buying

Many research focused home buyers looking to make a smart home buying decision will often invest a lot of their time studying the average price per...

Market

Why Toronto's Real Estate Market is so Fiercely Competitive Right Now

If you're a buyer looking for a home in Toronto right now, you probably know first hand how competitive the market is. You are...

Buying

How to Avoid Buying At the Peak of a Real Estate Bubble

John Pasalis in Home Buying

No home buyer wants to be the sad buyer in our chart below who bought their house at the absolute peak of a real estate bubble, just before prices...

Buying

The Science of Home Buying

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Home Buying

For decades, real estate agents have been helping home buyers with the art of buying a home. They have advised them on...

Market

Making Sense of Real Estate Bubbles

Bubbles are always easy to call after the fact, but things are far less clear when you’re in one.

The fact that leading economists...

Market

You Will Live in Your Current Home for 10 Years and Other Surprising Facts

The Toronto Real Estate Board published the results of a survey of recent and intending home buyers which reveals some interesting...

Market

Toronto’s Real Estate Market in 2015 - A Year in Review

Below are my top takeaways for Toronto’s real estate market in 2015.

Record Sales

The GTA saw a strong increase in the demand for homes...

Market

The Future of Home Buying

John Pasalis in Realosophy News

Really happy to be launching Realosophy Pro this week, our latest analytics product that shows past sale history, comparable sales and deep...

Top Ten Toronto

Purchasing Power Parity for Toronto Neighbourhoods

Purchasing power parity is an economic theory that helps us understand how overvalued or undervalued currencies are by comparing their currencies purchasing power for identical...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Market Statistics - September 2010

The average price for a Toronto home increased by 5% in September over the same month last year to $427,329.

You can see all the...

Market

Globe and Mail Home Value Survey Released + Potential CREA Settlement

UPDATE - 12:18PM - Unfortunately, John's online chat with the Globe and Mail and consumers @ noon today was canceled due to technical difficulties at the Globe. But since...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Market Statistics - August 2010

It was a relatively quiet August for Toronto’s real estate market with the number of sales for the month falling 22% over the same...

Market

Is the Sky Falling on Toronto’s Real Estate Market?

Editor's Note: Due to spam and trolling issues, Move Smartly's comments have been disabled. But we still want to hear from you! Please...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Down 23% in June

Toronto home sales continued to slide in June. The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 8,442 home sales in June, a 23% decline over the same...

Market

Bubbling with Concern: Toronto Life Declares Toronto Real Estate Bubble

In case you haven’t heard, we’re in a real estate bubble! Well, at least according to Toronto Life.

In their current Real Estate Issue,...

Neighbourhood

Which Toronto Neighbourhoods are Safest in a Slowing Housing Market?

John in Toronto Real Estate News, Toronto Neighbourhoods

The slowdown in Toronto's real estate market continued in May with sales actually dropping by 1% over the same month...

Market

Is Toronto's Housing Market a Bubble?

For the average home buyer, making sense of Toronto’s real estate market is not easy. We often read conflicting media reports about the...

Market

A Turning Point for Toronto's Real Estate Market

For the first time since 2008 the growth in new listings coming on the market in April exceeded the growth in sales. A significant turning...

Market

Canadian Home Prices up 9.9%

From the Teranet National Bank House Price Index:

Canadian home prices in February were up 9.9% from a year earlier, according to the...

Market

Record Number of Homes Listed For Sale

From the Canadian Real Estate Association's Press Release:

Homebuyers have more choice heading into the busy spring buying season, with new...

Market

Toronto’s Real Estate Market Starting to Stabilize

Since May 2009 the number of houses coming on the market for sale in Toronto has been on the decline while the demand from buyers measured by...

Market

Competition Bureau vs. CREA: Battling Over Canada's Real Estate Industry

John and Urmi in Toronto Real Estate News

Like many of you, we’ve been following the Competition Bureau’s decision to challenge the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)’s MLS...

Market

Is Toronto's Real Estate Market a Bubble Ready to Burst?

It seems as though any time house prices are on the rise in Toronto, regardless of how modest the increase might be, Torontonians are...

Market

Toronto and Vancouver – Canada’s Hottest Real Estate Markets

Toronto and Vancouver have Canada’s hottest real estate market according to the Teranet-National Bank House Price figures released this...

Market

Toronto House Prices Increase for 13th Straight Year

The average price for a Toronto home increased by 4% in 2009 to $395,460, the 13th straight year house values have increased in Toronto.

Market

A Glimmer of Hope for Toronto Home Buyers

The Toronto Real Estate Board’s November Market Watch report showed the first sign that some relief might be on the way for Toronto...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Prices up 9.4% in 4 Months

Toronto real estate prices increased by 9.4% in just four months according to the Teranet National Bank House Price Index.

The House...

Market

Why are there fewer for sale signs in Toronto?

There are a lot of factors at play when it comes to the current shortage in housing supply that we are seeing in Toronto.

From...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Inventory Down 42%

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their monthly Market Watch report yesterday and the numbers aren't very encouraging. We are...

Buying

Competing in a Multiple Offer in Toronto's Real Estate Market

John Pasalis in Home Buying Tips

My last post on multiple offers sparked reaction from agents and consumers alike. As a follow up, I’ll consider these comments and further...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Inventory Down 37.5%

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their monthly Market Watch report for August showing 8,035 home sales in August - a 27% increase...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Post July Record – 1 in 7 Houses Get Multiple offers

The Toronto Real Estate Board reported a record 9,967 resale home sales for July, a 28% increase over the same month last year. ...

Market

The Best Strategy When Competing against 17 Other Buyers for a House

When Toronto’s real estate market started to pick up in April it was encouraging to see that many Toronto home buyers were taking a very...

Market

Alarming Imbalance in Toronto's Real Estate Market

The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 10,995 sales in June 2009, a 27% increase over the same month in the previous year and the...

Buying

Is a Condition on Financing or Inspection a Guaranteed Way to Get Out of Your Purchase Agreement?

John Pasalis in Home Buying Tips

When buyers decide to make an offer to purchase a home their real estate agent typically includes two conditions in the agreement of purchase...

Market

Canada's Real Estate Market Rebounds

From the Canadian Real Estate Association's Press Release:

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Market

Toronto Real Estate: A Seller's Market

Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area increased by almost 2% to 9,589 in May 2009, the first monthly increase since December 2007. ...

Market

7 Reasons Why Toronto's Condo Market is on Solid Ground

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Condo Buying Tips

Toronto’s condo market is on solid ground according to a recent research paper published by Scotiabank Economics. ...

Market

How Realtors Help Commercials

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) recently released two new commercials as part of their "How Realtors Help" ad campaign. I ...

Market

Canadian Home Prices Down 7.4% from Peak

February 2009 marked the sixth straight monthly decline for the Teranet National Bank House Price Index for Canada. Canadian home...

Market

Lessons from Toronto’s Real Estate Crash

The overall mood about the current state of Toronto’s real estate market typically depends on the two most commonly reported statistics...

Market

Positive News for Toronto's Real Estate Market?

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their March sales statistics yesterday and they appear to be encouraged by the fact that sales...

Market

Canada's House Price Index Down 5.5% From Peak

Canadian home prices fell 2.4% in January 2009 led by declines in Calgary (-8.2%) and Vancouver (-4.2%). The Teranet-National Bank...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Picking Up Mid March

The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 2,565 transactions in the first half of March 2009, a 19% drop from the 3,183 transactions...

Market

A Closer Look at Toronto’s Real Estate Market

The recent slowdown in Toronto’s real estate market has left many people wondering where the market is heading leading up to the busy...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Down 32% in February 2009

Fellow real estate blogger Richard Silver has the inside scoop on TREB's February sales statistics.

The Toronto Real Estate Board...

Leslieville

OMB Decides - No Big Box in Leslieville

John Pasalis in Leslieville, Urban Issues

The Ontario Municipal Board has decided that big box stores anchored by a Wal-mart have no place in Leslieville. The board said that...

Market

Canadian House Prices Unchanged in December

Canadian house prices in December 2008 were down just .6% from a year earlier, according to the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index...

Market

700 Ontario Homes Insulated with UFFI

In the past 18 months 700 Ontario homes have been insulated with a prohibited type of insulation called urea formaldehyde-based thermal...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Pick Up- Mid February 2009

Under normal circumstances, a 26% decline in real estate sales is not something to be excited about. But these are not normal...

Market

Three Toronto Real Estate Brokerages Being Investigated

Over the past couple of months the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) has issued a freeze order, freezing the accounts of three...

Market

Toronto Rental Market Surges

The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 3,433 condominium rentals in the Greater Toronto Area from September to December 2008, a 30%...

Market

Canada's Home Renovation Tax Credit

Canada's Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC) was introduced as part of the 2009 federal budget and was just one of several measures...

Market

A Slow Start to Toronto's Real Estate Market for 2009

Toronto real estate sales declined by 50% during the first half of January 2009, continuing a sales slide that started in October 2008.

Market

Canada’s National House Price Index

Using a simple average to measure the change in real estate values can present a number of problems. I have covered these issues in ...

Market

Toronto’s Real Estate Market – No Reason To Panic, RBC Says

RBC Economics says that Canada is experiencing a “Canadian-style” housing downturn but will avoid a US style housing market crash. The...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Drop 50% in November 2008

The Toronto Real Estate Board recorded 3,640 sales in the Greater Toronto Area for November 2008, a 50% decline over the 7,313 recorded in...

Market

A Closer Look at Canada's Decline in Real Estate Prices

For the past couple of months I have been cautioning our readers against making any big conclusions about Toronto’s real estate market...

Market

Making Sense of Toronto’s Real Estate Decline in October

For those who missed the headlines last week, the Toronto Real Estate Board announced their bleak sales figures for October 2008. The...

Market

Toronto Condo Market Is Oversold, Developer Says

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Condo Buying Tips

In May of this year the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released an optimistic report on Toronto's...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Prices Down 15% in October

The average price for a home in the city of Toronto dropped by 15% during the first half of October, eclipsing the 6% decline we saw...

Market

Buying a New Construction Condo in a Slowing Market

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Condo Buying Tips

The past ten years have been kind to home buyers and real estate speculators who invested in pre-construction...

Market

An Update on Toronto's Real Estate Market

After a slight decline in new listings in August, we saw new listings climb 19% over 2007 levels in September and 6% over the volume we...

Market

So You Want to Be a Landlord

John Pasalis in Real Estate Trends

CEP News interviewed me several weeks ago for a story about a home buyer who decided to purchase a house with a rental unit as a way to spend a...

Market

Toronto’s Real Estate Market - Bubble or Boom?

Toronto’s real estate bubble in the late 1980’s left a grave mark on the city. Those who didn’t lose money in the bubble probably knew...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Prices Flat in September

Real estate sales in the Greater Toronto Area for the first half of September declined to 2,726 a 16% drop over the record set during the...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Prices Drop in August

When I reported last month that real estate prices increased by just $298 in July 2008, I wondered when Toronto would see its first...

Market Toronto

Is Toronto’s Real Estate Market on Shaky Ground?

Many of our readers have been a bit concerned about the rise in inventory (homes available for sale) in Toronto’s real estate market. ...

Market Toronto

Did Garth Turner Impact Toronto's Real Estate Market?

When economists see a significant and sustained deviation from recent trends in data, they try to find the factor(s) that may have...

Market

Toronto's Real Estate Market - Are Things as Bad as They Seem?

Updated (3:49pm 8/14/2008) :The Toronto Real Estate Board’s Market Watch reports for May and December of 2007 incorrectly swapped the...

Market

$298 - Appreciation in Toronto Real Estate for July 2008

Some interesting numbers from the Toronto Real Estate Board this month.

The average sale price for a home in the City of Toronto last...

Market

Canada’s Real Estate Market – An International Perspective

A few months ago I did a live online Q&A on globeandmail.com where I had the opportunity to answer questions about Toronto’s real...

Market

Q1 2008 Toronto Real Estate Sales Drop 21% Over Last Year

Last week we released our Q1 2008 Move Smartly Housing Report which offers a detailed summary of real estate sales by neighbourhood. ...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Board says Multiple Offer Process is Fine the Way It Is

One of our reasons for launching realosophy.com was to educate consumers about some of the not so nice things that can go on in the real...

Toronto

Bird's Eye View of Toronto Homes

John Pasalis in Real Estate Trends

I am a pretty loyal user of Google Maps but over the past few months I have been using Microsoft’s Live Maps when I want to map houses or...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Down 18% in June Inventory Up 22%

Download the Complete Market Watch Report

The latest numbers from the Toronto Real Estate Board:

The trend toward more balanced market...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Continue to Drop in June

The story for Toronto’s real estate market continues to be consistent half way through June. Prices continue to rise and sales...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Down 19% in May

The Toronto Real Estate Board recorded 9,411 sales in the Greater Toronto Area in May 2008, a 16% decline over last year. Prices...

Market

World's First Billion Dollar Home to Rise in Mumbai

John Pasalis in Real Estate Trends

I just came across a Forbes article covering the world's first billion dollar home. The home is being built for Indian billionaire and...

Market

CMHC Analyst Weighs in on Toronto's Condo Market

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News, Condo Buying Tips

Last week I raised a couple of concerns about a recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) report that...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Show a Softer Market Mid May

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their sales figures for the first half of May 2008 and the statistics continue to show a softer...

Market

No Crash Expected for Toronto's Condo Market: CMHC

Two housing reports released this week have been making headlines across the country. The reports from Scotiabank and CMHC are...

Market

Repeat Buyers Lift Toronto Real Estate Market to Record Heights in 2007

Earlier this week Realosophy.com released their first Quarterly Move Smartly Housing Report to subscribers.

The Realosophy team is...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Prices and Inventory Rise In April

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their sales for April 2008. It wasn't much of a surprise to see that sales declined 7% in April...

Market

Forecasting Toronto’s Real Estate Market a Tricky Business

Last Friday I was invited to answer questions about Toronto’s real estate market in a live online discussion on globeandmail.com. I...

Mortgage

Is a 40-Year Mortgage Hazardous for your Financial Health?

John Pasalis in Money, Home Buying Tips

Last week, the Toronto Star’s Ellen Roseman wrote an article titled 40-year Mortgage Comes with Hidden Hazards. On Move Smartly, we...

Market

What's Going on With Toronto's Real Estate Market?

There were a couple of reports yesterday that are sure to make the average home buyers head spin.

While the Toronto Real Estate Board announced a...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Down 22% in March

Here are the latest numbers from the Toronto Real Estate Board.

Low inventory levels kept the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market brisk but...

Buying

Another Reason Why People Don’t Trust Real Estate Agents

John in Home Buying, Home Selling Tips

Multiple Representation (also referred to as Dual Agency) can occur when one agent represents both the buyer and the seller in a real estate...

Market

Why is Toronto's Real Estate Market Cooling Down?

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their statistics for the first half of March and it's no surprise to hear that sales in the GTA are...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales Down 14% Mid March

Here's is the latest press release from the Toronto Real Estate Board:

Resale home transactions in the Greater Toronto Area continued at a...

Market

Canadian MP Turns Real Estate Bubble Theorist

There’s a new book on the market that is sure to satisfy Toronto real estate bubble theorists. While I haven’t read it yet, recent media...

Condo

Top 10 Things You Should Know Before Buying A New Condo

John in Condo Buying Tips, Legal

A couple of months ago, CBCs’ Marketplace had a great feature that highlighted many of the problems that buyers of new condominiums are faced...

Market

Toronto Real Estate Sales down 11% in February

Real estate sales rebounded slightly in the second half of February according to the Toronto Real Estate Board. Resale sales were down 14%...

Market

Monitoring Agents: Is a Mistake Always Unethical?

Any time a realtor represents a family member in a real estate transaction, this relationship must be disclosed to all parties involved. Being...

Market

Using Demographic Data to Bring Toronto Neighbourhoods to Life

John in Realosophy News

After months of work, I’m excited that the Realosophy team has added some great updates to our site. One of our goals when we first started was to help...

Buying

Is Now a Good Time to Choose a Variable Rate Mortgage?

John in HomeBuying, Money

With all the news about interest rate cuts recently, many home buyers are wondering if now is the right time to go with a variable rate mortgage. The...

Buying

Is Now the Right Time to Buy Real Estate in Toronto (Part 2)