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Toronto Real Estate Myth 018: Buyers That Deal Only With Listing Agents Win Big. Sound Strategy Or Wishful Thinking?
March 3rd, 2010 Categories: Home Buyers, Home Sellers, News Wire
Ask any agent that lists in the Toronto real estate market how often they speak with potential buyers that desire to work only with the listing agent, and they just might tell you something along the lines of “far more than I CARE to have that particular conversation”.
What?? How can that be? Well, it’s not that Toronto real estate agents don’t want to Read the rest of this entry »
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What Does $250,000 Get Buyers In Toronto Real Estate Market?
November 23rd, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, News Wire
Over the years I’ve talked to countless people about their house-buying intentions. And when it comes time to discuss the price range they are prepared to pay, for some Toronto would-be buyers $250,000 is the number that they believe will Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto’s Humber Bay Bridge: As Snapped From Windermere By The Lake
November 21st, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, News Wire, Photographs
I really like bridges. Any television show that features a renowned bridge in its opening credits most likely has me as a fan (and yes, that would definitely include Law & Order!).
One of my Toronto favourites is the Humber Bay Bridge. It’s intended for pedestrian traffic and, in fact, forms part of the Martin Goodman Trail. Scroll to the bottom of this page and you’ll see an image of the bridge.
I’ve spun across this bridge on my bike many, many times. When approaching from the eastern edge of the Western Beaches you can see the arches shimmering from across the bay; when you’re spinning east along the trail you almost sneak up on it.
It’s always a happy moment when I see it: I’m either on a leisurely ride with no worries other than grabbing a cup of coffee before heading back … or … I’m taking a much-needed rest on the boulders on Sheldon Lookout because I’ve got another 20 km to go at the end of a long ride (yes, that would be the Oakville Odyssey) and my legs have failed. Which means I’m digging deep to finish the ride.
A View From Toronto’s
Windermere By The Lake
I recently had a buyer revisit for clients who purchased a condo at Windermere by the Lake. They’ve got a great view (and a great condo!) overlooking Humber Bay and the bridge. It occurred to me that not many people get to see it from such a lofty vantage point, so I made sure to bring my camera.
It was an unusually warm, sunny November day and I wasn’t quite sure what I was capturing, image-wise, as it was impossible to see what was actually in the monitor. The sun was SO intense and the images were being bleached out and all. I took my shots and hoped for the best. This is my favourite photograph from the day.
Is a new or resale condo with a great lake view in your future? I can help! Call Lauren at 416–550–6991 or send me an email.
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In Toronto Real Estate Market, It’s All About Location, Location … Leslieville
November 18th, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, News Wire, Photographs
It’s very, VERY common in the Toronto real estate market for listings to include a comment or two about the property being “close to all neighbourhood amenities”, or something along those lines. And it’s true: it’s hard to find a Toronto neighbourhood that isn’t close (or at least accessible) to schools, transit, markets, hospitals, and the list goes on.
My tribe likes to talk about neighbourhood amenities. And so do I, as you can see in my recent Leslieville listing at 76 Pape Ave (MLS #E1777940).
But there are the “standard” amenities that one expects to find in an urban centre such as Toronto … and there are the amenities that act as a magnet, drawing people to neighbourhoods that transition to hot, sought-after locales with their own unique personalities.
Like Leslieville.
I like taking photographs on drizzly, rainy days; the colours pop and you can get some interesting reflections. These were taken along Queen Street East, east of Pape Avenue.
The collage is made up of these photographs:
The photographs in this collage were taken around Pape Avenue and Eastern Avenue.
I hope you enjoy the photographs. And if you are thinking of buying or selling in Leslieville, please call Lauren at 416–550–6991, or send me an email.
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Is Now A Good Time To Buy In The Toronto Real Estate Market? I Dunno. But YOU Do!
August 16th, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, News Wire
It would be an understatement to say that it’s been a WILD Toronto summer, both weather-wise and in the hot-again real estate market. At long (long!) last, Toronto home buyers found their confidence. And once the decision was made by pre-approved buyers to take their Read the rest of this entry »
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Ruffled Feathers: Green Energy Act Irks Toronto Real Estate Market
May 4th, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, Home Sellers, News Wire
Perhaps because of last week’s Earth Day celebrations, or the fact that I’ve seen the trailer for Earth (the first film in the Disneynature series) so many times that, well, I now think I HAVE to see the movie, or my Green Monster Award and subsequent nod from Political Calculations On the Moneyed Midways, that I seem to have … Green On My Mind.
So much so that it guilts me to write a little something about Read the rest of this entry »
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Oh Honey No. The Amazing Ways Toronto Sellers Tank Sales
April 18th, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, Home Sellers, News Wire
There’s a lot of buzz these days about the Toronto real estate market being a buyer’s market. It’s true, the market IS favourable for buyers: plentiful inventory, price declines in many of Toronto’s neighbourhoods and near-record low interest rates gives buyers cause for optimism. And there are signs that buyers are returning to the market. However, it’s also a market of “not right now” buyers whose confidence has been Read the rest of this entry »
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Is Toronto Real Estate A Bargain? Just Ask Monte Carlo!
March 30th, 2009 Categories: Home Buyers, News Wire
Are Toronto real estate prices too high? Will Toronto real estate prices continue to drop, drop some more, tank, collapse? I get asked this question (in its many forms) a LOT these days.
Which makes me question whether Toronto is an over-appreciated city, price-wise, when you consider Read the rest of this entry »
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Toronto Demolition Gives New Meaning to Losing A House
September 19th, 2008 Categories: Home Buyers, Home Ownership, News Wire
If you’ve lived in Toronto the past few years, no doubt you’ve seen a house or two being torn down. Even past-their-prime shopping centres like West Hill’s Morningside Mall have (at last!) fallen to the wrecking ball.
Watching a house being torn down is Read the rest of this entry »
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Yo, Criminals! Toronto Real Estate Doesn’t Do Laundry
June 27th, 2008 Categories: Home Buyers, Home Sellers, News Wire
Ten years ago, if you’d told me I’d have to take off my shoes in order to go through security at the airport, well, I wouldn’t have believed you. In fact, I might have placed a call to your family and made some discrete inquiries regarding your state of mind. Now, it’s an accepted part of the airport flight departure process. It might be an inconvenience, but Read the rest of this entry »
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