January 2009

Is There Light at the End of Toronto’s Housing Tunnel?

by Rosalin Smith Carr January 27, 2009 Tips for Buyers

If you have been watching the news lately there seems to be little hope for things in our Toronto housing market to get better for a long time. The barrage of cataclysmic forecasting is simply more than most of us can bear. But not …

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Buying a Second House Before Selling Your Home is a Recipe for Disaster in Today’s Toronto Market

by Rosalin Smith Carr January 26, 2009 Tips for Sellers

David and Wendy Scott (not their real names) had been thinking of moving to a larger home ever since the birth of their second baby in the spring of 2008. They wanted a larger backyard where Wendy could watch the toddlers from inside …

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Fewer Sales and High Number of Listings Benefit Toronto Home Buyers

by Rosalin Smith Carr January 21, 2009 Toronto Real Estate

On January 19, 2009 TREB President Maureen O’Neill announced that Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 888 sales during the first half of January 2009, compared to 1,776 in the first 15 days of 2008.

Let’s put these numbers of home sales in Toronto into perspective.

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MoZo Condo with Amazing Views in Toronto Now Available

by Rosalin Smith Carr January 19, 2009 Best Buys

Noted for its innovative smart architecture, this mid-rise building is clad in brick, steel and mostly glass, with double-height glass panels at the exterior grade level. This unit with south and west spectacular views has had a complete interior rebuild with meticulous attention to detail …

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Attention Home Sellers – What’s Hot and What’s Not with Buyers

by Rosalin Smith Carr January 10, 2009 Tips for Sellers

Fresh and natural is in, and less is more. Or so says noted interior designer, Ben Sundermeier. “The things we see coming are more natural, a little bit of green,” explains Sundermeier. “In wall coverings, it’s back to grass cloth, back to organic …

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Canadians See Lower House Prices, According to Latest Survey

by Rosalin Smith Carr January 3, 2009 Tips for Sellers

A survey by the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP) has found that more than twice as many Canadians today, compared with last spring, expect real estate prices to drop even further. In hard terms, that means 35 percent of us now …

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