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During the holiday months our schedules are jam packed with shopping, cooking, baking, entertaining, cleaning, decorating and so much more. You may begin to wonder what the benefits are of taking your home off the market during this busy time. It is natural to think that if you, the seller, are too busy with holiday preperations to host showings ...

The Goodnews Landlords Are Waiting To Hear:  • The Vacancy Rate for GTA apartments is on the decline in Etobicoke, York City, Toronto, East York, York Region, Mississauga, Brampton, and North York • The Average Rent for apartments has increased by 1.8%  • Rental Market Conditions will hold firm in 2012  • ...

Toronto Real Estate Market Update Report for March 2011   The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 9,262 transactions for the month of March 20111.  This is the second best March result on record, yet its an 11% decrease from record results report in March of 2010. But what most people care about is the actual average house ...

The Canadian resale housing market continues to ease up. July sales dropped drastically when compared with the same month last year. This slow-down is not surprising in the face of tighter mortgage regulations and rising interest rates."The level of July sales remained below the expected long-term trend. The market has become more balanced ...

The Basics on how the HST is calculated if you are a Home Buyer, Seller, Landord or Tenant.  The Ontario provincial government has provided rules/guidance on how it will transition to the implementation of the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax.   How the HST will work:     The Ontario provincial government has ...

With the Canadian Government constantly sending us messages about saving for our retirement, I can't think of a better way of creating wealth than paying off your own mortgage than your landlords.   But let's look at some survey's of what other Torontonians and Canadians think about real estate as an ...

Toronto Real Estate Update on Mortgage Rates.   We all knew it was coming, little hints that rates would not stay this low forever, but it still came as a surprise today when three big banks announced they would be hiking their mortgage rates overnight..Predictions were rates would stay unchanged until June with many economists saying ...

The April 19th deadline is quickly approaching, and you can feel the rush in the active March real estate market.   Sales for the GTA were up 70% from the same time last year reported the Toronto Real Estate Board members.   Finance Minister Jim Flaherty new mortgage rules are being aimed at stopping housing speculators ...

The Basics on how the HST is calculated if you are a Home Buyer, Seller, Landord or Tenant.  The Ontario provincial government has provided rules/guidance on how it will transition to the implementation of the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax.   How the HST will work:     The Ontario provincial government has ...

Canada's red hot housing market may get a little hotter following the federal government that new mortgage rule changes are coming to discourage cash-light buyers and speculators.Market analysts say those who were just managing to qualify for government-insured mortgages may rush into the market before stricter rules take effect ...