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As Seen in The National Post What should Torontonians expect the waterfront to look like in 20 years? Nothing less than an entirely “different skyscape,” says John Campbell, president and CEO of Waterfront Toronto. The rapidly changing neighbourhood is an intriguing place to be for those living along the lakeshore. ...

Lending money to someone you know or are related to is a generous gesture, but must be gone about cautiously. See if you can help them out in an alternative form. Perhaps offer babysitting services, help them search for discounts or bargins at furniture stores, etc. If you do decide to offer financial support however use these ...

Two of the combatants in Canada’s latest mortgage war are already signaling they wants a truce. Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank say they will move residential mortgage rates higher on Thursday. The rate increase comes less than three weeks after Bank of Montreal appeared to launch a new mortgage war among lenders by cutting its rates, ...

Toronto Houses Selling for 100% of Asking!  Why So Little Room for Negotiations? There's increasingly little room for price negotiations in good ole Toronto these days with our homes selling at 100% of asking within 3 weeks, according to the latest data. The Toronto Real Estate Board released its mid-month resale housing ...

Toronto and GTA Consumer Voices are Heard!   Direct Energy Backs Down. After a public relations nightmare, Direct Energy backs down on their water tank contract changes. . In a statement issued late Thursday afternoon, the utility company said it will not change "terms and conditions of our ...

Direct Energy gives consumers extra month to change your water-tank policy.   How does this affect your sale? Direct Energy recently  changing its rental water heater contracts to make it more difficult to buy a tank instead of renting, or to switch to another company.  The original date of the switch over was April 1st, ...

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 ...