TORONTO, February 6, 2019 – TREB President Garry Bhaura announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 4,009 home sales through TREB’s MLS® in January 2019 – up by 0.6 per cent compared to January 2018. On a preliminary seasonally adjusted basis, sales were up by 3.4 per cent compared to December 2018. “It is encouraging to see the slight increase …

Ocotber 3, 2018 — Toronto Real Estate Board President Garry Bhaura announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 6,455 sales through TREB’s MLS® System in September 2018 – up 1.9 per cent compared to September 2017. The average selling price for September 2018 sales was up by 2.9 per cent over the same period to $796,786. The MLS® HPI composite …

August 3, 2017 — Toronto Real Estate Board President Tim Syrianos announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 5,921 residential transactions through TREB’s MLS® System in July 2017. This result was down by 40.4 per cent on a year-over-year basis, led by the detached market segment – both in the City of Toronto and surrounding regions.While sales were down, the number …

January 5, 2017 — Toronto Real Estate Board President Larry Cerqua announced that 2016 was a second consecutive record year for home sales. Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 113,133 home sales through TREB’s MLS® System – up by 11.8 per cent compared to 2015. The calendar year 2016 result included 5,338 sales in December – an annual increase of 8.6 …

I wanted to take a quick moment and wish you all happy holidays and the best in the upcoming year.  It’s been a great year for us at the office and I look forward to your continued support to help you with all your real estate needs. We won’t be taking much time off during the holidays as we will …

We recently launched a new website so we could service our investor clients better. I’ve always posted investment properties here with video blogs to showcase what properties can do and was finding that the message of the site was getting lost. In order to preserve the information we share here and keep it confined to issues relating to Toronto, I …

Here’s another project that requires improvements and will be a crown jewel for your portfolio. The property is a 34 room hotel and is hosting over 13000 square feet in space total.  The building is a two storey with second floor dedicated to the hotel rooms and two bars and a cafe on the main floor.  The full basement is …

If you own an investment property, you should be concerned about how much money it’s making and how you can maximize your return on investment.  In this post, I will outline 10 ways you can increase cash flow on your investment property. An investment property could be an apartment building, plaza, senior residence or any other tangible real asset that …

It’s been a long way coming and the new rules are finally here to help deter the market from being a run away freight train.  The new mortgage rules were just announced on October 3, 2016 and we’ve been following them closely to see what they would mean for buyers and sellers in this market. Here’s a recap of the …

This one is pure gold!  It’s an investment property that needs to be renovated to help generate amazing returns on.  I had sent this to a couple of you yesterday and am now including a full review of the numbers for your review.  The property is a 7 Unit building with an amazing 83 x 197 foot lot and once …