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February 3, 2012 — Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,567 sales through the TorontoMLS® system in January 2012. This number was 8.8 per cent higher than the 4,199 sales reported in January 2011. Sales growth was strongest for low-rise home types in the regions surrounding the City of Toronto. “A favourable affordability picture bolstered by very low posted fixed mortgage rates …

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TORONTO, February 6, 2012 – The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and four other major real estate boards across Canada have developed a new system to measure and provide clarity on home prices and home price growth: the MLS® Home Price Index (MLS® HPI). The MLS® HPI is calculated using a sophisticated statistical model that …

Here’s a list that I got from our friends at BuzzBuzzHome which is for the stores opening in Ontario The list of the first 24 was released today, which includes: London Westmount, Westmount Shopping Centre Kawartha Lakes, Lindsay Square Mall Newmarket, Upper Canada Mall Milton, Milton Mall Shopping Centre Cambridge, Cambridge Centre Toronto, Centrepoint Mall Mississauga, Square One Shopping Centre …

It’s been a mild winter throughout most of the country so far. That means we still have time to run through a foul-weather checklist. Here are 10 “must do’s” to have a warm, cozy and safe winter. Check attic insulation. A foot of blown-in or batt insulation (R-38) in the attic reduces heat transfer from heated interior space to the …

Click here to watch video Following the release of Yahoo’s most-searched list, Google has released its annual Zeitgeist report, revealing the most popular search terms of 2011 by region and worldwide. The search giant analyzed billions of searches performed in 2011 and compared them with searches from 2010 to identify emerging trends. YouTube sensation Rebecca Black was the number one fastest-rising search term …

TORONTO, December 16, 2011 — Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 2,699 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system during the first 14 days of December. This result was 11 per cent above the number of transactions recorded during the same period in 2010. On a year-to-date basis, sales amounted to 87,407 – up 4.3 per cent compared to 2010. “We have had the …

Skate Culture events continue at Harbourfront Centre, including this Saturday night’s 1 LOVE T.O. Holiday Ice Skating Party on The Natrel Rink. Other seasonal programming continues at Black Creek Pioneer Village, Casa Loma, and Toronto’s historic museums. Evergreen Brick Works is holding a Winter Festival on Saturday with a winter farmer’s market, skating, food and more. These are the final few days for the Lowe’s Toronto Christmas Market, which …

During a recent interview with Don Campbell, our conversation steered towards to topic of private sales. My question was if he sees value in using a real estate professional or should sellers look at putting their properties on the market themselves. I was surprised by his response as much as he was with mine. A delightful conversation that I’m looking …

I had the chance to have a sit down with Don Campbell of REIN Canada to talk about his upcoming book and the conversation lead to the topic of Zoocasa’s new service of Zoopraisals. I took the moment to chat with Don about what he sees as the value of the service and if there were any short coming. Hope …