Home sales are at record levels in Toronto and near record levels in Vancouver, despite a steep run-up in prices that is putting housing out of reach for many first-time buyers. The era of rock-bottom mortgage rates shows signs of ending, with bond yields on the rise and the U.S. set to raise its benchmark […]
Don’t Ruin Your Chance to Buy a Home with Holiday Spending
If a new home purchase is in your future, or you’re currently under contract to purchase a new home soon, please read this! ‘Tis the season to spend, spend, spend. It’s hard sometimes not to get overwhelmed with the Holiday gift giving spirit. Shoppers around the country say they are planning to spend an […]
7-Step Guide to Selling Your House In Toronto
1. Prepare to sell your house Home selling has become more complex than it used to be. New seller disclosure statements, longer and more mysterious form agreements, and a range of environmental concerns have all emerged in the past decade. 2. Find a Realtor® In the maze of forms, financing, inspections, marketing, pricing, and negotiating, […]
Virtual Geo-farm to Grow Your Business
Geo-farming has long been a core strategy in the real estate professional’s wheelhouse. Selecting a local neighborhood to farm can be highly rewarding process – winning you additional listings in the long run. But traditional geo-farming, essentially sending marketing collateral to every home in a given neighborhood, is a time-consuming and expensive process. Not […]
Fiscal update erases projected surplus, Canada government expects $3B budget deficit
The deteriorating economic picture means that the projections of last April are now about $6 billion per year lower, on average, for the next few years. That accounts for the projected $3-billion deficit in the current fiscal year and a larger $3.9-billion deficit next year, before eventually returning to surplus in 2019-2020. Part of that is […]
