Toronto Real Estate TREB Published January, 2019 Resale Market Figures Toronto Real Estate Board 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 […]
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40% of Canadians are paying no income taxes, Prime Minister Trudeau knows this is right
40% of Canadians are paying no income taxes, Prime Minister Trudeau knows this is right The top 20 per cent is likely paying 70 per cent or more of all income taxes Trudeau was speaking the complete truth when it comes to income taxes (HST, realty taxes and other consumption taxes are […]
Toronto downtown is benefiting from ‘Hyper-concentration’ of knowledge jobs in an economic shift
A fundamental economic shift is Toronto downtown is benefiting from ‘Hyper-concentration’ of knowledge jobs in an economic shift as traditional manufacturing employment evaporates across much of southern Ontario, a new report warns, and the trend has major ramifications for public transit and land-use planning. The study, released days after General Motors announced the shutdown […]
New Rent control rules may spark return to sky-high rent increases for Toronto tenants
New Rent control rules With new Rent control rules and the province of Ontario scrapping rent control for new units across Ontario as of November 15, 2018, affordable housing advocates are warning that the changes could may spark return to sky-high rent increases for thousands of Toronto tenants. The Progressive Conservative government […]
Money-laundering concerns in Canadian real estate
In Canadian real estate, an in-depth review of Canada’s anti-money-laundering efforts has uncovered serious concerns that organized crime is using the country’s hot real estate sector to illegally funnel cash. The report from the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force makes special note of real estate as an area of the economy with a high […]
