In toronto real estate, Toronto Real Estate Board President Larry Cerqua announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported a record 9,813 sales through TREB’s MLS® System in August 2016. While this sales result was 23.5 per cent above the number of transactions reported for August 2015, it is important to note that the majority […]
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Real Estate Agents provide great value noted by Commission specialist Larry Weltman and others
A national spike in private home sales has reignited the debate around the value of hiring a realtor versus trying to sell your home yourself. Even though the private sale market has grown, realtors are still the best bet in terms of selling or buying a home without issue. In Vancouver, the country’s busiest […]
Toronto housing market staying stronger, while Vancouver’s slowing down – TD Bank
In toronto real estate, Toronto continues to maintain its housing market momentum whiles Vancouver real estate market looks to be softening. In a report published Tuesday, TD Bank said Vancouver has started what is expected to be a modest correction, which will be reinforced by the recent implementation of the land transfer tax on […]
Toronto home affordability has significant drop in 26 years – RBC
In Toronto real estate, RBC said that the overall cost-of-ownership measure hit 60.2 per cent of median pre-tax income at the end of June, 2016, mainly due to a run-up in single-detached home costs. RBC said the level of Toronto’s aggregate affordability measure was the highest since the third quarter of 1990. However, the bank’s […]
Toronto’s house price jump stirs fear foreign buyers may head Toronto
In toronto real estate, Toronto’s housing market churned out another month of soaring price gains in July, 2016, fuelling concerns that it could be the next target of a tax on foreign investors. Almost 10,000 resale homes changed hands in the Greater Toronto Area last month, the highest recorded number for the month of […]