How Much Is Home Insurance?

30 11 2007

The cost of home insurance is rising.

And since I’ve typed this, the cost has surely gone up again.

As mortgage rates seem destined to come down again over the next six months, the cost to insure your property will go up.

However, insurance premiums aren’t rising for the reasons you might suspect…

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Listing Of The Day: 33 Delisle Ave

27 11 2007

Another day, another two-million-dollar condo…

But this one isn’t in Yorkville, and it’s not downtown.

If ever there were an area of the city that could be called “The Yorkville of Midtown,” it would be the Yonge & St. Clair area on a street like Delisle Avenue…

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“Bully Offers”

26 11 2007

We have finally come up with a term to accurately describe an all-to-familiar new practice in the real estate market.

Some people are still wrapping their heads around the “Hold-back on offers.”

Well, Bully Offers have taken things to a whole new level…

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Listing Of The Day: 34 Sherbourne Street North

22 11 2007

“Meh”

Are you familiar with this term?  This annoying catch-phrase that people use both in speech and in text?

Well I’ve never been a fan of the term, but if you were to ask me what I think about 34 Sherbourne Street, I couldn’t think of a better response than “Meh”….

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Scandalous!

20 11 2007

Every day working in real estate is a learning experience.

Adventures ensue, and you never really know what is in store for you on a day-to-day basis.

Here’s a story about an unexpected circumstance that took place as I was showing around a new client for the first time…

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Listing Of The Day: 435 Westmoreland Ave

19 11 2007

Why?

Why am I featuring this seemingly mundane house in need of much renovation as today’s Listing Of The Day?

Well it can make a claim that no other house in the Central core make…

…it’s under $200,000.

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Bloor Street Becomes Toronto’s “Fifth Avenue”…

13 11 2007

Tonight is a very important night, not only because the Leafs will lose 5-1 to Montreal, but also because it is the launch of “1 Bloor.”

Forget Trump Tower and Four Seasons.  Believe me when I say that 1 Bloor will change Toronto real estate forever…

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Listing of The Day: 220 Victoria Street

12 11 2007

When you hear “Pantages” in Toronto, you probably think of the Pantages Theatre on Yonge Street across from Eaton Centre.

While the theatre was renamed Canon Theatre a few years back,  the name Pantages lives on around the corner at 210/220 Victoria Street…

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Most Expensive Condos in the CITY!

9 11 2007

Last weekend, I was showing condos to two investors from Dubai who seemed overly concerned with the price per square foot.

No matter what I showed them, they wanted it cheaper!

A unit at Mozo Lofts was priced reasonably at $420/sqft, and they somehow thought that was too much.

Here are the most expensive pre-construction condominiums in Toronto….

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Listing of The Day: 901 Queen Street West

8 11 2007

There are two buildings in the vibrant Queen West area that most people want to live in: Chocolate Lofts, and Candy Factory Lofts.

Why?  Well, probably because most people are unoriginal and want what other people talk about. 

But here is a third option for those of you that think outside the box…

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