Wed
Feb 8
Make Up Your Mind!
Do you want to renovate and flip, or do you want to pull chute on the project?
And if you decide to renovate, do you actually want to sell, or do you want to let the house rot on the market?
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Mon
Jan 30
Lack of Inventory
It’s the same story I’ve been telling for the last two years: there’s nothing on the market, no matter what you’re looking for.
If this continues, the very first ‘nice’ Riverdale home of 2012 is going to have eighty offers on it…
Fri
Jan 27
From One Celebrity To Another
Celebrities buying each others’ houses should come as no surprise; after all, who else could afford such outrageous prices?
Chris Paul is buying Avril Lavigne’s house in California, and I have my own story about a couple of celebs here in Toronto…
Wed
Jan 25
Really? A Blue House Built On Stilts?
This house made headlines this week as it sold in multiple offers for over the asking price.
I’ll be brutally honest (for a change) and tell you that I think this is nothing but a novelty, and there’s nothing practical about this home…
Tue
Dec 20
I Can Admit When I Was “Wrong”…
Technically, the recent sale of an east end home will demonstrate that some of my recent musings have proved to be incorrect.
But in reality, I still don’t think that listing the same property five different times in nine months is any way to sell real estate…
Fri
Nov 4
Is “Flipping” Dead?
It’s been a great seventeen years in the Toronto real estate market, and all the players have made money. But is flipping actually viable anymore?
Market conditions aside, flipping properties for profit has become very difficult…
Mon
Oct 24
Holding Court
A reader emailed me last week and asked, “I live on a very quiet, very exclusive court and I’m wondering how much this is worth.”
I’m not sure I can put an exact dollar value to it, but the subject warrants a discussion…
Fri
Sep 16
The Psychology Behind Staging
I figured this would be a timely follow-up to Wednesday’s top-ten list, as I’m starting to realize that more people know about the what when it comes to staging, but not as much the why.
But if everybody is doing it, then it must be working, right?
