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Many, years ago, I read Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad. For those who haven’t read the book, it’s a fictional story of Robert’s experience growing up with a father who worked hard at a salaried job and his friend’s father who was an entrepreneur.
It seems as though almost every week, I have a buyer or agent asking me about a 2 bedroom condo. They clearly are in extremely high demand right now. The average size of a condo in a newer building these days is around 550 sq ft. No wonder larger 2 bedroom units are in such high demand.
Before I became an agent, I spent almost 10 years in advertising sales & marketing so when I became an agent, marketing a property was a no-brainer. I’d spent so much of my time coming up with great marketing and promotion ideas for the largest retailers and consumer product goods companies. I simply translated everything I knew about marketing and sales into selling a house/condo.
A deep dive into Toronto’s condo market for 2017. Key facts from Morrison Talks Real Estate by Davelle Morrison. Pauline Lierman from Urbanation provides insights.
So you’ve made the decision to purchase a house or a condo in Toronto and you are not new to our city but you are new to Canada. Despite what people think, there are many differences in purchasing property in the Canadian market. So here is my step-by-step look at some of the differences for a foreign buyer.
A familiar refrain that I hear from my clients is that they feel like they are wasting my time when we go out to view properties. Then I explain to them that NO, you aren’t wasting my time at all.
Dear Millennials, As you very well know, it’s really difficult to find an affordable place to live in Toronto. Initially, we all thought that the condo developers were building more than the market needed. Funnily enough, it is evident now that they knew something that the rest of us didn’t.
Many, many, many years ago, I read David Foot’s book; Boom, Bust & Echo. It took readers on an explanation of the demographics of Canada and essentially explained why certain trends were occurring in the market place, including real estate. All rationales boiled down to age.
There’s nothing better than going on vacations and realizing the things you like most in a home. I remember staying at one of the villas at Half Moon Bay in Montego Bay, Jamaica and realizing how much I liked the idea of having a pool in my backyard. There was something soothing about looking at the water in the pool. That beautiful blue aquamarine colour just did it for me.
Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any more expensive to buy a house or condo in the City of Toronto, and wham! Not only are Property Taxes increasing, so are Land Transfer Taxes.
