The Morrison Report

Listen to “What’s the latest news in real estate? Foreign buyers?” on Spreaker.

Listen to “Why you need insurance?” on Spreaker. Chris Kiely, Associate Broker, Breckles Insurance takes us through the ins and out of why all owners & renters need insurance. – What’s covered in the landlord’s insurance? – What’s covered in the renter’s insurance?

Listen to “What you should know about home inspections?” on Spreaker. Alan Carson, Owner and President of Carson Dunlop Home Inspection discusses some of the important things you need to know about home inspection. Who is Carson Dunlop and how long have they been around? What does a home inspection do? Why should someone consider getting a home inspection? Should a buyer have their own home inspection or is it okay if the sellers have one? What are the worst things that a homeowner can find on an inspection? How can you tell if there has been moisture in the home? How can you tell if there is knob and tube wiring and what’s so wrong with it? How can you tell if there are issues with the foundation? Would you ever buy a house without a home inspection?

Listen to “Why you may need to do a home inspection for a condo?” on Spreaker. Alan Carson, Owner and President of Carson Dunlop Home Inspection discusses the importance of home inspections for condos. Why should you consider getting a home inspection for a condo? What kind of systems exist in a condo that need inspection? What is kitec plumbing? How can an inspector find kitec plumbing?

Listen to “Why every home or condo should be staged” on Spreaker. Lucie Brand, co-owner of Toronto Condo Staging and Design discusses why it is important to stage a property before putting it on the market. Why should you stage a house or condo? What paint colours can make the biggest difference in a sale? What paint colours can turn buyers off? How much of a difference can staging make to the actual sale price? Do buyers really need to see staging? What are some of the biggest faux pas that you see sellers making with their decorating?

Listen to “What you need to know to design a budget” on Spreaker. Connie Parsons, owner and a Financial Planner at Portfolio Clinic gives us some tips and insights into the financial planning world. What does a financial planner do? Why should people do up a will? How many people do not have a will? How often should someone update their will? Why would somebody need disability insurance? What is the difference between having mortgage insurance than life insurance? Are mortgage insurance is essentially just to make sure that the mortgage gets paid off if you die? How can you help someone save for a down payment on a home if they are wanting to get into the market? What is a Tax Free Savings Account? How can a financial planner help people budget their money more effectively?

Listen to “What you need to know before buying a condo” on Spreaker. Davelle Morrison, Sales Representative at Bosley Real Estate discusses some of the things that buyers need to know before buying a condo. How is location important in your decision to buy a condo? Which is better older condos or newer condos? What are the positive and negatives of both of both buildings? How does the size of the condo play a factor in determining whether you pay a high or a low maintenance fee? Why should you create a wish list of what your priorities are when you are buying a condo? Are fixer upper a really great way to get value for your money in the condo market? What are the positive and negative aspects of buying a fixer upper condo? What is a conditional purchase? What is a Status Certificate? Why is it important to go see the parking spot a head of time? Why is it important to buy a unit in building where the percentage of renters are below 30%? Why is it important to consider the demographic of the building when you choose to buy a unit? How is the price fluctuation for a condo on a bidding war night different from the price fluctuation you would see on a house on an offer night? What is a bully offer or preemptive offer? Which is better preconstruction condo or a resale condo? What is the percentage of investment you have to put down up from for a preconstruction condo? What is the percentage of investment you have to put down up from for a resale condo? Why is it important to hire a lawyer in your decision to buy a preconstruction condo? Which is better coop condo or a regular condo? Which segment of the market loves the coop condo? Why is it important to look out the window of the condo you intend to buy?

Listen to “How to utilize your laneways?” on Spreaker. Michelle Senayah, Co-Founder and Director at The Laneway Project walks us through some of the ways laneways could be utilized. What technically is a laneway? What city rules or by laws do you need established for the laneway projects? What are some of the things that could be done in the laneway? When it comes to doing something like a murals, how do you determine what kind of artwork suits the community and all the neighbours for that particular laneway? Who foots the bill for some of these special projects? What kinds of events would have been done in the past? What is done in the greening front? How did The Laneway Project get started? Where did that come from? How many people are working at The Laneway Project? How has the support been in the city? Has other cities been utilizing their laneways? Are their considered to be high profile laneways in Toronto? Is there an ultimate laneway you would really love to do a big project with? Do you have a couple of ideas that you have in regards to the laneways you would love to see enacted and any one of laneways you have not done yet or you would like to do? What are your big dream or ideas you really want to do in a laneway? Do people donate to help fund some of these projects? Do you fundraise? When it comes to your corporate donors who would want some exposure on the other end. How do you give them the exposure without compromising what you are doing in the specific laneway? When someone’s got a laneway in mind in their neighbourhood and they really want to get their laneway involved. How do they apply? Do they go to your website? Do they fill out an application? How does it work?

Listen to “What you should know about the Condo market” on Spreaker. Shaun Hildebrand, Senior Vice President of Urban Nation walks us through some of the trends in the condo market. What does Urban Nation do? What has been the trend in the market over the years in terms of the size of the condos? What kind of price points are the larger units coming in at? Why are more developers going with rental buildings now? Why it is not a big concern that there are so many condo building going up in a particular area? Why we are not over building condos? Why the volume of completions have gone down this year? Why will investors not be impacted at all by the number of purpose built rental buildings that are coming up? In terms of the preconstruction condos, what are the percentage in the preconstruction market who are end users, foreign investors and local Canadian investors?

Listen to “How to declutter your home to stay organized for the long-term” on Spreaker.