Now that we're officially into the New Year, it's time to take one final look at the fascinating real estate market that was Toronto in 2011. While many major markets in North American continued to stagnate, Toronto's year-over-year results were very optimistic. In fact, the December results capped off the second best year on record under the current Toron...
Each month, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) releases a MarketWatch Report. The following statistics were obtained from the December 2011 Report and make comparisons to the same period one year ago. As of December 31st, in York Mills (C12), there were 105 active market listings, an increase of 28% from the previous year’s statistics. Unit s...
Much like Moving Insurance, which I discussed back in October, Title Insurance is another type of auxiliary safety net to ensure that all your bases are covered. In a nutshell, title insurance guarantees that the person selling the house to you actually owns the house, although many other variables are also contained, most critically any outstanding mortga...
Each month, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) releases a MarketWatch Report. The following statistics were obtained from the November 2011 Report and make comparisons to the same period one year ago. As of November 30, in York Mills (C12), there were 125 active market listings, an increase of nearly 12% from the previous year’s statistics. U...
There's been a lot of hubbub over Zoocasa's recent launch of their instant home appraisal system called Zoopraisals through their website (www.zoocasa.com). For those unfamiliar, Zoocasa is an online search engine for Canadian homes. Some have heralded their Zoopraisal system as a tool to circumnavigate the traditional realtor authorities, while others lab...
