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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - May 17 2013

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Real Estate News

OSFI probes longer-term uninsured mortgages, could act (Globe and Mail)

Hookers to High Rises: The Evolution of the Etobicoke Waterfront (Toronto Standard)

Signs of spring – and a soft landing – in Canadian real estate (Globe and Mail)

Toronto real estate: Condo rents hit record high as would-be homebuyers stay on sidelines (Toronto Star)

Canadian housing market not that bad for banks (Financial Post)

Home Buyers: What should a real estate lawyer do for you? (Globe and Mail)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - May 10 2013

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Condo News

Peter Munk’s contrarian bet on Toronto’s condo market (Globe and Mail)

Toronto New Condo Sales Drop 55% in First Quarter (Wall Street Journal)

Next Year Could Be a Key One for Toronto Condo Market (Wall Street Journal)

Real Estate News

Homebuyers clueless about mortgages (CNN Money)

Toronto real estate: First-time homebuyers heavily influenced by commute (Toronto Star)

Should everyone consider renting over buying right now? (Globe and Mail)

Early exit from closed mortgage can cost you dearly (Toronto Star)

Drop in housing starts latest signal that housing market is cooling (Toronto Star)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - May 3 2013

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Real Estate Market

What’s happening in the housing market? (Toronto Star)

You want that dream home? Why you'll have to join the line in this thin housing market (Globe and Mail)

Even in a real estate slump, Canadians lured into bidding wars (Financial Post)

Canadian housing: Bursting bubble or gentle landing? (Financial Post)

Condo News

Tarion new home protections may be extended to condo conversions (Toronto Star)

Toronto real estate: Downtown condos lead broad rise in prices (Toronto Star)


Other Real Estate News

Feeling Pug-ish About Toronto Architecture (Torontoist)

What are the 5 best new buildings in Toronto from 2012? (Blog TO)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - April 26 2013

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Condo News

Get ready condo flippers, Canada Revenue Agency is hunting you (Financial Post)

Condo renters pay hefty price for downtown living (Toronto Star)

Toronto condo parking spaces can fetch $60K (Toronto Star)

The rise of the mid-rise (Toronto Star)


Other Real Estate News

What’s happening in the housing market? (Toronto Star)

Potential first-time home buyers: Bide your time (Globe and Mail)

Most Canadians say they won’t get sucked into a bidding war (Globe and Mail)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - April 19 2013

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Condo News

Using London to sell a Toronto condo - it’s a stretch (Globe and Mail)

Is Canada’s condo boom coming apart at the seams? (Globe and Mail)

Some Toronto condo sales face CRA scrutiny (Toronto Star)

Real Estate News

Competition Bureau loses online-listings case against Toronto Real Estate Board (Globe and Mail)

Exclusive: How much are homes in your Toronto neighbourhood? (Globe and Mail)

Ontario moves to protect consumer in real estate deals (Toronto Star) 

‘It’s official: Canadian home prices are boring (and that’s a good thing)’ (Financial Post)

 

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - April 12 2013

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Real Estate News

Self-made real estate developer backs Toronto casino (Globe and Mail)

Infographic: Just how overvalued are Canadian homes? It depends who you ask (Canadian Business)

Are you average? This is what first-time home buyers look like in Canada (Globe and Mail)

Where are Toronto’s prime real estate pockets? (Globe and Mail)

How sellers and buyers are honing their tactics as home sales slow (Globe and Mail)

Electronic signatures speed real estate deals in Calgary (Toronto Star)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - April 5 2013

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Real Estate Market

Real estate’s late spring: Sales rebound fails to blossom (Globe and Mail)

First-time buyers find Toronto real estate market hot as ever (Toronto Star)

Has Flaherty gone too far with cooling off the housing market? (Globe and Mail)

Toronto real estate: GTA housing sales slump 17 per cent in March, but prices continue to climb (Toronto Star)

Sellers and buyers hone their tactics as Toronto home sales slow (Globe and Mail)

When's the best time to sell my house in Toronto? (Globe and Mail)

Canadian housing market ‘in a highly unusual place’ (Toronto Star)

Mortgage News

Small lenders, brokers decry Ottawa’s mortgage plan (Globe and Mail)

Ottawa may further dampen mortgage market (Toronto Star)

Other Real Estate News

Vancouver architects cheer laneway boom (Globe and Mail)

Saunders: We're a nation of suburban apartment-dwellers, but afraid to admit it (Globe and Mail)

Metrolinx tables higher taxes, tolls to pay for Ontario transit improvements (Globe and Mail)

Housing bears need to relax and take the long view (Globe and Mail)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - March 28 2013

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Real Estate News

Rogers-affiliate Zoocasa looks to carve out new territory as a real estate brokerage (BuzzBuzz Home)

Zoocasa makes push to become licensed real estate brokerage (Globe and Mail)

Rogers to step into the real estate business (Toronto Star)

Amid pressure from Ottawa, BMO to let special 5-year mortgage rate lapse (Globe and Mail)

Canadians pull back from housing market in droves (Globe and Mail)

Carney's wife's quip about London housing raises ire (CBC News)

Banks pushing low mortgage rates in branches, despite Flaherty’s concerns (Globe and Mail)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - March 22 2013

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Mortgage Rates

Who loses and wins when Ottawa encourages artificially high mortgage rates? (Globe and Mail)

Manulife follows BMO as mortgage war heats up (Globe and Mail)

Flaherty's decision to intervene in mortgage war raises questions (Globe and Mail)

 

Other Real Estate News

There’s not going to be a housing crash (MoneySense)

House prices to remain tepid, Scotiabank says (Globe and Mail)

Vancouver’s vacancies point to investors, not residents (Globe and Mail)

Vancouver's empty condo units (Globe and Mail)

Sutton Place tenants stand in way of plans to turn landmark hotel into condos (Toronto Star)

Watch Ben Myers of Urbanation dispel media misinformation on the Toronto market (BuzzBuzz Home)

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Toronto Real Estate Roundup - March 15 2013

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Real Estate News

First-Time Home Buyers

Will nervous first-time buyers make this spring housing market bloom? (Globe and Mail)

Five things we learned about first-time homebuyers from the Globe and Mail (Toronto Life)

Brokers pursue mortgage break for first-time home buyers (Globe and Mail)

The Grid Guide to Buying Your First Home (The Grid)


Other Real Estate News

Data show Vancouver’s real estate market echoes Chinese economy’s ups and downs (Global TV)

TD report balances gloomy housing predictions (Canadian Real Estate Magazine)

The Chinese are so desperate about the new property taxes they are divorcing in droves to avoid them (Financial Post)

Frustration’s the word for Toronto’s current real estate market (Globe and Mail)

Canadian housing prices to rise “lacklustre” 2 per a year: TD (Toronto Star)

Canada Housing Bust Sees Sales Tumble; So Why Are Prices Still So High? [UPDATED] (Huffington Post)

In Bloordale, the arrival of three new restaurants heralds the blooming of a gentrified neighbourhood (Toronto Star)

Real estate market outlook cools as home sales plunge (Globe and Mail)

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