The government is at it again. On Tuesday they said they would make it easier for some people to get into the housing market by tweaking the mortgage stress test, making it slightly lower for insured loans. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions...

Is the Toronto housing market picking up steam at an “uncomfortable” pace that resembles the sky-high gains of 2016? One just has to look at the number of multiple offers and wild bidding wars to know that demand is at an all-time high. So what should we expect as we...

The desperately low inventory of properties for sale is responsible for the intense competition going on. Buyers fear that prices will escalate even more if they wait. Example 1: A property in Brampton gets an astounding 77 bidders for a rundown detached house and...

Is it safe to say that the Toronto real estate market is moving into uncharted waters these days? The go-to response to the steady increase in prices has been the lack of listings, high demand, and low borrowing costs. Are we seeing a flashback to early 2017? What has...

It was sort of a flat week for real estate. It seems buyers and sellers are waiting for the market to “show its colours.” Agents are eager to start showing properties but our research indicates that listings in both the freehold and condo sector have backed off...

Happy New Year! A new year and new decade begins. Let’s sum up the real estate market for 2019. • GTA realtors reported 87,825 sales through TREB’s MLS system — up 12.6% compared to 78,015 for 2018 - the decade low. • New listings entered into the MLS system (153,000)...

All quiet on the home front? Well, listings are dwindling but buyers are still out there. We had a listing out of our office this week and there were 179 booked showings and yesterday it received 19 offers. Will this continue and what will it be like in 2020? Will the...