Is buying a home a dream for first-time buyers? In the new budget out this week the centerpiece of Ottawa’s housing plan is to help first-time buyers with their new zero-interest loans on the following terms: 1. CMHC will offer mortgage loans up to 10% of the purchase...

We’re all hoping that everyone returning home from their March break vacations will all be energized and ready to buy or sell. Families with school-aged kids begin to plan their buying and selling strategies around now because they typically want their moves to...

Usually by this time in February we are normally gearing up for the spring market to start. One problem, however...Sellers didn’t get the memo. Like most of last year we continue to struggle with low inventories, Is it economic uncertainty that is causing this or is...

Real estate disrupters come and go. Many of these new “disrupters”, some coming here from the USA will offer you a quick estimate using an algorithm without doing a market analysis. Are they overlooking the emotional aspect of selling a home and are they just order...

The Toronto Real Estate Board released its market outlook for 2019 this week and the forecast is all good news! It’s predicting the average sale price to be about 4% higher for 2019 and a moderate increase in total sales to come in around 83,000 ends, compared to...

We are almost a month into 2019 and it feels like the Toronto real estate market is getting a fresh start. As we enter a more balanced market, the discussion is still about the lack of inventory. We are all watching for signals that buyer sentiment will heat up. In...

Ah, January. The month of new beginnings as we all wait for the real estate market to take off. Generally speaking, January is a slow month for new listings and the weather has been kind to us, but research indicates that listings in the freehold sector have backed...