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HOW TO SPOT A REAL ESTATE MARKET TURNAROUND IN 2013
Real estate sales are very seasonal – we have the spring and fall markets, winter can be slow and then there are the summer doldrums. In fact sales from the slowest to highest month can vary by 250% in a … Continue reading
WHY ARE WE STILL BUILDING SMALLER CONDOS IN THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONDO MARKET?
The Media and Governments all want pre-construction or new condos geared to End Users. For some reason, Investors are blamed for all the perceived shortcomings of today`s market place. Investors buy condos for rental income and capital appreciation. So here … Continue reading
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER MARKET REPORT 2012
SALES COMMENTARY: October sales this year on the Toronto Real Estate Board were down 7% from October of 2011. New listings for the month were up 6% over October of last year and the current inventory of ‘active listings’ at … Continue reading
DOWNTOWN TORONTO CONDO RENTAL MARKET
While the focus of RE/Max Condos Plus is on sales and not rentals, we do represent a lot of investors who ask us to rent or lease out their condos. In fact we rent out more condos than any other … Continue reading
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER MARKET REPORT 2012
SALES COMMENTARY: The public media has now concluded that the Toronto Real Estate Market and the downtown condo market in particular are in full market correction. What does that mean? Certainly sales are slowing. In September, the Market was down … Continue reading
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE TORONTO CONDO MARKET? ANSWER: RENTS ARE TOO LOW!
While it is true that sales are slightly lower in 2012 than in 2011 and that condo prices have levelled off since January; this is not a signal that the condo market is about to come to an end. The … Continue reading
UNDERSTANDING THE COMING CHANGES TO THE TORONTO CONDO MARKET
There are big changes underway in the downtown Toronto Condo market: not just in the number of cranes that dot the sky, but in the underlying economics. This will be the last year of the pre-construction boom in condo sales! … Continue reading
CONDOS versus RRSP’s
With the RRSP deadline days away, it is time to contribute again. Year after year we do the same thing – and we get the same result. People cannot save enough to retire and if you do not have a … Continue reading
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CAN TORONTO CONDO MARKET SUPPORT NEW YORK PRICES
A recent report by Prudential Douglas Elliman looked at Manhattan studio (bachelor) prices from 2002-2011. It found that in the Upper East Side, the average size was 478 square feet and the average price was $739 per square foot. The … Continue reading
Why do Developers Charge $800/sf for Pre-Construction Condos in Toronto
The simple answer is because they can and there are enough people who will blindly pay it. But do the math – from both potential buyers (just investors) and the developers’ point of view. For investors, when they buy at … Continue reading
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WHICH CMHC RULE CHANGES WILL IMPACT THE TORONTO REAL ESTATE MARKET THE MOST?
Most commentators believe that when CMHC shortened the amortization period on insured mortgages from 30 to 25 years that it would have the biggest impact on the Toronto real estate market. From our observations (and anyone else commenting can only … Continue reading →