How are millennials affording new homes and condos in the GTA?
With the Altus Group statistics released by BILD for May 2018 noting that the benchmark price for new single-family homes was $1,144,191 and for high-rise $758,370, one has to wonder how first-time buyers are making their way into the market.
Find out why Toronto needs non-resident buyers
To get a better grasp on the housing market, we reached out to some industry professionals to get their opinions on a few hot topics. Our first Q&A was with Ben Myers, President of Bullpen Research & Consulting Inc.
Preston Meadows is the first certified pilot LEED Neighbourhood Development in Canada!
When it comes to building and developing sustainable communities, Reid’s Heritage Homes is one of the best. Recently, Reid’s Heritage Homes’ Cambridge community, Preston Meadows, was announced as the first fully certified pilot LEED Neighbourhood
Everything you need to know about Canada’s First-Time Home Buyer Incentive
If you’re a first-time buyer in Canada, you’ve likely been waiting for details on the federal government’s First-Time Home Buyer Incentive program. Well, the details are here, including a start date.
Walkability: Yorkville - 100
Most residents of Toronto wouldn’t call Yorkville an up-and-coming neighbourhood; it’s been up for some time now. But by the looks of the amount of new residential development in the area, Yorkville hasn’t hit the ceiling yet.Yorkville on
Inventories High, Housing Starts Low
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced that national housing starts were trending at 189,837 units in August 2014, which is practically unchanged from July’s 189,596 starts.The trending figure is a six-month moving average of
Successful Fieldgate opening marks beginning of busy fall market
Throughout the summer, sales in the new home market and resale market dropped. Some blamed high prices, some blamed the record low inventory. The only constant was the faith in the fall market. In the new home market report for July 2017 from the
PART 1: Talking High-rise and City Design with David Pontarini
For Architecture Month on our blog, we interviewed low-rise designer Stephen Hunt. So, we thought it only fair to sit down with an architect that focuses mostly on high-rise design. We were lucky enough to get an opportunity to meet with David Pontarini
Midhaven Homes: A Leader in Environmental Sustainability
In our recent series about What Homebuyers Want, sustainability was a recurring topic. We highlighted a few builders and developers who are leading the way with green initiatives, discussed some green technology that we may see in homes in the near
10 Instagram accounts to inspire your spring redecorating
Time for us to stop binge-watching Netflix and start all those projects we’ve been putting off all winter. It’s time for some spring redecorating! Want to redo the backsplash? Looking to create a small balcony garden? Ready to declutter and repaint your
