The GTA housing market: What needs to be done?
When we talk about the housing market, we usually mean economic projections, stats, starts and the like, but the “market” is in another way the people. The sales people, whose livelihoods depend on this business, the buyers, whose families are dreaming
The VIP Preview Event at Arkell Lofts
The VIP Preview Event this past weekend at Granite Homes’ newest community, Arkell Lofts was a tremendous success.The event took place at the Granite Homes New Homes Sales Centre, located at the corner of Arkell Road and Gordon Street in Guelph. There
How to Grow Your Own Edibles
The phenomenon of growing veggies in your own yard just gets bigger. Last year seed rack sales grew by more than 20% and this year is looking like a repeat performance.My late father used to say that a seed packet and patch of soil was always your best
5 reasons your family will love living at Whitby Meadows
On April 21st, Arista Homes, DECO Homes, Fieldgate Homes, OPUS Homes, and Paradise Developments will open their sales office doors for a limited release of freehold townhomes, semis, and 30’ and 36’ detached homes at Whitby Meadows.
Daniels Set To Unveil The Legends of Cinema!
Film fever will reach a new high during this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, as The Daniels Corporation gets set to launch THE LEGENDS OF CINEMA – an exclusive collection of suites available during a One-Day-Only Sale this Septembe
Bring on the Vertical Living
The Toronto condo market continues to defy conventional wisdom, with another record month. RealNet Canada says March was the city’s best-ever with 2,496 newly constructed units sales, more than double the same period last year. The 10-year average for
Did You Know You Can Seal the Deal Electronically Now?
Ontario’s real estate agents are celebrating more than just Canada Day this week. As of July 1st, 2015, it is now legal to electronically sign (or e-sign) real estate contracts, such as the agreement of purchase and sale, deeds, and mortgages. That’s
The Greater Toronto Area’s detached home market is making a comeback!
For the longest time, detached homes were the most popular housing type. Even when prices were skyrocketing, detached home sales in the resale market were still higher than townhomes and semis.
HST squeezes middle-class homebuyers, hits GTA hardest, new report finds
Greater Toronto Area homebuyers will absorb an exorbitant share of the whopping $800 million tax increase on new homebuyers across the province under the Provincial government's harmonized sales tax (HST), which could threaten up to 21,200 jobs, a
The average price of a new detached home in the GTA exceeds $1 million for the first time
The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) just released its new home sales figures for March 2016, announcing that the average price of a new detached home in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has surpassed $1 million for the first time
