Streetcar Safety Murals may be coming to Toronto!
Following the full day of speakers and panels at re:Public - NXT City’s Public Space Symposium, I attended the after-party where the NXT City Prize was presented! The panel of five jurors included Shauna Levy, President of Design Exchange; Lachlan
Will a rent-to-own program improve housing affordability in Toronto?
Mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat introduced a rent-to-own program to address housing affordability in Toronto. Will it work? I feel like it might.
Our Top 10 Toronto Parks (in no particular order)
1) Bluffer’s Park, foot of Brimley Road: It’s beautiful — those cliffs! — and it’s lakeside, which means you can always stick a toe in to cool off. There are wonderful trails and marshlands, and it’s just commercial enough so that you can buy an ice
Living Large at 365 Church in Toronto
A wise man once said, “location is everything;” if you’re looking to be part of the excitement, and we mean be right in the centre of it, look no further! 365 Church by Menkes offers adventure seekers and savvy investors alike the perfect opportunity to
No signs of housing demand waning in the Greater Toronto Area
It’s been a while since I felt the need to write a post about a housing market bubble, but the recent 2019 UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index put Toronto at second greatest bubble risk in the world, so naturally, I have to talk about it.
Canadian housing starts increased in 2015 thanks to Toronto’s condo market
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its latest housing starts report, announcing that Canadian housing starts trended lower in December 2015, but total starts for the year increased. Across Canada, the trend measure of housing
Canadian housing market still highly vulnerable as overvaluation eases in Toronto
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released its quarterly Housing Market Assessment, reporting that the country’s housing market overall is still highly vulnerable, mostly due to price acceleration and overvaluation.
Only those within the top 10% of earners can afford a Toronto house: study
Even as housing prices have cooled throughout the GTA since the 2016 market peak, the average house still fetched $873,100 as of March, while the typical condo unit costs over half a million dollars, at an average of $522,300.
Resale condo market had the strongest price growth last year
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its resale housing market data for 2017, announcing a drop in sales and an increase in average prices. There were 92,394 sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) reported through the MLS system.
Expect resale housing market to rebound later this year
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its monthly resale report for January 2018, announcing a big dip in sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) compared to last year. One of the things Ben Myers, President of Bullpen Research
