MARK CULLEN: Taking Care of Your Garden
By Mark CullenAutumn is a great time of year to take a leisurely approach to your garden. Without the weeds growing to beat the band and insects pretty much out of the picture you might think that all there is to do is to bring in the harvest, cut your
Toronto Parking Authority Taking Over Bixi
By Penny MunozThe City of Toronto is breathing new life into local bike-share program in hopes that it might finally take off. The deal with the creators of Bixi, the Public Bike System Company, states that as of spring 2014 the program will be run by
Guelph Communities Take Over the Trimart Hot Spot
With a high volume of new openings and releases in October, the low-rise market was well stocked heading into November. Even though October saw its highest sales figures in the last nine years, there were still a number of homes available. According to
Paying respects to my son, David Reiss
In this often overwhelming time of the year, I’m asking you to step back, take a look at the bigger picture, hold the ones you love, cherish every moment you have, and understand what truly matters.
Daniels Waterfront: Bringing it All Together
The Newinhomes.com team took a break from our desks at our 1 Yonge office to walk over to the grand unveiling of The Daniels Corporation’s master-plan at Richardson and Queens Quay East - better known as the Guvernment site. Mayor John Tory, urban design
Canary District Commercial Hits CP24
The last time we chatted with the President of Dundee Kilmer, Jason Lester, he told us the Canary District Condominiums + Townhomes were well underway, meeting the budget and deadline. Now you can take a video tour through the courtyard, lush green
How You Can Own Your Home Sooner
A recent Scotiabank poll found that nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of Canadians are taking at least one step to becoming mortgage-free sooner. The biggest advantage of paying your mortgage off sooner is the amount of interest you would save. A
Grove at Grand Bay by BIG Architects
Occassionally on the HomesAndCondosBlog, we take a step back from examining local architects’ designs, and check out what some of our favourite international architects are up to. This week, we visited BIG Architects’ website, and lucky us, we found a
Attempting to understand the new mortgage rules
As new mortgage rules take effect this week that make stress-testing mandatory for all insured mortgages, I’m left scratching my head. The new rule requires a stress-test for all insured mortgages, i.e. it will affect any prospective buyer with less than
Why Vertical Growth Makes Sense: Some thoughts from Peter Kofman of Projectcore Inc.
Mirvish Enterprises, Gehry Partners and Projectcore Inc.Take a stroll around downtown Toronto and you’ll see ample evidence of ‘intensification’ in action, in the form of completed gleaming new condo highrise towers and many more under
