So what’s going to happen when the market comes back next week after Labour Day? More of the same I suspect. Interest rates are still at record low levels and the demand for houses continue to outpace supply. I read this morning that there is a serious lack of detached homes available for sale in…

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer and had a great August long weekend. The real estate market is still in summertime mode, where most sellers wait until September to put their properties up for sale. In a few weeks we should be seeing plenty more properties hit the market. Since interest rates are still…

Happy Canada Day everyone. I hope you all take some time out to do something fun today and celebrate that we are in the greatest country in the world. We are very fortunate to live in a city like Toronto, despite our sports teams and the impending Pan Am Games traffic chaos. The real estate…

The Toronto real estate market continues to be a challenge for buyers, despite several downtown properties not attracting multiple offers this past month. Slowly but surely a lot of the increased demand is being sated. The market typically slows a little going into June, July and August before heating back up after Labour Day. Income…

The Toronto real estate spring market is underway and is still very much a sellers’ market. If you are an active buyer looking to purchase a home in the Toronto Central core, then the key to your success will be patience.  Most homes that show well are still trading for well over the asking price….

Spring is here. A lot of new houses hit the market in downtown Toronto last week. It often happens after March break that a lot of new inventory surfaces. There were not a lot of income properties for sale in this first quarter of 2015, so it is nice to see more plexes coming online….

The cold weather continued throughout February which seems to have temporarily hampered the available inventory of houses for sale, but by and large everything that hits the market is still selling at full-speed. There are fewer houses for sale in the downtown core right now than we would normally expect at this time of year….

I’m very happy to announce that my new e-book “The Toronto Income Property Guide” is now available. You can download it for free here. It is a substantial update to my first real estate book “Live for Free” which I wrote many years ago. My book is currently available on your mobile through Kindle and…