I’d like to welcome Howard Esakov back to the Plex team. Howard has years of experience with all kinds of plexes, commercial buildings and “flip” properties. Numbers for the first two weeks of January showed an 11% decrease in sales from the same time last year. There is still an overall lack of duplex and…
Happy New Year! I’d like to wish everyone a very safe and prosperous 2011. May you realize all your goals and dreams in this year ahead. I’d also like to thank my existing buyer clients for their patience over the past few months. Many of you suffered through a pretty dry spate of inventory last…
Happy Holidays everyone. I would like to wish all of you, your friends and family a very merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, Festivus (or whatever you celebrate) and a happy and prosperous new year. May all your hopes and dreams come to fruition in 2011. If you are travelling over the holidays, please be safe. Try…
Is it just me or does it seem like this year is just whipping by? It’s already November, the clocks get turned back soon, and the leaves are almost all gone. We’re just around the corner from X-mas and then into yet another new year. The Toronto income property market continues to challenge as there…
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. The leaves are starting to turn into their fall colours and it’s getting close to that time to fire up your furnace. Please remember to change the filter on your furnace before you turn on the heat for the first time. This little preventative move will often improve the efficiency of your…
Back to work, back to school and back to showing income properties seven days a week. OK, maybe six days a week. I hope you all enjoyed your summer. I know many of my friends (and readers) traveled this summer. Lots of you enjoyed your cottages (and farms). We just came back from a driving…
I hope everyone is enjoying this very warm summer. Congratulations to Spain on winning their first World Cup. I hope all of you soccer fans enjoyed the tournament. Now we can turn our attention to TFC and their quest for a first-time playoff birth. With the dismal performance of the Maple Leafs, Raptors & Blue…
Happy Canada Day everybody! I hope all of you have been enjoying the World Cup as much as I have. Since my beloved England, and my second favourite team USA are now out, it’s Dutch all the way! What a week it has been in our city – between the soccer and the G20 summit…
The 2010 World Cup in South African starts in less than two weeks. I can’t wait! All of you who know me well know that soccer is my favourite sport and certainly one of my passions. Having been born in the UK I have been a staunch England supporter as far back as I can…
In last month’s newsletter, I addressed the current controversy surrounding opening up the MLS to the public and dissecting what many think are very high realtor commissions. First off thanks to all of you who wrote in supporting me and commenting that I very much earn what I make based on the time and service…
Spring is here. This is traditionally our busiest time of the year as folks start making their real estate moves so that they can be situated by the end of the summer. Since the income property market was so robust in the first quarter of 2010, I can only predict that the demand and excitement…
We did it! We won the gold medal in hockey. Wasn’t it awesome!! I’d like to congratulate all of our Canadian athletes who I feel did a superb job. There was a lot of chatter about owning the podium … with 14 gold medals I think we accomplished that goal. Now if only some of…