I’d like to begin this month by wishing all of our clients, friends and family a very happy and safe holiday season. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year to all of you from all of us here at Plex Realty. We would like to cordially invite you to attend the…
This month I’d like to look at how rooming houses operate in Toronto and what you should know if you are thinking of buying or selling one. Rooming houses comprise a small percentage of the residential income property market in Toronto. Although the number of new licensed rooming houses has been on the decline, we…
This month I have a few topics to discuss. The first is an interpretation of a story that ran this past week in the Star business section about the relative prices of real estate in Canada to other countries around the world. A few months ago, I chatted about how prices in Toronto relative to…
This month I’d like to start by welcoming Neil Spiegel to our Plex team of income property specialists. Neil has extensive experience in construction and property management, as well as a very strong knowledge of the residential investment market in Toronto. As both an owner and manager of several income properties over the years, Neil…
Welcome to the August edition of our monthly income property newsletter. We’re in the middle of a very hot summer that has seen the real estate market in Toronto continue to post record numbers and remain very strong and healthy. I have commented in previous newsletters about why our market continues to sustain itself, so…
Happy Canada Day everyone! We’re entering into the summer months where the real estate market slows down a notch and buyers, sellers and their agents can take a short break to enjoy the warm weather and spend time with family and friends. Most folks that look to move over the summer to get their kids…
It’s June and the warmer weather is finally upon us. How about starting your summer fun by joining us this Thursday, June 2nd at 7:30 p.m. for our party at the RPM Café? We will be hosting a networking evening for our clients, suppliers, contractors and friends. It will be fun for all featuring live…
Once you have settled the “to move or not to move” dilemma and decided this is the place for you, renovations may be in order. If you are still wrestling with the “stay or move” decision, pricing necessary and desired renovations may make it easier to compare this home with your alternatives. The renovation industry…
Toronto Comes of Age! New York, London, Paris … Toronto? Should we be looking at ourselves as one of the world’s major cities? Has Toronto, being the industrial and economic centre of our country, matured to the point where we are attracting international attention? As our city has grown over the past few decades, many…
This month we are going to address three different topics. First, I will be looking at the proposed changes to Ontario’s Tenant Protection Act. Now that parliament is back in session, I expect that modifications to the Act will soon be addressed by our Liberal government. As a landlord these suggested changes to the Act…
I’d like to welcome all the new readers of this newsletter that we met this past weekend at the 2005 Financial Forum. We had the opportunity to meet many new potential real estate investors at our booth as well as at the three seminars that we conducted over the four days. I have been informed…
Happy New Year everybody! I’d like to wish you and your family a very safe and prosperous 2005 on behalf of all of us here at Plex Realty. January is a great time to set new goals and plan for the year ahead. I sincerely hope that all of your dreams and aspirations for this…