Real Estate Investments

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CMHC Improvements Program — Building Equity While Renovating Your Dream Home

The CMHC Improvements Program — Making Toronto Real Estate More Affordable for Home Buyers CMHC Helps Buyers Transform Fixer-Uppers into the Homes of their Dreams. It wasn’t long ago when a home that “may need a little TLC” was enough to make a homebuyer turn the other way. Now, in Toronto’s tight market, where affordability […]

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Toronto Millennials — A Landlord’s Dream

Toronto Millennials are poised to take over the rental market. Are you ready for them? Millennials: We’ve heard this term thrown around a lot lately, but who exactly are they and what role does Generation Y play in the real estate market? You don’t need to have an inside scoop to know that Toronto and

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Liberal Party Policy Change–Additional Land Transfer Tax for Buyers in Ontario

The Municipal Land Transfer Tax is coming to a town near you, and most likely, your town as well.   The dreaded Municipal Land Transfer Tax (MLTT) might be spreading across Ontario as an additional taxation measure backed by the Liberal Government. This tax will be on top of the existing Provincial Land Transfer Tax

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Unattractive Investment Property

The Ugly Duckling — Transforming an Unattractive Investment Property into a Beautiful Swan If you’ve been itching to purchase an investment property in Toronto, then you probably know that pickings have been pretty slim lately. Move-in ready houses with curb appeal are often the subject of bidding wars and come with a hefty price tag.

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Unexpected Figures Entering Fall — TREB MLS® Market Watch September 2015

In recent news, you may have heard rumours that buyers were “treading more cautiously” as they entered the fall market. The opposite couldn’t be truer in Toronto. This morning, Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported a record number of transactions for the month of September through TREB’s

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For Foreign Real Estate Investors Toronto is North America’s Dubai

In the eyes of foreign buyers, Toronto is North America’s New Dubai – But are they behind our city’s short housing supply? News from the CMHC on gathering data surrounding foreign real estate investors in Canada has many local buyers worried that they’re responsible for driving housing prices up. Recently, China’s Government made changes to

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