CREA: February 2013 National Home Sales Activity

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) have released their national home sales activity report for February 2013. The report shows a decline in national home sales of 2.1% from January to February. The report also goes on to state that the Canadian housing market is, at present, firmly in balanced territory. Check out the full report below

CREA: Canadian National Home Sales Activity Report – February 2013

According to statistics[1] released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity edged back down on a month-over-month basis in February 2013 following an increase in January.

Is It Time To Renew Your Mortgage? Keep these tips in mind when the time comes

When you first purchased your property you most likely signed a mortgage with a company that will stay in effect for a certain period of time (or term). When that time comes to an end you will have a couple of options; you can pay off your mortgage or choose to renew it.

Resources For Homeowners: Information about renovating for energy savings

If you’ve decided that this is the year to renovate your home then it’s probably a good time to make some changes to your property that will provide you (and potential future buyers!) with energy savings.

Downtown Toronto: A quick look at how it once was

With all the change that is currently underway downtown it is sometimes difficult to imagine what it looked like before all the office buildings and condos. To satisfy my own curiosity I’ve put together a collection of a few pictures of historic downtown Toronto dating from 1866 to 1950.

TREB: February 2013 Mid-Month Resale Housing Figures

The Toronto Real Estate Board released their February 2013 mid-month resale housing report. The report shows that the average selling price for transactions on Toronto MLS was up by 4% in comparison to the same time period last year.

CREA: Canadian Home Sales Edge Higher In January

The Canadian Real Estate Association released statistics today for January 2013. Their report shows a sales increase in the GTA of 5.6 per cent with National sales activity homes sales rising 1.3 per cent between December and January. On a whole the numbers show that the Canadian real estate market is holding firmly in balanced territory.

Homebuying 101: You need good credit, here are some ways to improve a bad credit score

Here is a simple truth: if you want the lowest mortgage rate in Canada you have to have good credit. So what happens when you run your credit score and it turns out that it isn’t as good as you had thought?

2013 WINTER Commission Sale! Thinking about buying & selling real estate in the Toronto area then you need to check this out

If you’re in the GTA and thinking about buying and selling this season then you definitely need to check out our annual winter commision sale. It’s a fantastic deal and the best part is you don’t need to list today, all you have to do is register

City of Toronto Prohibited Animals: Make sure to check out this list before you buy your own unusual pet!

With all the excitement that Darwin the ‘IKEA Monkey’ has created, I thought it would be a great time to re-visit an old blog post I wrote a while ago regarding what animals you cannot own in the City of Toronto.