Entries by Mahyar Rezapour

Lead In My Toronto Drinking Water? That’s Crazy!

Lead in My Toronto Drinking Water? That’s crazy!   What do you mean there is lead in my Toronto drinking water? Lead is a poison! Toronto Water is poisoning our citizens by allowing this water to enter into homes and places of business – this should be illegal [ maybe a Class Action law suite […]

Hot pockets: The Top 10 neighbourhoods for condo construction in Toronto

Photo: Anthony Bailey/Flickr The construction crane may as well be the de facto symbol of Toronto with new buildings going up in just about every corner of the city. Although March data from Statistics Canada suggests that Ontario’s construction explosion is petering out after several big years for building, there’s still plenty of activity going on in Toronto’s […]

Bidding wars hit the 905, and ‘sellers love it’

The 416 may have more cachet, but the 905 has more room for swing sets and barbecues — and there are generally lower mortgage payments. This has more families looking westward for greener pastures, or at least greener lawns. And they’re bringing Toronto’s bidding wars with them. While the competition isn’t as feverish, real estate agents […]

Bidding wars hit the 905, and ‘sellers love it’

The 416 may have more cachet, but the 905 has more room for swing sets and barbecues — and there are generally lower mortgage payments. This has more families looking westward for greener pastures, or at least greener lawns. And they’re bringing Toronto’s bidding wars with them. While the competition isn’t as feverish, real estate agents […]

Canadian house prices hit all time high in January with major price jumps in Toronto and Vancouver

The Teranet–National Bank house price index rose 0.4 per cent in January over December, bringing the composite index to an all-time high. Within the last five months, January’s gain was both the largest month-to-month boost and the first time in that period that a majority of the 11 markets studied saw prices increase from the previous month. Two of […]

CIBC: Excess condo supply will not derail Toronto and Vancouver rental markets

Photo: Boris Mann/Flickr In a report published on Thursday, CIBC economist Benjamin Tal said that the number of condos currently under construction in Toronto and Vancouver will raise the vacancy rate in the two cities, but the increase will not derail the rental markets. Looking at market characteristics like a reliance on new immigrants and the impact of falling unit […]

For rent: Mapping price growth for apartment rentals across Toronto

Photo: Trevor Pritchard/Flickr If you rent, you understand the acute pain that comes with combing through Craigslist ads at length, only to settle for an apartment that’s barely okay-ish. After year after year of climbing rents, new numbers from the CMHC suggest not exactly relief for renters, but a very slight slowing of year-over-year increases in lease rates. […]

Eastside rising: Mapping October’s price growth in Toronto by property type and neighbourhood

Photo: the2scoops/Flickr We’ve heard that the Toronto housing market keeps on heating up, with a serious uptick in both sales and prices in October. But which neighbourhoods are feeling the biggest price surges? Looking at the the Toronto Real Estate Board’s break down of the MLS House Price Index by district, we mapped out which parts of town saw the […]

Fact of the week: One in eight households in Canada now live in a condo.

August sales numbers proved Torontonians kept shopping for homes despite the city’s notoriously high price tags. Teranet’s latest report says prices continued the climb with Toronto seeing the highest month-over-month increase in the country. Toronto, along with Canada’s other big metros, is no stranger to big spending with Sotheby’s expecting a luxury home shopping spree […]

Sizzling Toronto resale market posts huge price increase in August

The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index rose to a new high in August according to fresh data released today by the organization. The national composite index was up 2.3 per cent in August from a year earlier and 0.6 per cent from July, while indexes in eight of the 11 markets monitored rose, some of them […]

Canada cracks top five list for real estate investment optimism

Canada cracks top five list for real estate investment optimism By: Monika Warzecha August 30, 2013 Canada Despite the high growth potential of emerging markets, Canada is still considered one of the top countries for investment from global companies in the real estate, hospitality and construction (RHC) sectors. The country ranked 5th behind India, China, […]

York Subway Constrution MAP

http://www.ttc.ca/Spadina/Plan_your_Trip/Construction_Activity_Maps/All_Neighbourhoods/index.jsp Construction Activity Maps View the Construction Activity Maps that feature subway construction information and tunnel boring progress in your neighbourhood. Construction Activity Maps