Resubmission Proposes Residential Additions to East Harbour Plan

Recent documents submitted to the City of Toronto have revealed the latest plans for East Harbour, a massive development on the site of the former Unilever Soap Factory where the Don River meets Lake Shore Boulevard. The most striking change from previous versions is the addition of nine residential towers to the mix, which would […]

Value of GTA condos nearly doubles in four years

Condos in the Greater Toronto Area appreciated by 44% between their April 2017 peak and June 2021, says realty brokerage Properly. Interestingly, condos in the GTA struggled through most of 2020, save for before the COVID-19 pandemic and the very end of the year, but they nevertheless managed to subsequently surge in value again. “This […]

74% of Ontarians 18-34 don’t think they can buy home: survey

A survey of Ontarians revealed that three-quarters of respondents aged 18-34 don’t believe they will be able to afford a home in their city or town. “Having worked in this industry for 35 years now, I have seen one group [among the aforementioned cohort] able to get into the market, and that’s thanks to assistance […]

Hamilton’s ‘hidden gem’ properties

To say COVID-19 has been bad for small businesses would be an understatement, but mixed-use properties that will invariably hit the market because of the economically calamitous nature of the pandemic could help boost housing supply. “There’s a hidden gem: mixed-use commercial properties in downtown Hamilton that might be able to be converted into residential […]

Home sales fell again in May, but don’t get used to this

Sales in the Greater Toronto Area moderated for a second straight month in May, indicating that a semblance of normalcy is beginning to return to the housing market. However, it could be short-lived. There were 11,951 sales in the GTA last month, according to the latest data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), […]

Toronto’s Downtown Condo Market Bounces Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

After months of lagging sales, Toronto’s downtown condo market bounced back in Q1-2021, after nearly 3,000 condo units sold, thanks to low borrowing costs, renewed optimism in the market, and rising suburban home prices, according to Urbanation’s Q1-2021 Condominium Market Survey. Released Monday, the survey said 2,886 new condominium units sold in the former City […]

New condo sales totaled 5,385 units last quarter

Urbanation released its Q1-2021 quarterly condo market update for the Greater Toronto Area at the end of last month. And there’s some good stuff in it. New condo sales totaled 5,385 units in the first quarter of this year, which is higher than the 10-year average of 4,924 units and only slightly below sales from […]

The hidden housing bubble

If there is a housing bubble in Canada, it’s probably not where you think. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Torontonians fled the dense urban core for arcadia and scooped up cottages in droves with the intention of living in them year-round. However, according to Bradley Watson, a broker with Sutton Group – Summit […]

Toronto home sales increase by 97 per cent in March: TRREB

TORONTO — Home prices in the Toronto area continued to climb in March while sales were almost double that of the same month a year earlier, when the rapid spread of COVID-19 led to widespread economic shutdowns, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board reported Tuesday. Sales in the area reached a record 15,652 last month, […]

Is a housing market crash on the way in 2021?

With the real estate market experiencing surging prices, scant inventories, and a backlog of new home construction, many consumers are wondering if what’s gone up must come back down — in other words, are we headed for another housing market crash? Let’s take a closer look. Memories of the Great Recession Are Still Fresh Few […]

Toronto Real Estate Is Getting So Intense There Are Now ‘Bidding Wars’ For Rentals

Despite rent prices plummeting in the city during the pandemic, new competition for value in Toronto’s rental market is driving prices up for certain listings. Strata real estate agent Francisco Hiebert told Narcity “strong competition for desirable units” has caused bidding wars among tenants who are “waiting out the current buying frenzy” by renting. “Tenants […]

Planned subway line will drive King St

An argument can be made that Toronto’s downtown east is the most connected part of the entire megacity, and it stands to reason that owning a piece of real estate there will yield above-average returns. As it turns out, Bauhaus Condos is located within a juncture that, in addition to slick connectivity to the Don […]

Toronto is changing its map around to create 34 new neighborhoods

  Congratulations to everyone living along the downtown portion of Toronto’s waterfront, all 65,000 of you who, for decades, have been clumped together on the city’s official map of neighbourhoods as one ill-defined, enormous blob called “Waterfront Communities — The Island.” Big ups also to Liberty Village, Fort York, West Queen West, and all of […]

Toronto home sales break record in February as condo market storms back

Home buying activity hit a record high in the Toronto region last month as 10,970 properties changed hands. February’s sales total represented a 52.5 percent increase over the same period last year, according to data published today by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). While buyer interest in suburban single-family homes has dominated headlines […]