5/2/2024 | Posted in New Developments by Ruth Halperin
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As of the beginning of April, 2024, 324 cranes towered over the skies of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), representing a slight, but persistent, downward ... More

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  2/25/2020 | Posted in Ontario News by Ruth Halperin
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The provincial transit agency and the GTAA (Greater Toronto Airports Authority) have reached an important step in a project that will make getting to and from area airports ... More

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  1/10/2019 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Sales of new homes should be positive in 2019 despite the challenges of affordability and interest rates.

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  8/10/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Unaffordability isn’t expected to abate in the Greater Toronto Area any time soon, but as more and more people are discovering, there are cheaper places to live slightly ... More

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  7/25/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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While the Toronto residential market has seen the median cost of its housing shrink in Q2 2018, price growth accelerated in other major Ontario locales such as Kitchener, ... More

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  5/23/2018 | Posted in Home Buyers by Ruth Halperin
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A study out of Ryerson University warns of a severe housing shortage in the near future.

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  5/22/2018 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Research from the C.D. Howe Institute released Tuesday revealed zoning regulations, development charges and housing limits in and around southern Ontario's Greenbelt have ... More

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  3/13/2018 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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There has been a sharp drop in sales of luxury properties in the Toronto area, but real estate agents are optimistic of improvement. This is according to a report released ... More

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  11/14/2017 | Posted in Commercial Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Commercial leasing slipped in October but the city’s real estate board says the market is still buoyant and the outlook is good.

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  9/27/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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In spite of recent scares regarding their values, detached houses remain the strongest real estate investment to be had in the GTA.

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  9/15/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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The number of non-resident owners of real estate in The Greater Golden Horseshoe has declined since the introduction of Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan in the spring.

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  8/21/2017 | Posted in GTA Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Cause and effect; supply and demand – the reasons for record-high new home prices in the GTA are a matter of government actions and simple economics.

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  8/16/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Home sales in the Greater Golden Horseshoe just saw the smallest decline since Ontario’s housing clampdown, suggesting the market may be stabilizing.

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  7/5/2017 | Posted in Foreign Buyers by Ruth Halperin
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Newly released figures show nearly five per cent of home purchases in Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe region were made by non-residents since the Liberal government ... More

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  4/20/2017 | Posted in Ontario Real Estate by Ruth Halperin
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Ontario plans to help cool a hot housing market by bringing in a 15-per-cent foreign buyer tax, expanding rent control, allowing Toronto to impose a tax on vacant homes and ... More

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