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Tips for Selling Toronto Income Properties with Tenants

It's still possible to sell Toronto Income Properties when they're occupied by a Tenant - if you follow the rules. Most of the time, I sell homes for the people who live in them. Whether it's Downtown Toronto condos, or homes in The Beaches, Danforth Village, Leslieville or Riverdale, they're usually owner-occupied. And the owners are eager to collaborate on the...Read More.

Warning for Toronto Real Estate Investors & Landlords After Fire Kills Couple

Is the Landlord Responsible for East End Toronto Couple Who Lost Their Lives in Fire? 'No Properly Installed Smoke Alarms' The lead paragraph on the CP24 site read: "The owner of an East End Toronto home where two people died in a fatal fire last week has been charged." The Headline on CTV news website read: "Landlord charged after house fire kills...Read More.

Toronto Real Estate Investing Guru Shares Her Secrets

How to succeed at Toronto Real Estate Investing Cindy Wennerstrom could be the poster-child for Toronto Real Estate investing. Over the last 5 years she's acquired 7 profitable investment properties, in Toronto, while holding down a full time corporate job. And she's done it on her own. People noticed. She's been interviewed by most Canadian media outlets for her audacious and profitable...Read More.

Repeal the Toronto Land Transfer Tax!

'Double' Toronto Land Transfer Tax Hurt us all! Adds about $3,725 in costs to a $400,000 home. Toronto home buyers, builders and realtors are waiting to see if Rob Ford keeps one of his key campaign promises when he’s sworn in as mayor – to repeal the Toronto Land Transfer Tax within the first year. Not everyone - even his staunch supporters - necessarily...Read More.

A completely different way of measuring Toronto House Prices

Tracking Toronto House Prices. Another Tool for Determining Toronto House Values There's been a lot of talk lately about whether or not Toronto Real Estate is overvalued. Statistics have been sliced and diced every which way, to support differing opinions of value, relative to potential rental income, or buyer affordability. At the risk of putting you to sleep with statistics, here's another point...Read More.

Is there a Toronto Real Estate Bubble?

Toronto Real Estate NOT overvalued says latest BMO Nesbitt Burns analysis. One of the questions I’m often asked by clients these days is ‘Are we experiencing a Toronto real estate bubble?’ and ‘Does it make sense to purchase East Toronto real estate in the current market?’. Historically, East end Toronto homes, meaning Riverdale, Beaches, Leslieville and the entire Danforth area have been more affordable than...Read More.

Danforth Village Community

The Danforth Village community has grown from its early days as Church of England land to a thriving community, ideally situated just east of Riverdale and North of The Beaches. Danforth Village is considered an affordable neighbourhood - for now. It has a lot of the same housing stock as The Beaches, Leslieville, and Riverdale, but priced at a considerable discount....Read More.

Toronto Mortgage Rate Changes Feb, 2010

Important changes for first time buyers and investors Paul Vieira, Financial Post Published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Amid warnings about “reckless” housing speculation and overextended homebuyers, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Tuesday the federal government would make it tougher for people to get a mortgage.' He said at a Tuesday morning media conference that Ottawa would require all borrowers meet standards for a...Read More.