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Behind the Listing with California Properties
Provenance and pedigree meet comfort and contemporary conveniences on this breathtaking and very private 4.5-acre grand Montecito estate, currently being showcased in the Wall Street Journal “Behind the Listing” section. The Mediterranean home, lovely guesthouse and vintage pool house rest on the grounds of historic El Mirador. There is a special, rarefied quality here, yet the ambiance evokes a sort of joie … Read more
Real estate investing built this couple’s wealth — now selling real estate can secure their retirement via Financial Post
In Ontario, a couple we’ll call Matt, 54, and Hillary, 50, make a good living, Matt in financial services, Hillary in a large service organization. They have a daughter in her 20s who is financially independent. Matt and Hillary bring home $9,892 per month and have prospered by trading up in the prolonged real-estate boom. … Read more
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Awards Franchise in the Province of Québec via Financial Post
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, one of the largest, global, real estate brokerage franchise networks, with more than 50,000 agents and nearly 1,500 offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Middle East today announced the addition of the independently owned and operated Les Entreprises Sacha Brosseau Inc. to the network. The franchise will operate as Berkshire … Read more
Sidewalk Labs cancels plan to build high-tech neighbourhood in Toronto amid COVID-19 via CBC
Sidewalk Labs, a Google-affiliated company, is abandoning its plan to build a high-tech neighbourhood on Toronto’s waterfront, citing what it calls unprecedented economic uncertainty. The project, dubbed Quayside, still didn’t have all of the government approvals it needed to go ahead. Toronto citizens and civic leaders had raised concerns about the privacy implications of the project … Read more
Why the real estate industry disagrees with CMHC’s bleak outlook. via Toronto Star
If, like most people in the Toronto region, your personal financial outlook depends largely on real estate, Tuesday was probably a bad day. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board reported a 67 per cent year-over-year drop in home sales in April. Average home prices remained at April 2019 levels, but they still trailed March’s GTA … Read more
Toronto Property Tax and Utility Bill Deferral Dates
The City of Toronto has been working with homeowners to help delay payments for Toronto property taxes and utilities as well as suspend late payment fees. Below you will find more information on this program as well as the remaining due dates/options for payment for the rest of 2020. The original deferral plan covered the … Read more
Here’s where home home sales and prices have been hit the most. via Blog TO
There’s nothing like a global pandemic to cool down a boiling hot real estate market, it seems, as anyone buying or selling a home in Toronto right now can tell you. Just a month after posting a staggering year-over-year sales increase of 45.6 per cent in February of 2020, home sales have fallen off a cliff across the GTA due … Read more