Andrew's Real Estate Blog

Word of mouth marketing has been a major part of every REALTOR's® business plan, we just tend to call it referrals.  I belong to a "word of mouth marketing" group called BzzAgent.  Originally I had joined with the hopes of getting free stuff, but I have found that I also enjoy being exposed to ne...

Lately we have been hearing a lot about how the Toronto real estate markets are cooling off.  Some would promote the hype that the end has come and that the years of "wow what a great year for real estate" are over.  After all we are down over 12.5% in sales to date at the end of May 2008 when co...

Here I sit and type, check facts and compose my thoughts and insights on the Toronto real estate markets.  I barely register the time flying by and the sleep that I am missing.  Finally, I have reached an end, a point to break until the next post that may cover similar content but from a differen...

I have to admit that I am embarrassed when I look at the last time that I posted on my blogs.  The excuses have ranged from not enough time to health issues, but no more!  Time for a new start and to try and catch up on all of the news, tips and statistics that are relevant to Richmond Hill Real ...

A proposed land transfer tax, by the City of Toronto, will undermine affordability and property values.  With the passing of the City of Toronto Act, that gives Toronto more powers to govern the city, many new proposals have been tabled to generate income for the city to cover the costs of servic...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has published the statistics for home sales activity in February 2007.  This means that I will be posting my analysis of Aurora, Richmond Hill and Newmarket in the next day or so.  TREB is calling this the 2nd best February ever in terms of sales volume, and my preli...

Well I have been confounded by Yahoo again.  For some reason nothing that I do to promote my sites on Yahoo ever seem to work.  In the early days, when I had little success with the big G, I had a trickle of traffic that cam through Yahoo.  However, I have never managed to get added to their dire...

Recently, on LinkedIn, a question was posed asking people what phrases we would search if we were looking to move into a particular area.  While posting my answer, and looking at Google trends and the sites that came up at the top of the rankings, I was reminded of a discussion on the P2A's blog ...

The Humberlands is a great neighbourhood in the north west corner of Richmond Hill.  This neighbourhood is very conveniently located with a short drive to the 400 or the 404 (highways if you are not familiar with the area.) as well as shopping.  It has a Catholic and a public elementary school on...

If you have been considering moving into the Macleod's Landing development in the North end of Richmond Hill, Ontario, there are a lot of choices available.  Located in the N05 district of the Toronto MLS® system, in the Oak Ridges area of Richmond Hill, you can can find 38 available homes on the...