Torontoism - Toronto Real Estate with the Torontoism Team

Follow me
By
Real Estate Agent - Sotheby's International Realty - Canada

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2009 

In yesterday's Ontario Budget, the Liberal Government, in a effort to help the business community has heaped more taxes on Homeowners. After last year's City of Toronto Land Transfer Tax(doubling the existing Tax but only in the 416 Region), there will now be further new taxes when you buy and se...
03/28/2009
I often get asked about what happens after the conditions are lifted and the Agreements are off to the Lawyers...from that point on, usually one week after the signing of the documents, the Buyer's lawyer busies themselves with searching the title for any glitches and the Seller's Lawyer prepares...
03/23/2009
Every Friday the Globe and Mail has their Real Estate section and today' s Home of the Week is 2 Aberdeen Avenue, a property that I listed and sold earlier this week. It is a great article about the history of the house and its different incarnations over the years, with previous owners, each sho...
03/20/2009
Toronto Real Estate Board: 2,565 RESALE HOUSING TRANSACTIONS SHOWS RATE OF DECLINE SHRINKING TORONTO, March 19, 2009 -Greater Toronto REALTORS® announced 2,565 transactions in the first half of March compared to 3,183 during the same period last year. The annual rate of MLS® sales decline was the...
03/19/2009
Garbage Bins Take Over Over Victorian Landscape Downtown! Sunday is one of my favourite mornings. We get up early, get the dog on his lead, grab a few fetch-balls and of course, poop bags, and head over to the Lower Riverdale Park with a quick stop at Jet Fuel Cafe' for our Latte's. Every second...
03/19/2009
A few years back my sister-in-law in Quebec City bought a to-be-built Condo from plans. It was a perfect space for her and her young daughter and we spent a few weekends there helping her decorate, hang pictures and connect new appliances. It was a great apartment and her first-ever home purchase...
03/13/2009
I have been a "Crackberry" for years...It is so bad that I have a second Blackberry in waiting in case my first one needs fixing... However, I have been going back and forth over the IPhone or the Blackberry Storm (both are the cool touch screen models). While I have really enjoyed my Blackberry ...
03/13/2009
The Federal Government gave out grants to be used to insulate over 700 homes across Canada. The substance used, RetroFoam, has been found to contain Urea Formaldehyde and was purchased from the United States. Urea Formaldehyde has been banned in Canada since the early 1980's. The insulation was q...
03/12/2009
Later on today, between 4 and 7 PM there will be a fundraiser for the Cabbagetown Youth Centre to open the new Starbucks at the corner of Aberdeen Avenue and Parliament Street . The Youth Centre is a great cause that the Community has supported for years and needs some help to replace their exist...
03/12/2009
Greater Toronto REALTORS® Reported 4,120 Resale Housing Transactions in February TORONTO, March 5, 2009 - Toronto Real Estate Board Members reported 4,120 sales in February 2009 compared to 6,015 sales recorded in February 2008. The average home price was $361,305 last month compared to $382,048 ...
03/06/2009
Rainer
23,463

Richard Silver

Sales Representative, ABR, e-PRO, CIPS
local_phone(416) 960-9995
smartphone(416) 587-3300
Contact The Author