March 5, 2008 — While snow fell in almost record amounts, Toronto Real Estate Board Members recorded a respectable 6,015 sales during the month of February, TREB President Maureen O’Neill announced today. “While sales were down over 2007 (11 per cent), they are in line with historical levels for the month, and they should [...]
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TORONTO, February 5, 2008 — January’s Greater Toronto Area resale housing market came within two per cent of a record performance for the month, Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today. A total of 5,073 properties changed hands last month, compared to the record 5,173 sales that took place in January 2007. “This [...]
January 7, 2008 — A healthy 4,646 sales in December propelled 2007 sales to a record setting 93,193 sales, TREB President Maureen O’Neill announced today. “Year-end sales are up 12 per cent over last year and up 11 per cent over the 84,145 recorded during 2005, the Toronto market’s previous best-ever annual performance.” On a [...]
TORONTO, December 19, 2007 — The Greater Toronto resale home market reached two new heights during the first half of this month Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today. “The 2,868 transactions recorded during the first two weeks of December have made this the first year that sales have exceeded 90,000,” said Ms. [...]
CONTACT: LoriAnn Toplak, Bus: 416-489-2121, ltoplak@trebnet.com $175 million sale sets new U.S. residential sales record Most expensive property for sale in Toronto: $19.5 million (December, 2007) The U. S. housing market overall may be suffering from the doldrums, but wealthyhome buyers continue to invest in homes at the very top of the market. Evidence of [...]
Wow! I thought Toronto was expensive. It seems, however, that our multi-million dollar penthouses are a far cry from what is offered in Chicago. Toronto has a long way to go before building a suite that would sell for $40,000,000. This article came from the Times: Reach for the Sky Chicago has always loved the skyscraper. [...]
According to the October 15 2007 article at Forbes.com, Ontario houses 4 out of 10 of Canada’s most expensive homes, ranging from a mere $18.5 million to a whopping $24 million. the other 6 homes are located in none other than beautiful British Colombia. Simcoe and Caledon both have a $28.5 million dollar home in their [...]
I am always on the look out for what the new trend is in luxury real estate. I happened across this post written by Carol Polsky from Newsday that I wanted to share with you. Interestingly enough is the follow through with the idea of the main living space being mostly for visual purposes, not [...]
October 23, 2007 — Toronto City Council has approved a municipal land transfer tax that will be levied on top of the provincial land transfer tax. TREB worked very hard to oppose this tax and commends the efforts of REALTORS on this issue. TREB took a strong position to oppose this tax as unfair in [...]
