Filter by Categories
All Condos
Ask Andrew
Insights
New Condos by City
Ajax
Aurora
Barrie
Beamsville
Belleville
Bolton
Bowmanville
Bracebridge
Bradford
Brampton
Brantford
Burlington
Caledon
Calgary
Cambridge
Collingwood
Creemore
Dundalk
Georgetown
Halton Hills
Hamilton
Innisfil
Kawartha Lakes
Kingston
Kitchener
London
Markham
Thornhill
Milton
Mississauga
Cooksville
Mineola
Port Credit
Square One
Montreal
Napanee
Newmarket
Niagara Falls
Oakville
Oshawa
Ottawa
Peterborough
Pickering
Richmond Hill
Smithville
St. Catherines
Stayner
The Blue Mountains
Toronto
Amesbury
Baldwin Village
Bayview Village
Beaches
Bedford Park
Birchcliffe-Cliffside
Bloorcourt
Briar Hill
Brockton Village
Cabbagetown
Canary District
Casa Loma
Chinatown
Church & Carlton
Church & Wellesley
Church St. Corridor
Church-Yonge
Clanton Park
Corktown
Corso Italia
Danforth Village
Davenport
Davisville Village
Deer Park
Distillery District
Don Mills
Downsview
Downtown
East Junction
East York
Eglinton East
Eglinton West
Entertainment District
Eringate
Etobicoke
Fallingbrook
Fashion District
Financial District
Flemingdon Park
Forest Hill
Garden District
Greektown
Harbourfront
High Park
Hoggs Hollow
Humewood-Cedarvale
Junction Triangle
Kensington Market
King East
King West
Lansing
Leaside
Leslieville
Liberty Village
Little Italy
Little Portugal
Long Branch
Mimico
Moss Park
Mount Pleasant Village
Newtonbrook
Niagara
North York
Oakridge
Old Town
Ottawa
Parkdale
Regent Park
River District
Rosedale
Rustic
Scarborough
St. Clair West
St. James Town
St. Lawrence
Stockyards
Summerhill
Swansea
Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan
The Annex
The Junction
The Kingsway
The Queensway
Trinity Bellwoods
Victoria Park Village
Wallace Emerson
Waterfront
West Rouge
Weston
Willowdale
Yonge & Bloor
Yonge and College
Yonge and Dundas
Yonge and Eglinton
Yonge and Finch
Yonge and Lawrence
Yonge and Richmond
Yonge and Sheppard
Yonge and St. Clair
York Mills
Yorkdale
Yorkville
Uxbridge
Vaughan
Maple
Thornhill
Woodbridge
Waterloo
Welland
Whitby
Whitechurch-Stouffville
New Condos by Deposit
10% Before Occupancy
15% Before Occupany
20% Before Occupancy
5% Before Occupancy
New Condos by Developer
16th Avenue Development
Ace Development Ltd
Acorn Developments
Addington Developments
Adi Development Group
Allegra Homes
Alterra Developments
Altree Developments
Amacon
Amalfi Homes
Amexon Development
AMICO
Andrin Homes
Angil Development
Aoyuan International
Aragon Properties Ltd
Arkfield Development
Armour Heights Developments
Artlife Developments
Arya Corporation
Ashcroft Homes
Aspen Ridge Homes
Baif
Balder Corporation
Ballymore Homes
Bazis Inc
Benvenuto Group
Biddington Homes
Blackdoor Development Company
Block Developments
Bloomfield Homes
Branthaven Homes
Briarwood Development Group
Brixen Developments
Broccolini
Brookfield Residential
BSäR
Burnac
Cachet Homes
Caivan Communities
Camrost-Felcorp
Canderel Residential
Canlight Realty Corp
Capital Developments
Capital North Communities
Carlyle Communities
Carriage Gate Homes
Carttera Private Equities
Castlebridge Development Group
Castleridge Homes
Castleview Developments
CentreCourt
Centrestone Urban Developments Inc
Centreville Homes
Chestnut Hill Developments
Choice Properties REIT
Choo Communities
Cityscape Development Corporation
Cityzen
Claireville Holdings Limited
Cliffside Homes
Clifton Blake
Coletara Development
Collecdev
Concert Properties
Concord Adex
Condoman Developments Inc
Conservatory Group
Constantine Enterprises Inc.
Consulate Development Group
Context
Core Development Group
Cortel Group
CountryWide Homes
Craft Development
Creek Village Inc.
Cresford Developments
Crown Communities
Crystal Homes
CTN Developments
Curated Properties
Cystal Glen Homes
Daniels
Dash Developments
Davpart
DBS Developments
DC&F Corp
Devron
Dez Capital
Diamante Development
Diamond Kilmer Developments
Diamondcorp
Dicenzo Homes
Distrikt Developments
Doornekamp Construction Ltd
Dormer Homes
Downing Street Group
Dream Unlimited Corp
Dundee Kilmer
DVLP Property Group
Eden Oak
Edenshaw
ELAD Canada
EllisDon Capital
Emblem Developments
Empire Communities
Evans Planning Inc
Evertrust Development
Evertrust Development Group Canada
Fengate
Fernbrook Homes
Fieldgate Urban
Fiera Real Estate
Fifth Avenue Homes
Firmland Development Corporation
First Avenue Properties
First Capital
Flato Developments
Forest Green Homes
Forest Hill Homes
FRAM + Slokker
Freed
G Group Developments
Gairloch
Gary Silverberg
Gemterra Developments Corporation
Genesis Homes
Georgian International
Geranium
Globizen Developments
Gordon Wells Ltd.
Granite Homes
Graywood
Great Gulf
Greatwise Developments
Greenfield Quality Builders
Greenland Group
Greenpark Group
Greenwin
Greybrook Realty
Guglietti Brothers
H&W Developments
Hans Group
Harhay Developments
Harlo Capital
Haven Developments
Hazelview Properties
Heathwood
Hi-Rise (West) Inc.
Homes by DeSantis
Hullmark
Hyde Park Homes
i2 Developments
Icon Homes
iKORE Developments Ltd
IN8 Developments
Investissement SM Immobilier
Ironwood Bay
JCF Capital
JD Development Group
KAD Development Group
Kaitlin Corporation
Kaleido Corporation
Kalovida Canada Inc
Kaneff Corporation
KBIJ Corporation
Kilmer Group
Kingdom Development
KingSett Capital
Knighstone Capital
Knightstone Capital
Kroonenberg Group
Kultura
La Pue International
Lakeview Development Holdings Inc
Lalu Canada
Lamb Developments
Lancaster Homes
Lanterra
Lash Group of Companies
Latch Developments
Laurier Homes
LCH Developments
Les Entreprises QMD
Liberty Development
Liberty Hamlet Inc
Lifestyle Custom Homes
Lifetime Developments
Limen
Lindvest
LJM Developments
Lormel Homes
Madison Group
Malibu Investments
Manorgate Homes
Mansouri Living
Marlin Spring Developments
Marydel Homes
Matrix Development Group
Mattamy Homes
Mayfair Homes
MDM Developments
Medallion Capital Group
Menkes
Metropia
Metroview
Minto
Mizrahi Developments
MOD Developments
Monde Development Group
Mutual Developments
Nahid Corp
Nascent Developments
National Homes
New Horizon Development Group
Newgard Development Group
Nexus
NOCO Development Company
Norstar Group of Companies
North American Development Group
North Drive
North Edge Properties
Northam Realty Advisors
Northrop Development
Nova Ridge Development Partners
NYX Capital
Old Stonehenge
ONE Properties
One Urban
Options Development
Originate Developments
Oxford Properties
Parallax Development Corporation
Patry Inc Developments
Pemberton Group
Phantom
Phelps Homes
Pinnacle International
Platinum Vista
Plaza
Plaza Partners
Podium Developments
Presidential Group
Primont Homes
Profile Developments Inc
ProWinko
Quadcam Development Group
QuadReal
Queensgate Homes
RAJACan Developments Inc.
ReBuilt Construction
Reids Heritage Homes
Republic Developments
Reserve
Residences at Bluffers Park
RioCan
Rise Developments
Riverking Developments
Rivermill Homes
Rogers Real Estate Development
Rosehaven Homes
Rosewater Developments
Rowntree Enterprises
Royalpark Homes
Royalton Homes
Sag Development Corp
Sage Development Corp
Sapphire Construction of Niagara
Saxon Developments
Scholar Properties Ltd
Sequoia Grove Homes
Seven Numbers Development
Sherwood Homes
Shiplake Properties Limited
Sierra Building Group
SilverCreek Communities
Sina Development Inc
Skale Developments
SkyHomes Corporation
Slate
SmartCentres
Solmar Development Group
Solotex Corporation
Spallacci Homes
St. Regis Homes
St. Thomas Developments
Stafford Homes
State Building Group
Sterling Group
Sundance Homes
Sunny Communities
Sunrise Gate Homes
Sutherland Developments
TAS
Tercot Communities
The Brown Group of Companies
The Goldman Group
The Gupta Group
The Hi-Rise Group
The Remington Group
The Rockport Group
The Rose Corporation
The Sher Corporation
Tiffany Park Homes
Times Group Corp
Townwood Homes
Treasure Hill
Tribute Communities
Tricar
Tricon Developments
Tridel
Trinity Development Group
Triumphant Group
Trolleybus Urban Development Inc
Trulife Developments
TVM Group
United Lands
UrbanCapital
Urbane Communities
Valery Homes
VANDYK
VanMar Developments
Venetian Development Group
Vermilion Developments
Vintage Park Homes
Wabash Heights Developments Inc
Westbank Corp
Westbank Corp. and Allied Properties
Westdale
Woodcastle Homes
WP Development Inc
York Trafalgar Homes
Yorkwood Homes
Zancor Homes
New Condos by Occupancy Year
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
TBA
News
Podcast
True Condos Approved
Uncategorized
Videos
Filter by content type
Taxonomy terms

5 Things You Should Know About Realtor.ca

5 Things You Should Know About Realtor.ca

Realtor.ca is the official site of the Canadian Real Estate Association and is the best place to find real estate listings for sale in Canada.

Alexa ranks Realtor.ca as one of the top-50 websites in Canada by traffic.

I personally use Realtor.ca and the Realtor.ca iPhone app every week, however there are some major shortcomings to Realtor.ca.

As a real estate investor, information is power and whoever has access to the best information gets the best opportunities and therefore best return on investment.

Here are 5 things you shuld know about Realtor.ca as a real estate investor:

1. Every single listing on Realtor.ca is incomplete 

Realtor.ca gives you a lot of information about each property listed, but there are many fields that are not included for every listing – and yes, this is very annoying when you realize this.

Did you know that real estate agents have access to a different – the full MLS system – with ALL property information and all fields visible?

The Realtor.ca is based off the MLS system that real estate agents have access to, however it doesn’t pull all the data for every listing

A few things that are missing on the Realtor.ca version:

Days on Market – It is vitally important to know how long a property has been on the market, yet this field is curiously missing on Realtor.ca. Frustrating!

The listing real estate agent’s cell phone number – This one is really annoying. Got a question about a listing you want answered? You can’t just call the listing agent’s cell phone. You can only call their office, who will page them to call you, and you may or may not get a call back! 

The first image is from Realtor.ca and the second image is from the MLS system for the exact same listing:

Realtor.ca MLS Listing True Condos Example

Realtor.ca MLS Listing Screenshot Toronto Real Estate True Condos

Maintenance fees – Recently Realtor.ca started showing the maintenance fees for condos, but it still doesn’t show you what is included in the fees and what is not. Kind of useless info without this.

Realtor.ca MLS Listing Maintenance Fees True Condos

Past sold data – there is no past sales data on the property on Realtor.ca. You can get this information on various other websites these days like HouseSigma.ca, Condos.ca, and others.

Square footage – how big is the property? If you’re looking at Realtor.ca you will have no idea. Unbelievable that this is not shown.

File attachments – often there are attachments like floor plans or surveys or other property information attached to the listing in the MLS system which a real estate agent can download instantly, but Realtor.ca users can’t see at all.

Realtor.ca MLS Listing Toronto Real Estate Snippet True Condos

2. Every single listing on Realtor.ca is out of date

Realtor.ca pulls info from the MLS systems across Canada into their listings feed which populates on the website. 

Unlike the system the real estate agents have access to, this is NOT done in real time, rather it only happens periodically. 

Some changes to a listing do not even show up for weeks on Realtor.ca!

Also, many properties on Realtor.ca are actually already sold (either conditionally or firm) but they are still listed and appear as though they are available. 

Talk about wasting your time as a buyer or investor.

 

3. Realtor.ca is missing a huge portion of the real estate market

In 2018 there were 77,426 resale transactions according to the Toronto Real Estate Board. These are the listings that you see when you visit Realtor.ca.

According to BILD there were 25,161 new home and new condo sales in 2018 – the vast majority of which are never listed on the MLS system.

That means that Realtor.ca is missing at least 25% of the real estate market!

When you’re on Realtor.ca you are simply not looking at the entire real estate market.

For pre-construction condo investors then, Realtor.ca is simply a waste of time to use.

Tip: if you’re searching for pre-construction, check out our page for new homes and condos in Toronto.

 

4. Realtor.ca is the worst place to look for a deal

This might be the biggest reason why as a condo investor I avoid Realtor.ca.

Realtor.ca is available to everyone, everywhere, all the time. 

Virtually every single resale listing in Canada is on Realtor.ca.

It’s the closest thing to an open and free market we have and is actually a model for other countries around the world to follow.

This is great if you are a seller, you get maximum exposure for your property, but it sucks if you are a buyer looking for a deal.

But if you are a buyer, but more specifically an investor, it means that you have ZERO advantage over the competition if you are looking for properties on Realtor.ca.

Searching for a deal on Realtor.ca is like searching for a deal

On the other hand, in the pre-construction market, there is no MLS system, and this creates amazing opportunities for deals – if you know how to get access to them.

I have spent the last 12 years building my relationships with builders and a massive database of investors that enables me to give my clients an “unfair advantage” and access opportunities that are not advertised or available to the public. 

5. Realtor.ca is just not as good as the alternatives

While Realtor.ca has improved dramatically over the last decade, it still lags behind the competition in terms of the tools it offers the house or condo search

New entrants like Zillow.ca, HouseSigma, Zolo, offer far more powerful tools for anyone searching for a resale property.

Tags