January 23, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur /Insights, News
Looking for some good reading on Toronto Condos? Here are three very recent articles on the condo scene in the city worth a read: “Some See Condo Prices At Bottom” from today’s Globe and Mail. The article suggests that condo prices have fallen to their lowest point, even though the confidence of buyers is still […]
While the title of this post may sound confusing at first, the meaning is simple: whenever you buy a condo, make sure it is a unit that would be easy to sell again in the future – even in a strong buyer’s market. This is advice I always tell my clients, especially investor clients. May […]
The market is hot. Sellers are still driving the bus in this market and so when I’m working with buyers I often have to get very creative to get my clients what they are looking for. After viewing 6-8 condos with my buyer clients, I can usually figure out exactly what condo would be perfect […]
Listings are a great way to check the temperature of the market. In a perpetual seller’s market like we have in Toronto, tracking the amount of ‘activity’ on a listing can be a powerful tool to get an overall ‘temperature’ of the market. In a red hot market you will get a lot of activity […]
This is the second installment in this new series whereby I am attempting to give my readers a street-level, in the trenches sort of perspective of what the condo market is actually like. “Temperature Check” will help show what it’s like to be a seller in the current market and what you can expect if […]
Toronto Condos Reading List for Jan 23 2009
January 23, 2009 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights, News
Looking for some good reading on Toronto Condos? Here are three very recent articles on the condo scene in the city worth a read: “Some See Condo Prices At Bottom” from today’s Globe and Mail. The article suggests that condo prices have fallen to their lowest point, even though the confidence of buyers is still […]
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Buy to Sell in a Buyer’s Market
March 18, 2010 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
While the title of this post may sound confusing at first, the meaning is simple: whenever you buy a condo, make sure it is a unit that would be easy to sell again in the future – even in a strong buyer’s market. This is advice I always tell my clients, especially investor clients. May […]
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Time to get Creative
April 7, 2011 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
The market is hot. Sellers are still driving the bus in this market and so when I’m working with buyers I often have to get very creative to get my clients what they are looking for. After viewing 6-8 condos with my buyer clients, I can usually figure out exactly what condo would be perfect […]
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Temperature Check: Yonge and Eglinton Edition
April 28, 2011 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
Listings are a great way to check the temperature of the market. In a perpetual seller’s market like we have in Toronto, tracking the amount of ‘activity’ on a listing can be a powerful tool to get an overall ‘temperature’ of the market. In a red hot market you will get a lot of activity […]
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Temperature Check: Bathurst and Lake Shore Edition
May 20, 2011 / by Andrew la Fleur / Insights
This is the second installment in this new series whereby I am attempting to give my readers a street-level, in the trenches sort of perspective of what the condo market is actually like. “Temperature Check” will help show what it’s like to be a seller in the current market and what you can expect if […]
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