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Garth Turner Blasts Toronto Again

Posted 11-28-2009 at 10:25 AM by dpylyp (Events Toronto West Real Estate)

Garth Turner in his blog the Greater Fool laughes and jokes about the realtor/buyer behavior in the news that has one line pitted against another and cat calling across the street. Have a look for yourself about the remarks.

The comment that I found interesting is here;

It’s called River City. The ‘river’ in question is a channelized concrete ditch full of dead water called the Don. And in a crook of roadway, where the six-lane divided Don Valley Parkway leaps skyward to

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How humble do you need to be?

Posted 08-04-2009 at 11:31 AM by dpylyp (Events Toronto West Real Estate)

This past holiday weekend, while many were out BBQ'ing and playing by the water, I was out with a single Mom, looking for a condo in the Michael Power, Islington and Bloor (Kipling) location. We found a suitable unit, prepared an offer for full asking price and proceeded to line up at the offer presentation table.

Our offer was unsuccessful as one was all cash and ours was conditional only on financing for three business days. (The minimum requirement for a CMHC hi ratio

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New HST will increase all condo maintenance fees

Posted 07-04-2009 at 08:11 PM by dpylyp (Events Toronto West Real Estate)

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"Next year at this time, the Ontario government – the same government that still maintains rent controls – will raise monthly maintenance fees for all condominium owners by between 5 per cent and 8 per cent.

Renters will face rent hikes based on operating costs for their buildings. Those increases will vary but could be in the $25-a-month range for a downtown one-bedroom...

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Top 10 Reasons to Downsize your home this year

Posted 06-17-2009 at 06:07 PM by dpylyp (Events Toronto West Real Estate)

Top 10 Reasons to Down Size this Year

[SIZE=2]10.There are rooms you haven’t been in for more than a year[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]9.Home prices are stable now but may decline as interest rates rise[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]8.You don’t remember what’s in the boxes in the basement[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]7.Affordability is at a 20 year best so there are a lot of potential buyers[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]6.You are paying to heat/cool at least twice the space you actually need[/SIZE]...

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Home Staging is older profession than... Shakespeare

Posted 06-12-2009 at 11:58 AM by dpylyp (Events Toronto West Real Estate)

[SIZE=+1]Frugal Home Staging - Toronto[/SIZE]

Even if you’re not a fan of Shakespeare’s works, his words of wisdom have made their way into our common, everyday vernacular. Why? Because the Bard’s words prove true time and time again.
What does home staging have to do with Shakespeare? Well, the term “staging”, which refers to preparing a property for sale to maximize its appeal to buyers, was coined due to its parallelism with setting the stage of a theatre.
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