RealEstateSimon Tag

I've been a full-time, professional Realtor for almost 15 years, and I have seen lots of interesting influences and changes to the Toronto real estate market. Over almost that entire time, the market has been strong. As far back as 2002 there were people (buyers, the media,...

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January marked a tremendous start to the 2017 Toronto real estate market. Sales volume was up 11.8% over January 2016 - which had been up 8.2% over 2015. New listings last month were down 17.6%, to 7,338, while the total number of available listings dropped 49.5%,...

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It's funny how as the year 'winds down', the season winds up at the same time, eh? December is ridiculously busy - especially in my house, where we have two birthdays to squeeze in amongst all the other action. At work, it's staff parties; at...

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I'll admit it: sometimes, I get tired of repeating myself! The Toronto real estate market has risen so consistently - relentlessly, even - over the past few years that these monthly reports are not nearly as exciting to write as they once were. Like last year, I'm...

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June was a typically busy month in the Toronto real estate market. TREB's Market Watch reported 12,794 sales for the month, up 7.5% from the 11,905 sales reported last June. I could copy and paste this from my last couple of market reviews: once again, new listings were...

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May was another blistering month in the Toronto real estate market. TREB reported 12,870 sales, up 10.6% over May 2015, and setting the record for that month. Once again, new listings declined, from 18,611 in May 2015 to 17,412, a drop of 6.4%. Hot sales and fewer new listings cut...

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