By: Zoocasa Property taxes are an important consideration for home buyers, as this levy is a carrying cost that must be paid each year, and will increase or decrease along with the home’s value. These taxes are collected by the municipality in which you live, and are used to fund a number of infrastructure and […]
By: Zoocasa The start of summer is typically a slower time for real estate, but that trend reversed in June & with 8,082 homes sold, the month ushered in the first year-over-year sales increase since December, according to the latest numbers from the Toronto Real Estate Board. While sales were up just 2.4% since June […]
Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area stayed below 2017 levels by double digits in May & but there are signs the market is starting to even out from the impact of the Ontario Fair Housing Plan, reports the Toronto Real Estate Board. Home sales throughout the region tracked by TREB clocked in at 22.2 […]
The vast majority of Canadian millennials — 84 per cent — feel that owning a home is an important life milestone, according to Zoocasa, the real estate brokerage and online resource that recently released its 2018 Housing Report. Millennials, however, are having a hard time reaching that goal, with high monthly rents in city centres […]
The April real estate numbers are in for the Greater Toronto Area, revealing another double-digit plunge for sale and prices, compared to the same time last year. Activity in the region has fallen 31.1 per cent with 7,792 homes sold, prompting prices to soften 12.4 per cent to an average of $804,584. This slower sales […]
Toronto real estate sales continue to perform well below March 2017 levels, with the latest data from the regional real estate board revealing a 39.5-per-cent drop in activity. Just 7,228 homes were sold last month, a stark contrast to the record-breaking 11,954 the year prior, reports the Toronto Real Estate Board. It’s the third month […]
When our second child was on the way, my wife and I took a look around and realized we were running out of space. Our 3-bedroom townhouse would still be big enough for our family, but we wanted room for our guests to stay, a place for the kids to play, and a way to […]
Whether you’ve decided to start a family, or a family has just decided to start (hey, things happen), you’re probably worried about money. They’ll all warn you how expensive diapers are, but they’re really not that bad. I spend about $2 a day to keep my two kids in brand name diapers. The real expense […]
The February data is in for the Toronto real estate market, and the numbers reveal activity continues to decline from last year’s levels; sales have fallen 34.9 per cent and prices 12.4 per cent to an average of $767,818, compared to February 2017.
The first month of 2018 has flown by and with it, an idea of what’s to come for this year’s real estate market. So far, according to January data from the Toronto Real Estate Board, sales conditions are slower than they were this time in 2017 & but experts expect that to change, as prospective […]