GTAMOVES: Toronto Area Real Estate - Vito Pirri

I just received an email with a marketing promotion.  Buy two homes, one in Schomberg, Ontario and the other in Wildwood, Florida.  How much will this cost you ask?  Buy two homes priced from the low 300's (total for both).  Now that is genius.  Whoever thought this up should get a promotion or (dare I say) a ...

On April 24th, I posted "What the Provincial Government is doing that is going to cost you more money".  In that post, one of the subjects discussed was the Provinicial Government's intention to legislate mandatory energy audits by all homeowners who wish to sell their property. After efforts from the Toronto Real ...

Here are the weekly sales for resale transactions in Toronto and the GTA for the week ending April 16, 2009.  The most current market statistics can be found on my website, www.gtamoves.com.   April 16, 2009RegionArea SalesAv. Price ...

The real estate market appears to be heating up.  In fact in some areas it's quite robust with some multiple offer situations;  I have seen it happen recently in Mississauga, North Toronto and East York.  In fact in Northwest Mississauga (W20) for the period of April 1-7, 2009, the average sold price for all ...

2,565 RESALE HOUSING TRANSACTIONS SHOWS RATE OF DECLINE SHRINKINGTORONTO, March 19, 2009 - Greater Toronto Realtors announced 2,565 transactions in the first half of March compared to 3,183 during the same period last year.  The annual rate of MLS sales decline was the smallest in five months.Mid-month March MLS sales increased compared to ...

Very interesting statistics when I did a comparison of 2 bedroom units with parking in Downtown Toronto (Bloor Street on the North, Dufferin St. on the West, Victoria Park Ave. on the East, Lake Ontario on the South).  These properties sold in the first 20 days of the month for both 2008 & 2009. March 1-20 2009:  Number of ...

It is very very rare to come across a property going into multiple offers in Mississauga, except for some of the exclusive enclaves such as Lorne Park, Mineola, Indian Rd., Mississauga Rd., to name a few.  When the market was red-hot in the City of Toronto , almost anywhere you looked involved multiple offer situations.  ...

The sales movement at my condominium building that I mentioned in yesterday's post drove me to see if something similar has occured in another condominiums. This time I chose 1101 Bay Street condominiums in Toronto.  The reason I chose that building was that it's an older building, usually with multiple listings at one ...