GTAMOVES: Toronto Area Real Estate - Vito Pirri

See my website for the most current market statistics, www.gtamoves.com or www.vitopirri.com . GTA Resale Housing Sales Up 19 Per Cent in the First Half of June Toronto, June 17, 2009 - Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 5,185 transactions in the first half of June - an increase of 19 per cent compared to the same period last year. ...

Why, why, why, are we paying over 90 cents a litre in the GTA for a litre of gas when the price of a barrel of oil is around 55.00?  I speculate it's pure greed on the part of the oil companies who have seen their profits from drilling/exploring plummet.  What was the price of gas per litre the last time oil was at this price?  ...

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 ...

TREB has finally updated the weekly sales (about 2 weeks late!).  The last post was April 16.  Results continue to show that the Real Estate Market in Toronto and the GTA seems to be stabilizing.  Here's how things stacked up, courtesy of TREB: RegionArea SalesAv. Price ...

Did you know some agents never sell anything?  Remax recently did a study to compare their Sales Representatives with the competitions and found the following results: Nearly 1 in 4 TREB Sales Representatives did not sell anything in 2008. Nearly 60% of TREB Sales Representatives didn't average 1 deal per quarter in ...

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 ...