The Olde Hide House says its historic Acton building is for sale if the right investor can be found to buy the property and keep the leather goods store as a tenant. The Hide House’s owner stresses that it’s the property, not the business, that is listed for sale.
“Our business, Hide House, is not going […]

Listings way up; values moderately up as Canada’s housing market cools
Canada’s housing market cooled considerably in the first half of this year, with sales recorded by the Canadian Real Estate Association slumping by 13.1 per cent from the same period last year. The real estate group said that new listings of homes for sale on […]

Toronto now the second most expensive city in North America to live in and 54th internationally.
Toronto has once again proven itself one of the most expensive North American cities to live in, sitting now just behind New York for tops in the continent, a noted report reveals. The annual U.K.-based Mercer’s cost of living survey […]

Residential property listings set another monthly record
A surge of new listings combined with a sharp decrease in sales for British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan’s housing sector this spring, creating some of the most balanced real estate markets in the country.
The number of residential properties listed with real estate boards across the country rose an average […]

“Do Not Call” Registry effective September 30, 2008
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is responsible for the National Do-Not-Call List (DNCL), which contains the names and telephone numbers of the consumers who do not want to receive unsolicited telephone calls from telemarketers.
Telemarketing is the use of telephony technology (telephone, cellphone, fax, etc.) to make […]

China´s real estate price rise continued to slow its pace in June, according to statistics released by the country´s top economic planning organ. Property prices in 70 major cities increased by 8.2 per cent in June from the same month last year, one percentage point slower than in May, said the National Development and Reform […]

Though transition has been slow, signs point to a business and entertainment revival.
Oshawa’s downtown is area in transition, where boarded-up buildings and empty storefronts share street space with busy upscale restaurants and ambitious restoration projects. Decay and degeneration is giving way to new development and a vibrancy not seen since the ’70s.
The signs are everywhere. […]

The slowdown of home sales in the real world has not hurt the growth of property-related programming. If anything, the housing slump has reduced the genre to two simple choices: Fix-it shows and flip-it shows.
In the United States, where the housing crisis is more pronounced, the trend is more toward the flipping option. According to […]

After years of record-setting prices, the GTA’s real estate market increasingly appears to be leveling off, analysts and statistics suggest, although experts remain relatively optimistic about the health of the region’s market. Since April, the number of properties to exchange hands has dropped each month, compared to the records set in the same months last […]

GTA Resale Housing Prices Up, Sales Down
Moderate activity and strong prices continued to characterize the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) resale housing market during the first half of July, Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill has announced in a mid-month report.
“The average price in the GTA during the first half of July was $379,072, which […]