Central Toronto Real Estate TRREB Released August, 2021 Resale Market Figures The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) is reporting the third-best sales result on record for the month of August, 2021. While the market has taken its regular summer breather, it is clear that the demand for ownership housing remains strong. At the […]
Seller
Penguin swims 5,000 miles every year for reunion with the man who saved his life
This heartwarming story has come from a beach in Brazil. It’s the story of a South American Magellanic penguin who swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life. Retired bricklayer and part time fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, […]
When foreign buyers abandon Canadian housing
There is little doubt that overseas money has had an impact on the high cost of Canadian real estate. Even the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation appears to have conceded the fact. In a speech this week, CMHC president Evan Siddall said that despite having poor data on foreign ownership, it was likely pushing up the price of Canadian housing. There are two […]
Foreign home buyers – How other countries limit money from abroad
It was revealed this week that the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is trying to keep tabs on foreign money in Canada’s residential real estate market. The national housing agency has come under fire in recent years for a conspicuous lack of reliable data about the money coming from abroad and how it may […]
Rent or Buy – Global’s real estate calculator will help you decide
To rent or buy? That is a question Canadians across the country face as they weigh the pros and cons of making the leap into home ownership. Conventional wisdom says to buy property. We’re not making any more land, and with the Bank of Canada keeping interest rates low and mortgage rates falling it […]
