Waiting for Houses

Waiting for Houses

by | Oct 3, 2018 | Buying

If you’ve looked for a house in central Toronto during the past twenty years, you probably have a pretty good idea of what it means to wait for a house. For most buyers, the process goes something like this: You toy with the idea of moving for a few months or even a...
Waiting for Houses

Listing Your Home? What to Expect.

by | Oct 31, 2017 | Selling

Many years ago, I remember listing a home on Douglas Avenue in North Toronto. To select the right list price, which we all know is the most important component to a successful sale, we selected a list price that was in line with the recent sale prices of comparable...
Waiting for Houses

List Now or Wait for Later?

by | Jan 31, 2017 | Selling, Strategy

The residential real estate market in central Toronto typically slows down during the holiday season. Not because buyers decide to take a break from looking for new homes (although some do), but because sellers take a break. Who wants the stress of putting their home...
Waiting for Houses

Why Is That List Price So Low?

by | Nov 8, 2016 | Bidding War, Selling, Strategy

You may read this question and say to yourself, “Isn’t that obvious? It’s because greedy sellers and their unscrupulous Realtors want to mislead innocent buyers into thinking they can actually buy the home for the low list price so they’ll make offers and bid the...
Waiting for Houses

Real Estate Fun

by | Oct 7, 2015 | Buying, North Toronto

Have you seen Everest? The movie not the mountain. I knew what to expect because I had read the book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer which recounted the same story, but the movie was still very much worth seeing.  A couple days after seeing the movie I vaguely...