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"Honestly, the constant
barrage of negative media
attention with regards to real
estate and equities has become
absurd. Nowadays, there is too
much media, an endless void
that needs to be filled by
vacuous talking heads. It is hard
for regular people to gain
perspective with the constant
media backed threat of bubbles
and crashes."
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"I drove by yet another
appalling new condominium
building the other day and I
thought with sadness, why?
Why are we so willing to
accept mediocrity? Why do
consumers not see the
difference between the
Candy Factory Lofts and the
Chocolate Company Lofts?
Does style, design and
architecture matter?"
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"…what we should have been doing when
the best companies in the world hit all-time lows was buy, not sell. This is what
we should have done when real estate
prices fell, buy, not sell…"
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"Who could have possibly believed a year ago that we would be witnessing the kind of market we are today. September 2009 MLS GTA resale numbers are spectacular."
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"…we are going to see substantially higher condo prices. I believe that typical new development launches will now achieve $500-$550 per square foot this fall in most downtown locations."
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"…if you could buy a $1 lottery ticket that guaranteed you would win $40,000 in 3 years, would you buy it? I guess so."
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"May has come and gone, but it has left us with irrefutable evidence that the recession has officially ended…"
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"…what we should have been doing when
the best companies in the world hit all-time lows was buy, not sell. This is what
we should have done when real estate
prices fell, buy, not sell…"
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"…Toronto Real Estate Board
reported the April sales figures
and once again, they show the
real estate recovery is under way.
Sales volume was down just 7%
from last April…"
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"…Over the last few
years furniture retailers have
spread along King East,
establishing the furniture/design
district. This was truly a
welcome sign and an indicator
for the start of better things to
come…"
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"…the
average price has recovered to
just 5% less than 2008 with improvement every month. The
largest positive indication of
recovery is that the time to
sell is just 39 days which is
approaching a seller's market…"
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"…I know that it's
difficult to see this now as the
economy continues to shed jobs,
but the worst is over for
Toronto's real estate market … by early
March we have seen the TREB
numbers start to stabilize and
grow…"
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"…we still
have perhaps the hottest real estate
market in North America. Our listing to
sell time is still 30-45 days (versus 10
months in most of the U.S.) …"
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"…looking at Canada,
Toronto has the country's largest and
most diverse economy and population.
The GTA employs 3.1 million people (1.35 million in Toronto) in a massive array
of sectors…"
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"…The best
values always occur in
"developing neighbourhoods."
The East End is an area in
transition; not only is it a great
place to live, with a lifestyle
second to none
…"
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