Following the latest release of figures from the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) last Thursday, there have been a variety of headlines proclaiming the bursting of the real estate bubble in the Greater Toronto Area. But has that really happened? And is there a real estate bubble at all? We took a deep look at […]
TREB Predicts GTA Real Estate “Seller’s Market” in 2017
GREATER TORONTO – After a second straight record-breaking year for home sales activity in the GTA, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) is predicting another strong year for real estate in the area – with between 104,500 and 115,500 transactions forecasted for 2017’s total. Based on polling conducted by Ipsos last November, the Board’s Market […]
TREB Reports Broken Home Price Record in August
GREATER TORONTO – In a month where the number of available listings in Toronto was scarce – even compared to the previous month’s below-average total of 11,346 – the average price of GTA homes broke yet another record, according to new numbers from the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB). The Board’s newest Market Update […]
Ontario, BC Helped Fuel January Home Price Surge: CREA
TORONTO – An unusually hot January for GTA real estate sales played a major role in what the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has revealed to be a modest nationwide increase in existing-home sales activity for the same month. According to new data released by the association on February 16, January’s national home sales were […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Streetsville
MISSISSAUGA – When it comes to the history of Peel Region, few of the area’s communities are more steeped in it than Streetsville – one of Mississauga’s best-preserved communities, and a rapidly-growing real estate hotspot for young families. Named after Timothy Street, one of the community’s most prominent early landowners, Streetsville boasts a history that […]
GTA Housing Market Shatters another Record
TORONTO – According to the latest numbers released by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), Toronto’s red-hot housing market broke a new record for April sales activity last month – with 11,303 transactions being completed across the GTA. The record-busting figure also represented a healthy 17 per cent increase over the same total for April […]
“Lower Borrowing Costs” Spurring February Sales Boost: TREB
TORONTO – Through the first half of February, the GTA’s temperatures may have been chilly but its real estate market certainly wasn’t – with a total of 3,120 transactions reflecting a 14.9 per cent year-over-year increase in sales activity. The impressive total was revealed by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB)’s Mid-Month Resale Housing Figures […]
Back to School 2014: What’s New in GTA Education
GREATER TORONTO – With Labour Day Weekend behind us and the back-to-school shopping (hopefully!) out of the way, it’s time to start hauling out those backpacks for another school year here in the GTA. This September is a particularly exciting one, as we get to welcome brand-new schools to some of the GTA’s most rapidly-growing […]
York University Shortlists Municipalities for York Region Campus
York Regional municipalities submit competing bids; await York’s decision in May YORK REGION – It’s no secret that higher learning is a big part of everyday life in York Region, where Seneca College’s Markham and King campuses are complemented by flourishing research agreements such as University of Toronto’s biodiversity program at the Koffller Scientific Reserve. […]
Neighbourhood Profile: Erindale Village
Enjoy a Legacy of Family Living in one of Mississauga’s most established communities MISSISSAUGA – Long regarded as one of Mississauga’s hidden treasures, Erindale Village continues to grow and prosper. Throughout its nearly two centuries of history, this scenic community has transformed into one of Mississauga’s most dynamic neighbourhoods for living, working and learning – […]