The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued sales statistics for resale residential real estate for July, 2013. The board showed it's third-strongest July ever, and the best since 2009, according to TREB president Dianne Usher.  She attributed the strong results to having been a year since tighter mortgage lending rules were introduced, and the...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued it's sales statistics for resale residential apartment condos between April and June, 2013.  The entire board saw a volume decline of 6.1% from 2012 with 5,984 sales versus 6,375 for last year.  New listings over the quarter were 13,174, also lower than last year by 4.2%.  Prices in the GTA...

The Toronto Real Estate Board has issued it's sales statistics for resale residential real estate for June, 2013.  The entire board saw a composite price gain of 2.91% with 9,061 sales, with volume down 0.7% from June of 2012, which made for a second quarter that was lower than the second quarter of 2012, but substantially improved versus the...

There has been much discussion in the media recently regarding a proposed increase in development charges for the City of Toronto, and the impact of the increase on potential home and condo buyers in the city. 

There has been little coverage, however, on how these charges compare to areas immediately outside of the city, in the GTA. Development...

Effective June 29, GO Train service will expand substantially along the Oshawa to Toronto corridor, with other areas also expanding service, including bus lines.  Today's announcement marks the biggest service expansion in the service's history. Until now, off-peak service between Oshawa and Union Station was offered on an hourly basis.  Starting...

On June 27, 2013, Empire Company announced that it is selling it's theatre business to Cineplex Inc. and Landmark Cinemas, according to a press release from the company.  The company plans to focus on it's other business area - namely food retail, including the Sobeys brand.  The deals are still subject to regulatory approval. Although many...