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The Home Buying Tax hurts people when they can least afford it. It penalizes people like growing families or retirees |
REALTORS® Call For Home Buying Tax Relief for Everyone as Toronto Budget Committee Wraps-Up Review of 2014 Budget
Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported Resale Housing Market Figures through the TorontoMLS system for December 2013 [Video]
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Total sales for calendar year 2013, at 87,111, were up by approximately two per cent compared to 85,496 transactions in calendar year 2012. |
GTA Commercial REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures for fourth quarter of 2013
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While leasing and sales activity in the fourth quarter was down in comparison to last year, pricing was up for major market segments. |
GTA REALTORS® Report Mid Month Resale Housing Market Figures for December
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With the cost of homeownership remaining affordable, we have seen a resurgence in buying activity in the second half of 2013. |
Canadian home sales little changed in November: According to The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)
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The national average sale price rose 9.8% on a year-over-year basis in November |
Changes to the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (REBBA 2002)
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Updates to REBBA 2002 have long been requested by the Ontario real estate industry. Specifically, in the last few years TREB has sought flexible remuneration options for brokerages |
Watch Video and Spread the Word to Oppose Toronto’s Home Buying Tax (Land Transfer Tax). [Video]
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Toronto City Council may be debating an initial cut to the Land Transfer Tax SOON. They need to hear from as many people as possible. |
Greater Toronto Commercial REALTORS® Release Monthly Figures* for October
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Average selling prices were up considerably on a per square foot basis compared to November 2012 |
Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® Release Monthly Resale Market Figures for November
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The average selling price for November 2013 TorontoMLS transactions was $538,881 – up by 11.3 per cent in comparison to the average of $484,208 reported for November 2012. |
Canadian home sales fall back in October
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Sales were down in a little over half of all local markets, including Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Greater Toronto, Hamilton-Burlington, and Montreal. |
Economic Data Points to Slower Growth and Lower Interest Rates for Longer than Expected
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The more pessimistic view from the Bank of Canada flowed through into the bond market, thereby affecting the outlook for longer term borrowing costs |
GTA Commercial REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures for October 2013
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Average lease rates were up on a year-over-year basis for the three major property types. |
GTA REALTORS® reported 8000 residential transactions through the TorontoMLS system in October 2013 [Video]
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The average selling price for TorontoMLS sales in October 2013 was $539,058– up by more than seven per cent |
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Which provides complete details of the new zoning by-law. |
Bank of Canada holds rate, drops forward guidance
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As of October 23rd, 2013, the advertised five-year lending rate stood at 5.34 per cent, unchanged from the previous Bank rate announcement on September 4th |
Greater Toronto Area Rental Transactions and Average Rents Up in Q3
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GTA REALTORS® reported 6,541 condominium apartments rented through the TorontoMLS system in the third quarter of 2013. |
GTA REALTORS® Release Mid-Month of October Resale Housing Figures INFOGRAPHIC]
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October mid-month sales were also up by 13 per cent compared to the 10-year average. |
Greater Toronto Area Condo Sales and Average Price Rebound in Q3 2013
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City of Toronto, which accounted for 72 per cent of condominium apartment transactions, sales were up by 19.5 per cent. |
