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From Friday’s Globe and Mail
October 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM EST

Ask anyone who has bought a new condominium suite recently and they will tell you: (a) it is not like buying a house, (b) it is not like buying a resale condo, and (c) unless you are prepared, the cost of closing the […]

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TORONTO, November 5, 2008 — The Greater Toronto Area resale housing market reported 5,155 sales in October, Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
This represents a 35 per cent decline from the 7,915 sales reported in October 2007 and a 25 per cent decrease from the 6,876 transactions that […]

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Proximity to campus influences project design

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U will consist of two modern glass towers and grade-level townhouses, and will have a European-style piazza as a focal point.

Townhouses at base of modern glass towers will have stone similar […]

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  Toronto Condos & Lofts
 Condo sales reach new heights in July
TORONTO, Aug. 22 /CNW/ - There were more new condos sold in the Greater Toronto Area in July than in any month so far this year and condos climbed to the highest monthly market share ever witnessed in […]

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 Yossi in The National Post - “The lure of Leslieville”
 The National Post put a great article about the rejuvenating Queens East which detailed the developments and timelines in the re-creation of Queen street East as an alternative to downtown West condo living. The article is here.
 There’s no argue […]

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July 4, 2008 — TREB Members reported 8,600 sales in June, TREB President Maureen O’Neill announced today. “Sales were down 18 per cent from the 2007 total of 10,451, which was the best performance ever for that month,” noted the president. “Nevertheless, the 8,600 figure is the fifth best June on […]

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First-quarter results were surprisingly strong, but the second quarter may be a better indicator
Brianna Goldberg, National Post Published: Thursday, May 22, 2008

Toronto is being remade on a grand scale. Each Thursday, the National Post examines the people, places and issues behind Toronto’s condo boom.
Even as there are signs greater Toronto’s […]

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Young condo dwellers are ditching their cars to spend more on the finer things in life
Dave McGinn, National Post  Published: Thursday, May 08, 2008
Toronto is being remade on a grand scale. Each Thursday, the National Post examines the people, places and issues behind Toronto’s condo boom.
When Jennifer Lee moved from Etobicoke to a […]

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“We’ve never faced a slowdown in the States like we have now,” Howard Cohen of Context Development said. “We’ve had an unprecedented boom and I think the city is taking it for granted.”JOHN BARBER

JOHN BARBER
May 7, 2008

I once predicted my pet poodle would turn down the Order of Canada before the struggling […]

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“Ontario, however, showed some signs of strength. Permits rose 7.3 per cent in March, with multifamily dwellings offsetting decreases in the non-residential sector.”

LORI MCLEOD AND HEATHER SCOFFIELD
May 7, 2008

Existing home sales are expected to fall 11.5 per cent in Canada this year and 4 per cent in 2009, according to a forecast […]

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