It’s hard to predict real estate trends and long term changes. Experts, economists, and real estate watchers will all have their views. Southern Ontario and GTA residents are generally positive about the long term fundamentals. …

  The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board released rough real estate stats earlier this week. Reports showed that year-over-year Feb. residential home sales fell over 30%. This represents the worst Feb. sales total since 1985, ov …

The Federal government is reeling from the pressure of a scandal that has shaken elite circles across the country. Extensive media coverage in the last several days has widely revealed the scandal to the public – we are of cours …

There has been a fair amount of media coverage over the last few days from an interesting, recently released stat from StatsCan on Canadian net wealth. It seems we’re a lucky country – our net wealth has topped $11 trillio …

On Friday, November 23rd at 10am, the Bank of Canada issued a ‘market notice’ announcement with big implications. For the first time, the Bank stated that it would begin making innovative additions to its balance sheet: th …

Positive numbers marked the overall situation for GTA real estate. Both the detached and semi-detached home and condo markets saw positive figures. Condo prices rose 7.5% and semi-detached home prices were up 6.6%. The average selling …

Before 1945 most of the GTA was farmland. Large suburban cities, Mississauga, Vaughan, Maple, Brampton were either small towns, non-existent, or farmland. Toronto was largely relegated to what most now consider the city’s downto …

Numbers reveal a positive August for GTA real estate and welcome figures for an industry that had a relatively cool summer selling season. In Toronto, sales increased by 8.5% and prices were up 4.7% from a year ago. The average price …

Toronto’s condo boom continues unabated, the number of construction projects and the lineup of cranes over the skyline continues to grow and impress. In this blog post, Tembo will outline some of the key condo projects that are …

July’s inflation figures are up to 3%, the biggest monthly increase in over 7 years as prices for gasoline and and air travel increased sharply. Bank of Canada Could Increase Rates By Another 0.25% Tembo has consistently reminde …

Sales had their best month in over 14 years as growth hit 18% from June 2017 figures. Prices rose almost 3%, with the average home now exceeding $800,000. Listings also declined, tightening supply and beginning a trend which will bene …

The Bank of Canada to increased rates at its decision meeting on Wednesday, July 11th. The central bank increased its key rate to 1.5 per cent from 1.25 per cent. The forces that favoured an increase in the cost of money outweighed th …