Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party won a decisive majority government last week Doug Ford Hands Liberal Party It’s Worst Loss In Years Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party won a decisive majority government …

   Apart from recent increases in interest rates by the Bank of Canada which Tembo predicted in our last blog, a big piece of recent real estate news deals with the rental market in Toronto, which is going through important changes …

Interest Rate Increase Is Imminent Prepare for another increase in interest rates on Jan. 17th, the date of the Bank of Canada’s next monetary policy announcement (decision on rates). It is Tembo’s prediction that the possibility …

New Year’s Blues For Toronto Real Estate And Our 2018 Market Prediction Stress Tests Now Online Jan. 1, 2018 marked the beginning of a much tougher regime of stress tests on first time homebuyers, putting more pressure on them to pr …

Is Affordable Housing A Human Right? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to think so, and recently declared that the federal government would make “adequate housing” a right in Canadian law. At the same time, the Prime Minister an …

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is predicting that the fall in sales and property prices for the Greater Toronto Area will soon come to an end. CMHC pointed to the recent history of the Vancouver market, where a foreign bu …

Many are under the impression that winter is not the right time to list your home.  With all the mess of snow, cold weather and poor driving conditions, there aren’t many factors to motivate you to get your home ready for sale. The …

With the holidays fast approaching, perspective home buyers are writing their dream home wish lists, just as their kids develop their wish lists for Santa. When it comes to buying real estate in Toronto, not all home buyers are able t …