Canadian home prices inch higher, but tepid gain signals cooling market Canadian home prices edged higher in October from the month before but the gain was lower than average, suggesting the market is cooler than usual, the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index showed on Wednesday. Office construction in downtown Vancouver and Toronto is surging, a […]
Michael Jordan’s Chicago Home Up For Auction
Michael Jordan’s Chicago Home Up For Auction As the best player ever in the NBA, Michael Jordan didn’t rely on any gimmicks. But as the owner of a superlative, museum-quality home just north of Chicago, Jordan has realized that it’s going to take a little more than a the typical “For Sale” sign to find […]
Ford Realty Is An Evergreen Business
Rob Ford scandal takes sillier turn The Canadian Press The portal of Spirit airlines, poking fun at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, is shown on Thursday November 14, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, spirit.com TORONTO – The ongoing scandal surrounding Rob Ford took a sillier turn Thursday as even a notoriously hard-drinking Hollywood star was dragged into […]
Bad condo neighbours can give you hell
Condo owners can throw judicial weight at neighbours from hell If you’re a homeowner, bad neighbours can make your life a living hell, but often there’s little you can do about them. Unless, as it turns out, you live in a condo. The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court decision ordering Surrey resident […]
Investing in real estate abroad
Should you invest in real estate abroad? Duddy Kravitz’s grandfather put it this way: “A man without land is nothing.” In today’s ever-roiling economy, should men and women take his advice as it relates to investing in property? The fictional character in Mordecai Richler’s Canadian literary classic The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz was talking about […]
Jim Flaherty Is To Slay The Realty Dragon Again ?
Jim Flaherty vows to intervene in housing market again if needed Flaherty eyes housing Why ? Because people like Motley Fool is saying … Is A Real Estate Crash Canada‘a Next Black Swan? Motley Fool Canada That was my thought two years ago when I looked out at the Toronto skyline. From from my Cityplace balcony – ground […]