Not Toronto Real Estate – Make An Extraordinary Life

Not Toronto Real Estate – Make An Extraordinary Life I loved this inspirational Commencement speach  that CBC’s Metro Morning tweeted today.  I wanted to share it with you.  I hope you enjoy this 12 minutes over your morning coffee even though it is not Toronto Real Estate News.  Have a Great Day.  Aeriol   Not […]

Mortgage News Toronto

Mortgage  News  Toronto There has been a lot of talk lately about the changes being made to mortgage rules by the Office of the Superintendant of Financial Institutions Canada or OSFI. The largest concern was that upon renewal of the mortgage homeowners would have to requalify for their mortgage loan. This would have forced thousands […]

The Value of Nothing

Some thoughts. Enjoyed this video… It is a trailer for the book by Raj Patel called the Value of Nothing. My favorite thought is that “the opposite of consumption is not thrift, it is generosity”. So it is all about how we value things in our lives and that has certainly shifted not just here […]

Toronto Real Estate The Decade In Review

Our own Jason Mercer talks about the Toronto Real Estate market over the past Ten years and what to expect in terms of the market and interest rates for the coming year or two.

It’s Cheaper To Carry A Home Today At Current Prices Than It Was In 1989

 Yes I did say that. For the last several years interest rates have been at historical lows. Incredibly, they have just dropped again. For most of my Real Estate Career interest rates have been between 10% and 11.75% generally averaging around 10.75%. With new five year fixed rates at 2.99% and 10 year fixed rates […]