GTA REALTORS® Release Monthly Resale Housing Figures, Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 7,385 home sales through TREB’s MLS® System in November 2015 – up by 14 per cent compared to November 2014., http://www.trebhome.com/market_news/release_market_updates/news2015/nr_market_watch_1115.htm, http://www.trebhome.com/rss/TREB_News_PUBLIC.xml, TREB News: PUBLIC, ,... Read More

GTA REALTORS® Release Monthly Resale Housing Figures TORONTO REAL ESTATE NEWS TORONTO, December 3, 2015 — Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® reported 7,385 home sales through TREB’s MLS® System in November 2015 – up by 14 per cent compared to November 2014.  This result also represented the...... Read More

GTA REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures, Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced TREB MLS® commercial real estate results for November 2015. There was 428,741 square feet of combined industrial, commercial/retail and office space leased, on a per square foot net basis with pricing disclosed, during the month., http://www.trebhome.com/market_news/release_market_updates/news2015/nr_comm_watch_1115.htm, http://www.trebhome.com/rss/TREB_News_PUBLIC.xml, TREB News: PUBLIC, ,... Read More

GTA REALTORS® Report Commercial Market Figures TORONTO REAL ESTATE NEWS TORONTO, December 3, 2015 — Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLean announced TREB MLS® commercial real estate results for November 2015.  There was 428,741 square feet of combined industrial, commercial/retail and office space leased, on a per square foot net basis with pricing disclosed,...... Read More

A Good Time to Sell in These 10 Markets DAILY NEWS In some counties in the U.S., sellers are seeing sizable profits. RealtyTrac’s October 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report shows the following counties where sellers, on average, sold for the largest percentage profit since purchase: Alameda County, Calif., in the San Francisco metro area: 75...... Read More

Study: Stellar Credit Scores Add Up to Savings DAILY NEWS For every 10 point increase in credit scores, borrowers can expect to receive a lower mortgage interest rate, according to a new study soon-to-be-published in the Journal of Housing Economics by researchers at Northern Kentucky University. Read more: 26 Million Consumers Are ‘Credit Invisible’ For...... Read More

Inventory Concerns Limit Sales Contracts DAILY NEWS Pending home sales inched up in October, following two consecutive months of declines. But the gains in home sale contracts were mostly centered in the Northeast and Western regions of the U.S., which offset declines in the Midwest and South last month, according to the National Association of...... Read More

Why interest rates and inflation will be low for a long time yet: Mayers, , toronto star, Low interest rates and low inflation are here to stay, says author and actuary Fred Vettese.And that’s going to profoundly affect our investments, how much and how long we save and our retirement expectations, he adds.For the present...... Read More

TREB & BILD Stress That Demand for Home Ownership Remains Strong, Greater Toronto, November 25, 2015 – Demand for home ownership remains strong in the GTA, and dynamics around housing supply are impacting prices and redefining the market, said the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) and the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) at...... Read More

TREB’s President’s News Beat: Planning For Your Down Payment, It can feel frustrating. You’ve cut back on your daily double soy lattes, your impulse buying, even cut down on your overall debt, but you may feel like you are no closer to owning your own home. In speaking to would-be first-time home buyers, saving for...... Read More