Bloordale Village, along Bloor Street West bordered by Dufferin and Lansdowne, has often received a lot of negative publicity in the past. Being so close to the Annex, recently new art galleries, film studios and new developments nearby are slowly revitalizing the area. With real estate pri
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06/26/2009
A group of representatives from a spectrum of different neighbourhoods got together in 2007 with a vision to form an ad hoc committee in 2007 called People Plan Toronto. The group invites the public to identify problems with the planning process in the City, consider alternative models, and creat
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06/26/2009
Pre-approvals and rate holds have been a standard offering with most lenders. I recently received a newsletter from a mortgage broker I work closely with in Toronto [Rosanna Younan from Premiere Mortgage Centre], informing me that two big lenders, TD and FirstLine have decided to stop pre-approva
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06/25/2009
As a home buyer, how do you know if the basement apartment of an existing home is legal or illegally retrofitted? We often see on MLS listings "Seller or Agent do not warrant retrofit status of basement", and if there is no mention that the unit is legal, it's probably not . The legality of basem
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06/24/2009
We are all aware that human population growth in particular at urban centres will impact future supply of food, our environment and the ecosystem. According Census, the Greater Toronto area grew by over 450,000 people between 1996 to 2001 to over 5 million people. How can we utilize the concr
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06/04/2009
