Is Toronto's skyrocketing price per square foot unsustainable? Are buyers being kept out of the market? Will an interest rate shift (or doubling) eliminate you from the market? How will others fare? Manhattan Condo Listings Snapshot Size (ft²) $ per ft² Price Studio 539 1,103 595,000 1 BR 791 1,079 849,000 2 BR 1,300 1,213 1,595,000 3 BR 1,950 1,459 2,965,000 4+ BR 3,173 1,711 5,675,000 Medians for listings from past 60 days from StreetEasy data. Excludes some extraordinary properties. No representation is made as to the accuracy.... How is the American market dealing with these issues? Has New York City's Value Crashed and Burned? Their Population numbers at 10.5 MM compared to Toronto at 2.5 MM plus our suburbs of Mississauga, Vaughan and Markham. URL to enlarged Image Its worth the ... 12/30/2009

Soon, you can ride the wave of excitement in south Etobicoke, when Camrost-Felcorp introduces California Condos – the newest phase at the company’s phenomenally successful, established, 16-acre, master-planned community, Mystic Pointe. Designed to be as fresh and sophisticated as its name, this hip and urban building will be situated close to the ­waterfront and all that lifestyle has to offer. California Condos residents will live just 10 minutes from downtown in a setting that will make breathtaking city and lake views part of their everyday life. The condominium will be situated just steps from the Humber Bay Shores waterfront, where residents can bicycle or stroll along the Martin Goodman Trail. Local amenities include a 24-hour Sobeys, Ikea, Sherway Gardens, fabulous restaurants, H... 11/23/2009

The post that I found from Mike Bowler is right on point; we are entering an entirely new and uncharted paradigm for business. The tried and proven models of Yellow Page advertising are being replaced with Google search engines and Bing algorythms. How are you being found online when people Google you. Here what shows when you google me. Practitioners need to be proficient in Blogging, social media, search engine marketing, and how to work with the e-consumer once they contact you.Using savvy marketing techniques may generate leads for agents, however with no skills in permission marketing and inbound marketing, you will be lost. Nearly 90% of the home buyers are searching homes on the Internet prior to ever contacting an agent. Are they finding you, when they go to Google, Yahoo or MSN... 11/12/2009

It was my pleasure recently to meet a new [to me] mortgage professional. Being from a Commercial Lending background I am somewhat more aware than most agents of different financial programs and policies of Lenders. I came across Peter Majthenyi who is a Mortgage Broker with Mortgage Architects. Our conversation touched on many different issues related to today's turbulent mortgage market, rampant fraud, buyers overheated bids, inflated market evaluations, but most striking contrast was Peter's personal commitment to the mortgage business and his service attitude towards clients. The business has purchased a commercial condominium unit [storefront] at the Loggia Residencial Condo complex at the foot of Islington and The Queensway in Etobicoke. Peter believes [as I do] that this neighbour... 11/11/2009

I was genuinely shocked today when I found that reference online to my youtube.com/dpylyp channel. What possible content could I have that is real estate, mortgaging, local to Etobicoke, concentrates on the Humber Bay Shore waterfront possibly be offensive. OH.... someone attached a note that my video's contain pornography or are offensive. My ears turned red. I was furious. Then I thought about it. Who ever you are who thought you could damage or sully my reputation, Let me say again thank you. You have increased the potential for viewers to find my real estate videos! YouTube - dpylyp's Channel The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as being potentially offensive .... dpylyp subscribed to batonrougeappraiser (4 days ago) ... www.youtube.com/user/dpylyp - Ca... 11/09/2009