‘Real Estate’ Archives
St. Lawrence Market North Building
Mayor David Miller announced the winning design for the new St. Lawrence Market North Building. The design is by Adamson Associates Architects and Roger Stirk Hardbour + Partners. It is known as the “Red Design”. This will be a four storey glass atrium building will give shoppers view of Front Street, Jarvis Street and Market Lane [...]
HST – What is taxable now that wasn’t before?
Just a reminder that HST deadline is fast approaching. It is definitely not a joyful occasion since we would all have to pay more taxes. At least you have an opportunity to make some savings before the deadline, which is July 1, 2010. For that, you will need to examine the table to come up with your shopping list. The extra taxes should help pay [...]
Toronto’s Future
Over the next decade we will likely see some major changes in our city and that is evident by the available stats. The graph below shows the age characteristic of the population of Toronto. You notice there is a major spike in the number of people who are between 45-50. These are the baby boomer's who are fast approaching retirement. The [...]
Data on Toronto Neighbourhoods
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Toronto Condo Rental Market
Image via WikipediaHere is some interesting updates on Rental transactions in Toronto. According to TREB, average rent across all apartment types in the last quarter of 2009 was $1,667. There was a 1% decrease for one-bedroom apartments and a 1% increase for two bedroom apartments. The increase in home ownership has increased the available [...]
