Supreme Court of Canada Won’t Hear TREB’s Appeal to Keep Sold Data Private

Current Events, Real Estate News

By: Zoocasa The Supreme Court of Canada announced this August that it will not hear the Toronto Real Estate Board’s (TREB) appeal to keep past sold data for Toronto homes for sale proprietary. TREB fought a lengthy battle to keep such information private, losing two other court battles in 2011 and 2016, and now, finally, […]

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April Home Sales Down by Double Digits in GTA: TREB

Current Events

The April real estate numbers are in for the Greater Toronto Area, revealing another double-digit plunge for sale and prices, compared to the same time last year. Activity in the region has fallen 31.1 per cent with 7,792 homes sold, prompting prices to soften 12.4 per cent to an average of $804,584. This slower sales […]

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GTA Real Estate Sales Fall 39.5% in March

Current Events

Toronto real estate sales continue to perform well below March 2017 levels, with the latest data from the regional real estate board revealing a 39.5-per-cent drop in activity. Just 7,228 homes were sold last month, a stark contrast to the record-breaking 11,954 the year prior, reports the Toronto Real Estate Board. It’s the third month […]

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February Sales Down from 2017, But Strong Spring Awaits: TREB

Current Events

The February data is in for the Toronto real estate market, and the numbers reveal activity continues to decline from last year’s levels; sales have fallen 34.9 per cent and prices 12.4 per cent to an average of $767,818, compared to February 2017.

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Toronto Real Estate Prices See Huge Jump in February


Real Estate News

By: Zoocasa It now costs almost $1.5 million to buy a detached house in Toronto — and over $2.1 million if you exclude Etobicoke and Scarborough – according to the February data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s (TRREB). Prices for single-family houses for sale in Toronto grew 14.4% this February from the same time period in […]

March 6, 2020

How Effective is the Home Buyers’ Plan?


Real Estate News

By: Zoocasa The Home Buyer’s Plan, or HBP, was implemented by the federal government in 1992 to help first-time buyers purchase their first residence by allowing them to borrow up to $35,000 from their RRSP savings.  But how effective is the HBP, really? Does it actually help buyers get a foothold in the market? What are […]

February 25, 2020