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Termites For Our Anniversary

December 02, 2011 - Recently I was both charmed and horrified when a pair of my fab newlywed buyers gave me a gift as a 'One year Anniversary'. As I accepted their delicious sweets and treats (Hello Wine!), they saw a look of confusion pass across my face. I couldn't compute how they had only recently got married…
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So You Wanna Be A Realtor, Eh?

November 29, 2011 - Without question I love my career in housing. Spanning over 25 years, my multi-dimensional career has encompassed all aspects of real estate development, renovation, design, merchandising, sales and marketing. I love being a Realtor. A lot of people believe the life of a Realtor is a pretty simple path to riches. It's not. There are plenty of…
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Here Comes Holiday!

November 26, 2011 - Ok, so whilst I consider it extraordinarily early to be installing lights despite the imminent arrival of Holiday, the truth of the matter is that I do not want to be outside playing "Festive!" in a freezing blizzard. In Toronto, now is the time of year when Mother Nature teases us. We never…
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Condominium Sales Surge

November 24, 2011 - As recently published in the Toronto Star, Toronto currently has 132 high-rise projects under construction, compared to 88 in Mexico City and 86 in New York City. Wow! The source of the data comes from the September 2011 survey Germany's Emporis Company. Emporis is a well-regarded global authority on multi-storey buildings, who define…
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Stop And Smell The Roses

November 23, 2011 - I saw this last rose of the year enroute to my car today. I stopped and smelled it, taking a moment to give gratitude for the life that I lead. I'm very blessed. This evening I join my Top Ten Bosley brethen to celebrate our top producing success. I consider myself…
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Our Toronto Life Feature

November 18, 2011 - I've always been a fan of Toronto Life (www.torontolife.com) ever since I moved to Toronto from Victoria back in 1984. This is the 'zine to read when you want to be up-to-date on food, culture and life in the city. Fortunately for urbaneer.com, Toronto Life scoped out our chic-a-rrific…
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Oh So Weary

November 15, 2011 - Webster Dictionary defines Weary as: 1: exhausted in strength, endurance, vigour, or freshness 2: expressing or characteristic of weariness <a weary sign> 3: having one's patience, tolerance, or pleasure exhausted —used with of <my Buyers grew weary of waiting> For we realtors engaged in the Toronto real estate…
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Sales Numbers Climb For Fall 2011

November 04, 2011 - Despite economic mayhem unravelling in Europe and the United States, Toronto Canada continues to see a robust market. With October sales figures on the Multiple Listing Service showing a 17.5% increase from the previous year, our market remains Hot Hot Hot! PropertyWire, the leading publication for property investors and industry professionals…
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Staging Nightmare

October 17, 2011 - While I understand, and as a realtor participate, in the heightened media-induced obsession to 'stage' properties for sale using home furnishings that are 'aspirational' (though, at urbaneer.com, we prefer to implement 'Style Enhancements' which are less contrived and more personable - click HERE for an example - ), sometimes the staging effort is executed all WRONG! In fact, there are occasions where staging makes…
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Parking Space For Sale

October 12, 2011 - Oh My! Parking is never easy at the best of times, but it looks like the driver of the car above unwittingly chose the spot which would become a Sinkhole! Yikes! Today's post is a response to one of my clients who emailed me with the following question: "A neighbour has…
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