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September 2011 Home Of The Month - South Cabbagetown

September 30, 2011 - For years South Cabbagetown has suffered a bad reputation. Located east of Sherbourne and south Of Gerrard all the way down to the other revitalizing neighbourhood called 'Corktown', this pocket of Victorian and infill housing have long been wrapped by the social housing 'projects' of Moss Park and Regent Park to the east, and…
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Home, East Home Investment

September 26, 2011 - In my last instalment of the 'Tales of Upper Hillsborough', I shared with you some of the properties my friend James and I considered purchasing in our effort to find an affordable property in downtown Charlottetown that could generate a reliable income when we weren't occupying it ourselves. Click HERE…
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To Code, Or Not To Code?

September 15, 2011 - In the past I've railed on about my disdain for House Flippers who renovate properties for profit without committing to quality (or style!) during the process. Nothing makes me more aggravated than a "Professional" who doesn't deliver a good product, or who misses the mark with design decisions that ultimately cost…
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Our Fall 2011 Forecast Part 2

September 06, 2011 - The photo above illustrates how the hot fashion colours included in my Spring Summer 2011 Forecast are appearing in the world of real estate. Click HERE to review that posting. In it you'll read several of my insights that serve as continued dire forewarnings indicators for this coming season's market. More recently, I'm hoping…
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Our Fall 2011 Forecast Part 1

September 01, 2011 - This may surprise you, but the fashion forward aren’t the only people who monitor the trends and styles that designers send down the runway. Economists and realtors like myself also look to cool hunters in the fashion world to forecast consumer consciousness and behaviour. Of course, fashion and real estate…
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The Income Property Proposal

August 26, 2011 - Above is a photo from the 1986 movie 'The Money Pit' starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Cast as two optimistic homebuyers seduced by the charm of a vintage house being sold for cheap "under distress", the property and their ordeal turns into a madcap nightmare complete with corny ending. For all its…
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House Hunting In Charlottetown

August 22, 2011 - My friend James has made Charlottetown his residence each summer for over a decade, where he plays in the orchestra for the Anne Of Green Gables Musical. It's a great gig for James, where the complexity of his artistic craft is counteracted by the simplicity of island life. Prince Edward Island embodies all the caricatures of storybook…
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Locks Or Stocks?

August 19, 2011 - Locks? Stocks? Or live in a barrel? Any one who has money invested in the stock market has become a little frayed and jittery lately. It's got people wondering whether they should cash out some capital and invest it money in bricks and mortar. Should they? Here's urbaneer.com's latest press in Propertywire.ca, which explores real…
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Summer Sizzle Part Deux

August 12, 2011 - Last week I wrote about our scorching hot Toronto real estate market, using June's sale statistics to demonstrate how dramatically it is outperforming last summer. Typically, the humid weather prompts buyers to take a break, but not this year. We're low on supply, while demand continues to surge. Buyers are in a summer…
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America’s Rollercoaster Ride

August 08, 2011 - Yes, it's crazy times in our topsy-turvy global financial world given the United States recently had its credit rating down-graded. Gasp! As the financial markets reel, everyone is wondering what the implications are for our housing market. Today, PropertyWire.ca asked urbaneer.com for an opinion. Click the PropertyWire logo below for our thoughts, and…
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