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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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Peek-A-View 3

August 18, 2011 - You may recall my self-indulgent whining back in February during the early days renovating my Movie House Loft. At the time I struggled over what original builder’s grade fittings I would keep and what items I would turf. Like everyone facing a hefty home improvement expense, some times one can get distracted trying to save…
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Chowder In Charlottetown

August 16, 2011 - When I travel, I tend to hone in on my favourite local culinary specialty and then consume it again, and again, and again. So during my stay in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, I pretty much ordered the Seafood Chowder whenever I saw it on the menu which, being on the…
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Beach Time On PEI

August 14, 2011 - As far as I'm concerned, summer leisure should always include time relaxing by water. This year I enjoyed hiking, swimming and sun-tanning at Prince Edward Island's breathtaking National Park. This ocean treasure is situated along the island's north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Being approximately 60 km in length and ranging from several hundred metres…
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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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Charlottetown’s Charm

August 10, 2011 - I first passed through Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 2005 enroute to the celebratory union of my journalist friend Stephanie to her filmaker beau Meril at his family's farm in Meat Cove, Cape Breton. It was one stop of several on a circuitous road trip beginning and ending in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that would see me loop around the…
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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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Summer Sizzle

August 04, 2011 - The sales activity in Toronto real estate suggests it remains a Scorching Hot market, just like Toronto's weather which recently hit 37.9 degress Celsius, with the humidex at the University of Toronto's campus hitting 51 degrees, on July 21st. Wicked! And while heat waves usually cool off Buyers, who are simply too sticky-hot exhausted to look at houses, this…
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Cute Cube

August 02, 2011 - This simple white unadorned cube of a house was constructed on a narrow lot only five metres wide in Landskrona, Sweden. To complement the scale of the street, this three level one bedroom house with separate office was constructed paying attention to the relationship of surrounding buildings. Using compressed slab construction, different living…
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Peek-a-View 2

July 28, 2011 - Oh My! Getting the final finishing details executed at my Movie House Loft Renovation has slowed to a tortoise crawl. It's taking forever for the glass railings, the mirror backsplash, and some of the custom built-in add-ons to be installed. Sigh. Once that's done I've got to get the painter in to…
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