A Pocket Full Of Sunshine: Phin Avenue Parkette

June 11th, 2018 | City LivingThe DanforthRiverdale / Playter Estates

Did you know that Toronto currently has about 1,600 existing parks and 600 kilometres of trails?! That's roughly 8,000 hectares — about 13 per cent of Toronto’s overall land area! In fact, thanks to our bountiful tree canopy - preserved, even amongst the urban crowding of the downtown core -… Read Full Entry

A Brief History On The Intensification Of The Danforth In Toronto

June 8th, 2018 | City LivingReal EstateThe DanforthRiverdale / Playter Estates

Have you noticed how much The Danforth from Jones to Victoria Park is undergoing redevelopment these days? The pace of any neighbourhood's revitalization has been a topic of fascination for Canadian urban academics for the past sixty years. I know this through my own contribution to the research in the late 80s when I… Read Full Entry

Journey Into Toronto’s Past With Old Toronto

April 16th, 2018 | City LivingJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageCorso Italia / DavenportWychwood / Humewood - CedarvaleHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownYorkville / Summerhill / RosedaleDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageKing West / Niagara / Liberty VillageThe DanforthLeslieville/RiversideRiverdale / Playter EstatesCabbagetown / CorktownSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalQueen WestWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

In the City of Toronto, when you cross the threshold of a century home or stand on a street corner, do you ever wonder about the urban pioneers of the past who may have stood in that same spot, or walked these streetscapes paths decades before you did? Centuries of… Read Full Entry

Urbaneer Testimonials

January 4th, 2018 | Word On The StreetJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageCorso Italia / DavenportWychwood / Humewood - CedarvaleHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownYorkville / Summerhill / RosedaleDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageKing West / Niagara / Liberty VillageThe DanforthLeslieville/RiversideRiverdale / Playter EstatesCabbagetown / CorktownSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalQueen WestWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

Happy 2018! To start out the New Year, we wanted to share with you what motivates us to continue be one of the Top Realtors in Toronto. It's the praises we receive from clients! At urbaneer.com, our objective is to educate, guide, and gently steer Buyers and Sellers through the… Read Full Entry

TheRedPin Tracks Toronto Real Estate Prices By Subway Stop

June 15th, 2017 | City LivingReal EstateJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageThe DanforthRiverdale / Playter EstatesSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

Toronto is an expensive city, especially when it comes to real estate. Even as our market cools, buying property is prohibitively costly, given the average price of a detached house surpasses $1 million. A recent article in BlogTO features maps created by TheRedPin that charts the average sale prices of homes… Read Full Entry

How To Strategically Purchase An Income Producing Property

May 27th, 2017 | Real EstateDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageThe DanforthRiverdale / Playter EstatesCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalRoncesvalles Village

If you're looking to buy Toronto real estate, unless you're loaded with bags of loot, finding a place that fits your current and possible future needs (like going nuclear and having kids) is a tough order to follow. But if you can pony up the price of entry for a… Read Full Entry

The Newest Best Brunch Spots In Toronto

December 19th, 2016 | City LivingRestaurantsJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageCorso Italia / DavenportWychwood / Humewood - CedarvaleHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownYorkville / Summerhill / RosedaleDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageKing West / Niagara / Liberty VillageThe DanforthLeslieville/RiversideRiverdale / Playter EstatesCabbagetown / CorktownSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalQueen WestWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

Brunch. It's the meal everyone looks forward to after an awesome night out. After indulging in that rare privilege of sleeping in, there's something wonderfully rewarding sauntering to meet friends for a weekend brunch. Brunch satisfies that delicious-greasy-goodness craving we often get the morning after. And with a “brunch trend” brewing amongst the… Read Full Entry

Urbaneer’s Winter 2016 Toronto Real Estate Forecast Part One

December 7th, 2016 | Urbaneer's Real Estate ForecastsJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageCorso Italia / DavenportWychwood / Humewood - CedarvaleHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownYorkville / Summerhill / RosedaleDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageKing West / Niagara / Liberty VillageThe DanforthLeslieville/RiversideRiverdale / Playter EstatesCabbagetown / CorktownSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalQueen WestWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

Welcome to Part One of urbaneer’s bi-annual prognostication: the Winter 2016 Toronto Real Estate Forecast. (Feeling reflective? Compare today's real estate climate to the same time last year: Winter 2015 Forecasts Part One and Part Two) Torontonians - and our Canadian media - love real estate, so there's always a story… Read Full Entry

Dear Urbaneer: Should I Sacrifice Location To Get More House?

November 29th, 2016 | Dear UrbaneerJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageCorso Italia / DavenportWychwood / Humewood - CedarvaleHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownYorkville / Summerhill / RosedaleDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageKing West / Niagara / Liberty VillageThe DanforthLeslieville/RiversideRiverdale / Playter EstatesCabbagetown / CorktownSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalQueen WestWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

Welcome to this month’s installment of Dear Urbaneer, where we dispense advice and a sympathetic ear to our clients who are wondering about all matters real estate. This time, we are helping clients who are trying to decide if a property fits their needs or not, and wonder what kind of compromises will help… Read Full Entry

On Cycling In The City: Then And Now

October 27th, 2016 | Healthy HomeReal EstateJunction/High Park/Bloor West/SwanseaSwansea / High Park / Bloor West VillageCorso Italia / DavenportWychwood / Humewood - CedarvaleHigh Park North / The Junction MidtownYorkville / Summerhill / RosedaleDufferin Grove / Bloorcourt VillageKing West / Niagara / Liberty VillageThe DanforthLeslieville/RiversideRiverdale / Playter EstatesCabbagetown / CorktownSt. Lawrence MarketAnnex / South Annex / Seaton VillageCollege Street/Little ItalyLittle PortugalQueen WestWallace/Emerson & Brockton VillageRoncesvalles Village

One consistent and common purchasing factor we're seeing as realtors who sell across the original City of Toronto, is how Buyers are prioritizing choosing a property that offers the most efficient commute to work. It certainly makes sense, given commute times are increasing given our urban gridlock, making the journey… Read Full Entry

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