March 30th, 2013 | Real Estate
Although the calendar tells us the spring equinox arrives on March 21st, the phenological date of Spring in Toronto is more likely to arrive in April. In fact, any Torontonian who wistfully envisions spring in the month of March will be cruelly taunted by Mother Nature, as she always sneaks… Read Full Entry
March 28th, 2013 | Real Estate
Each month urbaneer posts a HomeWatch newsletter that shares our point of view on the world of real estate. This month we decided to post the story behind the history and philosophy of urbaneer's founder Steve Fudge - and share some Testimonials - as a little reminder that this… Read Full Entry
March 27th, 2013 | City LivingRestaurantsKing West / Niagara / Liberty Village
Part of the beauty of big city living is having a never ending supply of amazing eateries to indulge in and people watch. And despite the chill in the air this past weekend, having the sun peek out was all we Torontonians needed to fill the streets and cafes with… Read Full Entry
March 25th, 2013 | Buy Of The MonthRiverdale / Playter Estates
Welcome to our March 2013 Home of The Month Feature, which showcases a City of Toronto property recently purchased by urbaneer's Buyers. Although the media is reporting some wonkiness in the condominium market, we lay the condo blues squarely on the over-supply of small poorly-constructed, poorly-designed, recently-completed, product sold to… Read Full Entry
March 21st, 2013 | Tales Of Upper Hillsborough
If you're a regular reader of our blog, you know over the past two years we've been sharing our endeavour to purchase, tune-up, renovate, add-on and operate (remotely from Toronto, Ontario) a vintage triplex in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island which we called The Tales Of Upper Hillsborough. It started serendipitously… Read Full Entry
March 18th, 2013 | Dear UrbaneerHouse And HomeReal Estate
Toronto is now considered the fourth largest city in North America, ranking behind New York, Los Angeles and Mexico City. Wow! Although there's a pioneering synergy that comes when you live in a city where a construction boom has been occurring for well over fifteen years (there are currently 147… Read Full Entry
March 15th, 2013 | Real EstateWord On The Street
Global News interviewed urbaneer.com today for our outlook on the current real estate market. We replied from our personal experience in the City of Toronto, which has its own unique dynamic and does not reflect the Canadian real estate market as a whole. In the downtown core right now there's… Read Full Entry
March 14th, 2013 | Real Estate
If you're a regular reader of our blog, you already know urbaneer.com predicted that the market in 2013 would be increasingly wonky. And you have to look no further than the media to see the contrasting reports that demonstrate the extremes by which we realtors operate. First, when it comes… Read Full Entry
March 13th, 2013 | City LivingQueen West
If one's busy-as-a-bee schedule will allow, nothing follows a delicious breakfast treat at the Drake Cafe better than an opportunity for the curious to peruse the wonderful and playful array of goods both hard and soft from Canada and abroad at the renowned Drake Hotel General Store. Situated at 1144… Read Full Entry
March 11th, 2013 | House And HomeReal Estate
Have you heard of Ikea Hacking? Ikea Hackers are creative folk who take ubiquitous Ikea products and modify them to suit their own particular needs or aesthetic. Our clients, whose property we featured in our November 2012 Home Of The Month post, have an enormous collection of books. In fact,… Read Full Entry