Blog
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Celebrate GTA Culture and Community This August
Show your passion for our neighbourhoods by taking part in the city’s Cultural Hotspot events. TRREB is sponsoring the annual arts and culture program to share the footprint of REALTOR® presence in the communities where you live and work.
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Expanding Housing Options for Residents New and Old
After a brief downturn due to COVID-19, immigration is back to normal in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), with the City of Toronto anticipating an additional one million residents over the next 30 years. Immigration is a cornerstone of economic growth and key to the diversity that makes regions, such as the GTA great. Studies,…
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Ontario Election: Housing Platforms Explained by Liberal Lisa Patel and Green Abhijeet Manay
The province’s June 2 election day is just around the corner, and with housing being top of mind for many Ontarians, TRREB hosted a debate on the Ready to Real Estate Podcast between provincial candidates in GTA ridings.* Abhijeet Manay, the Green Party deputy leader and candidate for the riding of Beaches–East York, and Lisa Patel, TRREB…
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Mortgage Rates: Present and Future
In an attempt to curb rising inflation, the Bank of Canada has been hiking its policy interest rate – with the most recent increase being 50 basis points to 1 per cent. The Bank’s target for the Overnight Lending Rate directly impacts the cost of borrowing for variable rate mortgages and lines of credit and indirectly…
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Four Things You May Not Know About Home Renos in 2022
Before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns struck in March 2020, spending on home renovations in Ontario was already outpacing the rest of the economy, with more than $80 billion spent on improvements in 2019 according to Altus Group research. Since the pandemic hit, renovation permit applications are up a further 18 per cent across the province.…
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Climate Change Means Changes in Real Estate
The impacts of climate change are undeniable, and growing year after year. Since the 1950s, disaster loss insurance claims have doubled every five to 10 years, and in 2005, they approached $100 billion. As the majority of many Canadians’ equity is within the home they own, it’s imperative to protect that investment from extreme weather…
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Law, Order, and Real Estate
REALTORS® have an obligation to act in their clients’ best interests, whether they’re buying their first or dream home, or looking to be a tenant or landlord renting out an investment property. They have to act within the confines of the law, and that is where real estate lawyers can help. On a recent episode…
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TRREB Members Give You Reasons to Smile
Real estate professionals are determined to play meaningful roles across the Greater Toronto Area. There are no limits for how Jennifer Evelyn, Nancie Mcleod, Kelly Meek and Lina Risi serve their communities.
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Real Estate Professionals Coming Together
There’s strength in numbers, especially when volunteering with a shared goal in mind. TRREB Members Maria Kagan, Anna Shirazi, Anastasia Orlando, Rose Sorbera, Jen Dumitrescu, Kate Czaplinska and Angelica Banas are no strangers to team effort and collaboration.
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TRREB Members Turning Small Goals into Huge Successes
Stacey Bourbonnais, Jay Lough Hayes, Yin-Lynn Low and Suganya Koneswaran know first-hand how one idea can have a powerful outcome, especially when you rally up friends, family and colleagues to join you.
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The 2022 Rental Market Outlook
Buying and selling real estate has garnered a lot of media attention, especially with rising home prices both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rental market – and especially so in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) – has also seen its share of sweeping changes brought on or exacerbated by pandemic-induced shifts in the…
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The “New Normal” of the Post-Pandemic Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a fundamental shift in work in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), with a huge impact on the traditionally bustling downtown core of office buildings. Two years into the pandemic, with some semblance of “new normal” on the horizon, what can employers and employees expect about the changing nature of work? TRREB…