Let’s pick up right where we left off, shall we? – 4) What is going to happen in the downtown condo market? I was on CTV Your Morning last Thursday to discuss the 2021 real estate market, and it’s never easy to get meaningful points across, over five or six questions, in a mere four minutes. But after a decade…

This month’s Move Smartly report discusses when Toronto’s downtown condo market will return to normal and the many vulnerabilities it faces.  As Featured in the Move Smartly Report: Last month, as part of a speech titled Financial Stability and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank of Canada used data provided by us at Realosophy Realty as part of their analysis into the…

That was, by far, the most “time off” I’ve had in a long, long while.  Thinking back upon it now, everything seems just a wee bit blurry. What a magnificent two-and-a-half weeks it was!  And considering how 2020 went down for just about everybody on this globe, it’s an honour and a privilege to refer to any period of time…

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Satisfactory Solstice, Kwazy Kwanzaa, and Awesome Atheist Affair! Or whatever else you’re into for which I can wish you a happy occasion, other than offering a lazy “Happy Holidays.” I’d like to thank my regular readers/commenters: Appraiser, Chris, Kyle, Condodweller, J G, Derek, Professional Shanker, Marty, Bal, Libertarian, Ed, Verbal Kint, Clifford, Jenn, Paully, Jimbo, GinaTo,…

Not only are my fingers tired from writing Monday’s blog, but also from hand-writing three-hundred Christmas cards!  Cards and envelopes! Yes, I do that.  I do it with pride. What’s the point of sending a holiday card if it’s obvious that your assistant or some high school kid wrote them for you?  Any layman can identify those scribbled CAPITAL BLOCK LETTERS as…