December 6, 2006 — The Greater Toronto Area’s resale housing market maintained its strong pace in November as 6,281 homes changed hands during the month, Toronto Real Estate Board President Dorothy Mason announced today. “The market is holding very steady as we progress through autumn and we are seeing a good level of activity across [...]
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November real estate market on solid footing
Posted: 6th December 2006 by Laurin Jeffrey in East Toronto Real Estate, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real Estate, York Region Real EstateTags: buy, buyer, buyers, changing hands, cmhc, condo, condominium, confident, consumers, CREA, detached home, employment, estate, existing home, Existing home sales, first, fourth quarter, greater toronto, greater toronto area, gta, home, home buyers, home sales, housing, housing market, increase, low borrowing costs, market, market analyst, moderation, new, purchase a home, real, real estate, real estate board, real estate market, record sales, resale housing, resale housing market, resale market, sale, sales, sales increase, scarboro, scarborough, semi-detached homes, time, time record, toronto, Toronto area, toronto real estate, Toronto Real Estate Board, TREB
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The Glebe Lofts – Pape church conversion a part of history
Posted: 6th December 2006 by Laurin Jeffrey in East Toronto Real Estate, Toronto Condos, Toronto Loft Conversions, Toronto Real EstateTags: 41 shanly, 41 Shanly Street, 660 pape, aura, canadian, church conversion, City of Toronto, condo, condominium, condominiums, conversion, conversion of buildings into lofts, converted numerous factories, CREA, danforth, Dominion Felt Company, dramatic effects, efficiency, factories, first, glebe, glebe lofts, heart of the city, high efficiency, institutional buildings, insulation, living space, living spaces, location, loft, loft condominium conversion, loft condominiums, loft conversion, loft residence, lofts, luxury, luxury features, masonry, Mitchell & Associates, multi-level loft, new, presbyterian church, project, purchaser, retrofit, retrofitting, Riverdale, robert mitchell, spatial volume, the Danforth, the glebe lofts, toronto, toronto church conversion, Tory, wind
Completed in 2004, The Glebe is a fabulous loft conversion of the architecturally magnificent Riverdale Presbyterian Church, located at 660 Pape Avenue, in prime Riverdale and just steps from the subway. Very rarely does an opportunity come along to live in history. Designed by renowned period architect J. Wilson Gray, originally constructed for the trustees [...]
Buyers in loft conversions need protection
Posted: 5th December 2006 by Laurin Jeffrey in New Condos & Lofts, Toronto Condos, Toronto Loft Conversions, Toronto Real EstateTags: buy, buyer, buyers, condo, condo living, condominium, condominiums, condos, construction, conversion, conversion project, conversion projects, conversions, deficiencies, developers, factory, first, government, home, Home warranty, home warranty program, house renovation, housing, land, land transfer tax, Lawyers, legislation, loft, loft conversion, loft conversions, neighbourhood, neighbourhoods, new, new construction, new home, new home warranty, new homes, new homes and condos, new house, new houses, office building, Ontario government, ontario new home warranty, ontario new home warranty program, project, purchaser, recycling, Renovation, risk assessment, tarion, tax, tax rebate, time, toronto, toronto hard lofts, Toronto Loft Conversions, toronto lofts, toronto lofts for sale, Tory, transfer, warranty protection
Excerpt of an article by Ellen Moorehouse – Toronto Star Christopher Hume actually gave 5 “A” ratings a few years back, four of those top marks went to small loft conversion projects. In all cases, the buildings, whether a former peanut factory or office building, had outlived their original usefulness. But builders with vision practiced [...]
M5V sales centre takes LEED
Posted: 5th December 2006 by Laurin Jeffrey in New Condos & Lofts, Toronto Condos, Toronto Real EstateTags: building green, canada, City of Toronto, condo, condo project, condominium, condominium developments, condos, condos in toronto, construction, consumers, developers, development, efficiency, energy costs, energy efficiency, energy efficient, energy use, first, green building, land, landfill, leed, LEED certification, LEED Certified, leed condo, LEED-certified condos, maintenance, maintenance fee, maintenance fees, market, minto, new, project, purchaser, real, recovery, sale, sales, toronto, Tory, tridel, urbanation, utilities
M5V reveals that green living does not mean you have to compromise on design or a comfortable lifestyle Excerpt from an article by Shelly Sanders Greer – Toronto Star M5V, developed by TAS Design/Build, reveals what potential purchasers can expect from green initiatives in this 30-storey, 224-suite condominium, and shows that green living does not [...]
Trinity Park Lofts on Queen Street West
Posted: 4th December 2006 by Laurin Jeffrey in Toronto Condos, Toronto Real Estate, Toronto Soft Lofts, West Toronto Real EstateTags: Amenities, aura, brick, buy, buyer, buyers, cabinetry, canadian, condo, condominium, conversion, conversion project, conversion projects, CREA, development, estate, exercise room, factory, first, foot ceilings, gotham lofts, Gotham Vintage Lofts, hard, hardwood, hardwood floors, high-rise condo, home, home buyers, king street, King Street West, land, location, loft, loft conversion, loft style, lofts, mecca, neighbourhood, new, project, PST, queen, queen st, queen street, Queen Street West, queen west, real, real estate, rise condominium, sale, soft loft, stainless steel, studio, target, td, time, toronto, toronto lofts, toronto lofts for sale, toronto real estate, toronto soft lofts, Tory, trendy restaurants, trinity bellwoods, trinity bellwoods park, Trinity Park Lofts, unit condo, unit condominium, upgrade, west, women, Wood Floors
Trinity Park Lofts is a unique soft loft that has one of the best locations in the city. Right across from one of the biggest parks downtown, Trinity Bellwoods Park, this loft is definitely for the dog lover as well as those that love to shop! About 60% of the original buyers were single women [...]