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Last Update: Thu Jun 18 22:24:46 2009

+ Toronto Real Estate Sales Up 19% in the First Half of June + Greater Toronto Realtors reported 5,185 transactions in the first half of June – an increase of 19% compared to the same period last [...] a home over the past three months," said Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O'Neill. "Affordability, due ...

+ Cheap condos turning renters into owners + Province-wide increase in vacancy rates driven by low prices, job losses, while Toronto bucks trend By Tony Wong - Yourhome.ca [...] apartment in Ontario is a little easier this year. Province-wide vacancy rates increased from 3.1% last April to 3.3% ...

+ Homebuyers come out of hibernation + National Post 5 Things you should know about the Toronto real estate market Toronto's real estate market has rebounded from [...] Estate Board. House sales rose last month - up 2% from last May - for the first time since sales plummeted in the fall. ...

+ Confidence in housing market a ‘good sign’: economist + Financial Post Despite a stream of negative economic news, most Canadians who've recently bought a home have confidence in their [...] A national consumer survey released Tuesday said 90% of recent home purchasers believed that a house is a good long-term ...

+ Bidding wars make a comeback + As housing sales return to positive territory, parts of the Toronto real estate market go from famine to frenzy By Tony Wong - [...] wars for Toronto real estate have surged back from extinction. House sales for the first two weeks in May were in ...

+ Shaky signs of a housing rebound + First-time buyers take advantage of low rates, propping up May sales By Tony Wong - Toronto Star Is the real estate market [...] after sales of existing homes rose by 2% in the Toronto area in May, the first year-over-year increase in more than a ...

+ Hardest, realest thing + William Hanley, Financial Post My friend - 54, single and peering down the road at retirement - was explaining why she was in no [...] Toronto townhouse. "My variable-rate mortgage is down to 1.5%," she said recently over dinner. "I can easily get more ...

+ The perfect mortgage? + Wealthy Boomer Jonathan Chevreau, Financial Post The perfect mortgage is, of course, no mortgage at all. So, the next best thing [...] All mortgages are structured so payments in the early years are primarily interest charges: Very little principal ...

+ Couple adds home energy audit to renovation plans + Government now providing retrofit rebates to encourage greener living By Joanna Lavoie - Toronto Community News Midtown [...] and cool their home. The couple, who undertake small renovations every few years of their 102-year-old semi-detached ...

+ A buyers’ market update + If you won't join 'em, beat 'em By Shari Kulha - National Post Last week I wrote a blog item about my househunting experience [...] and I wanted to see sold before we could get to it. Having experienced the frustration of one quick sale after another ...