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If you’ve ever wished you could live among the trees without giving up the skyline — or be steps from a farmer’s market and still catch the CN Tower from your terrace — this Roncesvalles condo might just check all your boxes.Tucked into a mid-rise building just off Roncesvalles Avenue, Suite 618 at 38 Howard Park Avenue delivers the kind of lifestyle balance you don’t often see in Toronto condos. It’s not a sky-high tower, nor a heritage walk-up — but something smart in between: a contemporary, design-forward residence that actually feels grounded in its neighbourhood. Not to mention it’s…

Real estate platform Hyyve has officially launched in Toronto, introducing its out-of-the-box approach to matching Realtors with sellers.  With Hyyve, Realtors bid on residential listings, competing with other agents in what’s essentially a bidding war to get clients.  The platform is free for sellers to use, enabling them to receive upfront cash and compare side-by-side proposals from agents competing to earn their listing. The game-changing model sees agents pay upfront for the right to list a property.  Hyyve only earns a success fee from the winning agent’s bid. Exclusive launch  Hyyve launches with 500 select, invite-only Realtors and home sellers. …

This article was written and submitted by Mark Goodman, Ian Brackett, and Megan Johal, brokers at Goodman Commercial and authors of the Goodman Report.The outrage machine is noisy these days with denunciations of supposedly nefarious “middlemen” who assemble properties and take them through rezoning — not because they plan to build something, but rather in hopes of flipping the land for an immediate payday.This criticism — often ill-informed and slanderous in tone — is rooted, loosely, in truth. There are players in our industry who specialize in getting land ready for development, even if they don’t plan to execute the…

Canada’s job market is improving despite warnings against slowing population growth. The unemployment rate fell in June, helped by tens of thousands of new jobs being added. This pushed the  employment-to-population ratio to a 3-year high. A significant job deficit remains, but the economy may be on track—if policymakers avoid reverting to chasing short-term, non-productive growth.  Employment-To-Population Growth Ratio The employment-to-population growth ratio is the number of jobs created for each person added to the population. Analysts use it to determine if a country is creating enough jobs to keep pace with its population growth. Here’s a quick overview on…

Canada’s housing crisis is a national emergency. From Vancouver’s million-dollar homes to Toronto’s soaring rents and Halifax’s tightening market, affordable housing is out of reach for millions. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) estimates a need for 3.5 million additional homes by 2030 to restore affordability. Amid this challenge, co-housing co-operatives, supported by financing tools like community bonds and land trusts, offer a proven, community-driven solution that ensures affordability, fosters inclusivity, and empowers residents. By examining successful models like Waterloo Co-operative Residence Incorporated (WCRI) in Ontario, the Upper Hammonds Plains Housing Co-operative in Nova Scotia, and Propolis Housing Cooperative…

Aspen Ridge has submitted plans for a 39-storey residential tower to advance the master-planned Crosstown Community at Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East. The tower would be located within Block 6C — one of 17 blocks that make up the 60-acre mixed-use, transit-oriented development anchored by the Don Valley Station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, which is slated to open this September.The sprawling community, first approved in 2019, has begun to take shape in recent years with the completion of Crosstown Place, a nine-storey office building in Block 1, and the currently under-construction 39-, 34-, 32-, eight-, and…

Have you ever walked into a home and thought, “Wow, this feels stuck in the past”? That “past” might just be the design trends from 10 years ago. In 2014 and 2015, certain interior design trends were prevalent everywhere—from greige walls to barn doors and smart thermostats. But interior design evolves quickly, and what once felt fresh can now signal “dated” to today’s buyers. If you’re planning to sell or renovate, understanding what was popular a decade ago can help you decide what to keep and what to change. Here’s what dominated the interior design world in 2014–2015—and how they…

(photo: Elli Davis)   When administrative demands began taking her away from the most important part of her business – her clients – Elli Davis knew it was time to take action. Davis, sales representative and senior vice-president of sales at Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, hired licensed assistant Linda Burford 22 years ago, and everything changed.  Toronto-based Davis says, “I was spending more time managing paperwork and logistics than guiding buyers and sellers through what is often one of the biggest decisions of their lives. I knew I needed someone behind the scenes to help keep things running smoothly so…

Brightwater is a 72-acre master-planned community under development along the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Port Credit, Mississauga. It is one of the largest and most ambitious waterfront revitalization efforts in the Greater Toronto Area, intended not only to transform underused land but also to reinforce Port Credit’s identity as a complete, connected, and sustainable urban village. The project is being developed by a consortium of Canadian firms, including Kilmer Group, DiamondCorp, Dream Unlimited Corp., and FRAM+Slokker, who bring experience in large-scale, complex, and environmentally sensitive redevelopment. Their goal is to deliver a new model of urban coastal living that…

A sleek 18-storey mixed-use tower could soon sit directly across from Earlscourt Park in Corso Italia-Davenport, replacing Caledonia Bakery and a single-storey car wash facility.Plans were filed by numbered company, 2003801 Ontario Ltd., in late June in support of a Zoning By-law Amendment application to allow for increased height on the site. Currently, the site is zoned ‘Mixed Use District’ and allows for heights of around 46 feet, but the developer is seeking to convert the site to ‘Commercial Residential’ and increase height the allowance to 191 feet. Pending approval, a Site Plan Approval application will also need to be…