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Thinking about adding a swimming pool to your backyard? Or maybe you’ve got your eye on a home that already has one? It’s easy to imagine summer days filled with sunshine and lazy floats, but it’s just as important to understand the costs that come with it. The cost to own a pool isn’t just about the upfront price tag. You’ll also need to factor in maintenance, energy bills, repairs, and even potential insurance adjustments. Here is everything you need to know from swimming pool installation cost to long-term pool ownership expenses. Upfront Costs: What It Takes to Get Started…
designed by freepik Many people are choosing to move to Brampton, and it’s easy to see why. Some of the best neighborhoods in Brampton offer great homes, good schools, and a real sense of community—plus, you’re still close to Toronto. One of the biggest perks? You can live close to the city without spending too much. Living in Brampton usually costs 40 to 45% less than living in Toronto. Over the past decade, Brampton has grown a lot and now has more than 600,000 residents. In this blog, I’ll explain the top neighborhoods in Brampton, the safest, most family-friendly, and…
Suze Cumming, founder of The Nature of Real Estate and Canada’s Real Estate Negotiation guru, answers Realtors’ questions on the first Friday of the month about negotiation tactics and working through tricky situations. Have a question for Suze? Send her an email. An offer arrives significantly below asking. The buyer’s agent is reluctant to cooperate, and your seller client, frustrated and defensive, flatly refuses to consider it. The home has sat on the market for over two months, your sellers urgently need to close on their new property within six weeks, and there are no other interested buyers in sight.…
This week, Calgary-based real estate developer Truman and hospitality giant Marriott International announced plans for a group of new hotels that are “poised to transform the hospitality landscape in Calgary and will debut as part of a dynamic mixed-use development ideally situated within the city’s rapidly evolving Culture + Entertainment District.”The first is the 69-storey W Calgary that will include 157 guest rooms and 239 branded residences. Guests of the hotel will have access to amenities such as a 7,500 sq. ft AWAY Spa, 16,259 sq. ft of meeting space, the W brand’s signature Living Room, expansive FIT studio, and…
I’m not going to pretend to be surprised by the major shifts we’ve seen in real estate in the Greater Toronto Area in June 2025: Prices are down 5.4 per cent Sales are down 2.4 per cent New listings (supply) is up slightly 7.7 per cent Active listings (inventory) is up a whopping 30.8 per cent Properties are taking longer to sell, with a 30 to 40 per cent increase in days on market In fact, active listings finally jumped up to the point that we’re at the highest number we’ve ever seen: So… why am I not…
In 2018, the City of Toronto amended zoning bylaw to allow laneway suites on residential properties in the Toronto and East York District, expanding the permissions citywide by 2020 and with the addition of garden suites in 2022. The amendment was intended to increase the number of housing options and infill opportunities in the city, ultimately helping to improve affordability for Torontonians.Now, the City is implementing additional measures to cut down approval timelines and make the construction of garden and laneway suites more accessible, including releasing free blueprints, expanding online services for building permit submissions, and including garden and laneway…
Greater Toronto’s real estate industry may be optimistic about “firming,” but buyers disagreed last month. TRREB data shows real estate prices made a sharp downtick in June, after months of waiting for the market to firm. Last month’s sales marked the weakest June sales in 25 years, and its highest inventory on record. The board’s CEO attributes the issue to not just economic and financial issues, but the crime—specifically calling out car theft. Funny enough, crime has historically provided a big boost to the region’s home sales. Greater Toronto Real Estate Prices Just Saw The Floor Give Out After Months…
When the heat turns up, so does the party. Summer festivals in the US are all about the music and spending quality time with the people you love. From beachfront jams to high-altitude jazz, every state has something special to offer. We’ve curated a list of the best 2025 summer festivals the USA has to offer. Expect a mix of music festivals, food feasts, art-forward weekends, and classic state fair vibes that turn everyday places into bucket-list destinations. Rhode Island Newport Folk Festival – Newport Dates: July 25-27, 2025 Photo: Douglas Mason/Getty Images Taking place at Fort Adams State Park,…
Home sales in Vancouver were down 10 per cent year-over-year in June, but Greater Vancouver Realtors is holding out hope for the rest of the year as buyers come off the sidelines. GVR reports that residential sales in the region totaled 2,181 in June, down from 2,418 sales recorded in June 2024. This was 25.8 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average. “On a trended basis, signs are emerging that sales activity is rounding the corner after a challenging first half to the year, with the year-over-year decline in sales in June halving the decline we saw in May,” said…
After hitting a nearly 25-year high in May, active listings in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) only grew over the course of June, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s (TRREB), as tariff-related economic uncertainty continued to win out over improved affordability.With many still wary about jumping off the sidelines, the region posted a mere 6,243 sales last month, essentially unchanged from May and 2.4% below June 2024’s sales, according to TRREB’s June Market Watch report. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, however, sales did edge up month over month, following two months of consecutive increases in April and May.Recent data…