Torontoism - Toronto Real Estate with the Torontoism Team

Every year the Toronto Real Estate Board gives two scholarships to deserving students in the GTA. If you know of anyone who might be interested in submitting an essay, let them know that they can get more information at www.TorontoRealEstateBoard.com and need to submit before April 17th. The pres...

Below is the latest press release from the Canadian Real Estate Association. It has a similar tone to the recent opening statement by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada. The transcript of his latest speech to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance can be found by clicking her...

Allison Hanes of Posted Toronto (the National Post Web Site) has an article about the City of Toronto's Recession Budget...I thought in a recession we were supposed to curtail our spending? Everyone I know has, except Toronto City Hall... Check out the list of the interesting numbers at the botto...

About six months ago, I started blogging and have really enjoyed the process. It gives me a chance to put down in writing and in an organized fashion some of the questions I get asked on a regular basis. As the day progresses, I make a mental note to settle my thoughts on the issues that I get qu...

There is a great post out the by BlogTO. It is all about the launch on February 3rd of a Development Update Site by the City of Toronto. It gives you the Deveopment Status of projects around the City and is a great resource, long needed, for citizens to keep up with what is happening, or not, in ...

There is a call for entries for February 18th for next falls (October 3, 2009) Nuit Blanche. I was out of town last year but heard that it was a great evening even though it went way past my bedtime!! For more information visit their web site . Call for Entries Cabbagetown Nuit Blanche proposals:...

I am nursing my third coffee this morning and sitting in the Atrium of the Marriott Times Square NYC and trying to organize my thoughts about the last 4 days. I love these Conferences. They are stimulating, new ideas, new people, new technology products but at that same time exhausting with some ...

Recently I was at the Inman (Real Estate and Technology) Conference in New York and had the pleasure of listening to Gary Vaynerchuk. He is known for his 5 times a week, 20 minute video posts on wine library tv, watched by over 90,000 people a shot. He is a mesmerizing speaker and I am attaching ...

There is a great post on John Pasalis' Move Smartly which connects to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. It allows you to go online and make comments to the Ministry about the City of Toronto Act 2006. The Ministry is involved in reviewing the Act. If you have strong feelings about th...

I have a friend who is a  committed conspiracy theorist. Every time I see him I ask him what the latest theory is and I am always amazed at the creativity of the committed. However, this morning when I read the Globe and Mail article (February 2, 2009, Page A7)  about Mayor Miller supporting a fr...