Happy New (Real Estate) Year!
What the new year has in store for the Toronto real estate market By Jerry Podgorski | News | December 28, 2017... Continue Reading
Empty Nester in Denial
How do you know that you are an empty nester and what are the benefits of moving on? By Jerry Podgorski |... Continue Reading
Mortgage Stress-Testing
What you need to know about OSFI’s new mortgage rules By Jerry Podgorski | News | 24 October 2017 It seemed to... Continue Reading
RRSP and the Homebuyer’s Plan (HBP)
Can help someone in your family buy a home (or condo) By Jerry Podgorski | News | September 5, 2017 If someone... Continue Reading
Crush Your Mortgage
Ways to save money on your mortgage By Toronto real estate professional Jerry Podgorski, Royal Lepage Real Estate Services Ltd Brokerage If you... Continue Reading
When the housing market is the great equalizer after a buying blitz
Two four-bedroom houses in a subdivision east of Toronto sold within a few days of each other in June. The houses on... Continue Reading
Reduce, postpone or avoid real estate death taxes
The soaring values of GTA-area homes has made it an increasingly expensive proposition to die while owning real estate. Huge probate taxes,... Continue Reading
Average price of detached GTA house out of reach for many
The average price of a new detached home in the GTA now exceeds $1 million. This is a significant threshold that a lot... Continue Reading
“Bully bidders” still running Toronto’s spring housing market
Contestants in Toronto’s spring housing market continue to fight by lobbing whopping amounts above the asking price at sellers and fending off... Continue Reading
Finance minister announces down payment rule changes
New down payment rules will go into effective February 15, 2016. “The Government’s role in housing is to set and maintain a... Continue Reading