The Building Industry and Land Development Association will play host to the Toronto mayoral candidates on Monday, September 13. Candidates Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thomson will discuss their views and policies related to the building and development industry in Toronto at On the Park beginning at 8:30 a.m. BILD [...]

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Head vs. Heart: Considering what you want and what you can afford So you think you’re ready to buy your first home. This is an exciting time in a person’s life, but the process can be rather intimidating (to say the least). Where do you start? Hopefully you’ve made a routine of paying your bills [...]

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With 5,415 new condominium units sold in the first quarter of 2010, the Toronto real estate market has achieved a personal best, the highest-ever number of first quarter new unit sales in history. This news was released on Monday by Urbanation, Canada’s leading condominium market research company and publisher of Urbanation’s Condominium Market Survey. “Q1-2010’s [...]

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With 3,148 new homes and condos sold in February 2010, GTA new home sales reached their highest levels since 2006.

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Two thirds of Ontario buyers will be unaffected by new HST , big ticket homes subject to increase

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Canadian home-resale prices are likely rise in 2010 at an even faster pace than this year but a dangerous bubble probably won’t develop, TD Economics said in study published on Tuesday. The average price of an existing home in Canada is expected to surge 9-10 percent next year to about C$346,000 as sales climb to [...]

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New home sales surged 113 per cent in the Greater Toronto Area in September, with the high-rise condo market finally coming to life to join the rally in low-rise new home sales that began earlier this year, the Building Industry & Land Development Association announced today. There were 3,883 new homes and condos sold in [...]

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CNW-Sales of new high-rise condominium suites stabilized in August while sales of new low-rise (single-detached, semi-detached and town-homes) homes spiked by a dramatic 163 per cent, resulting in a 62 per cent increase in total new home sales, August over August, the Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) revealed today. According to RealNet Canada [...]

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