Tennille Jacobs Toronto Real Estate

I have updated the information about Real Estate sales in the Bedford Park Neighbourhood (expanded it to postal code M5M) for 2007 - as a neighbourhood expert for several North Toronto neighbourhoods, expect more of this sort of information for each of my other neighbourhoods in the next little while.  Please let me know what you think, ...

The resale housing market got off to a roaring start in May, with 5,003 sales reported during the first 15 days of the month. This is an 11 per cent increase over the first half of May 2006 and the highest midmonth sales total in TREB’s history. “All signs point to a very healthy market for the remainder of the spring,” Mrs. ...

Buying or selling a home is a complex and often very emotional process. Just casually mention to family, friends and colleagues that you plan to buy or sell a property, and watch the advice pour in. Everyone has a story to tell: a great deal made and lost, a   bargain that wasn’t, the frustration of a price war, and so ...

Buying a home today is an extremely attractive proposition. Interest rates are at their lowest in decades and the housing market is full of homes to suit just about any budget or family requirement. Still, you'll inevitably have to deal with financing and this will mean taking on a mortgage. Sorting through the numerous mortgage options ...

In 2005, the average return on a remodelling project was in the high 90 per cent. At the same time the average cost of a kitchen remodel nationwide was $108,000. Last year, housing sales and remodelling slowed. Returns on remodelling investment in 2006 had plummeted from the 90s to the 70s, a whopping 20 per cent drop. Remodelling is still going ...

APRIL 2007. Prices increased moderately in March, with the average up three per cent over 2006 to $365,285. "Prices are rising above the rate of inflation (currently about two per cent), but not so rapidly that first-time buyers will be pushed out of the market," said TREB President Dorothy Mason. During last month, TREB Members reported ...

Just like you take a car for regular tune ups to ensure it continues to run smoothly, your home also needs some special attention. There's a lot more to keeping up a house than cutting the grass and clearing snow from the driveway. Ensuring your home "looks" good and is in proper working order, not only makes it more ...

When we moved into our newly “renovated” bungalow in the fall last year, our very friendly new neighbours pulled us aside to warn us that the contractors were rather lazy and spent many a day in the summer in the back yard chatting and smoking the day away.  At the time we moved in, they were still finishing off the basement and ...

There's little doubt that Canadians are on the move. Whether moving from an apartment to a home, apartment to apartment or home to home, moving is no simple matter. With careful planning, however, your transition can be facilitated in an organized and efficient manner, allowing you the peace of mind you need to settle into your home. The ...