The demand for new low-rise housing is heating up with the weather Image

The demand for new low-rise housing is heating up with the weather

As the weather heats up, as does the demand for new low-rise housing across the Total Market Area (TMA). We can’t explain the science behind it but warm spring days just make people want to buy homes. It’s a time for new beginnings and rebirth, which is

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Canadian newcomers play a key role in fuelling housing demand

According to the survey results, newcomers account for 21% of all homebuyers in Canada. If the international migration level remains the same, newcomers are expected to buy 680,000 homes in Canada over the next five years. 

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The sustainable kitchen: The keys to being greener every day

For the entire month of February, we’ve decided to zero in on one very special room of the home - the kitchen - specifically on how to have the most sustainable kitchen possible! As houses and condo units began shifting towards open-concept floor plan

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Construction Tour: Cranbrooke Village

We recently had the opportunity to take a construction tour of Options for Homes’ Toronto condo development, Cranbrooke Village. We met our tour guide on site; the Construction Superintendent, Emiliano Cervini of Deltera (Tridel’s construction

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More than 80,000 Canadians will be doing this on June 30

According to moving company, Two Men and a Truck, the weekend of June 30 is the busiest moving time of the whole year. Every year, 4.4 million of the 37 million Canadians move into a new home (or roughly 1.5 million families).

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New mural unveiled at Grid Condos in Toronto

There are so many ways for a city to embrace and support public art, and we love it when the members of the new home industry go that extra mile to create something beautiful for the community in which they’re building. 

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Lucy Cameron of Diamondcorp Discusses The Well

As you probably noticed, the new home industry practically erupted when Diamondcorp, Allied, and RioCan introduced The Well via a slick, eye-catching website. As thorough as the website is, we just had to learn more, so we reached out to Lucy Cameron,

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Townhomes continue to be the affordable option for low-rise buyers Image

Townhomes continue to be the affordable option for low-rise buyers

The demand for new low-rise homes is almost out of control as inventory levels have fallen to record lows. According to RealNet Canada, there’s only about three months of inventory available across the Greater Toronto Area, based on 2015 sales trends.

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Toronto housing not a buyer’s market...yet

Now that the Greater Toronto Area’s (GTA) resale and new home markets are showing some signs of cooling, people are starting to wonder if it’s a buyer’s market, or whether it will be soon.First of all, why do people think the market is cooling? There are

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Thomas Liu and Jessica Wang of Lemine Group

Jessica Wang (L) and Thomas Liu (R)Hero names: Both are Executive DirectorsAllegiance: Lemine GroupSecret Identity: Thomas Liu and Jessica WangAge: 32 and 26 (respectively)Time Active: Both have been in the new home industry for eight months.Origin

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