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Announcing Chairman’s Club 2009

December 17, 2009

I am thrilled to announce that I have once again ranked in the top 1% of Canada’s residential sales force of over 14,000 Royal LePage agents.

What’s New in Toronto?

Foreigners in Canada and Toronto

March 10, 2010

A report called “Projections of the diversity of the Canadian population” just released by Statistics Canada predicts that the number of foreign born population in our country in following 20 years will keep on significantly increasing. The share of the non white minority is expected to rise from the current 29 to 32 percent in 2031. The largest visible minority group in Canada will be the South Asians, according to the report.

Toronto: Past, Present, Future

March 9, 2010

Old and New by Gordan

As you all (or at least the Torontian readers) probably know, Toronto has been celebrating its 176th birthday recently. Well, happy birthday !!! As a gift, or maybe just to celebrate this jubilee, the interactive website of Toronto Museum Project was launched on Saturday, with some help of Mayor David Miller.

Rise of Housing Starts

March 9, 2010

Photo by Christian Stangier

In February, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of total housing starts grew by 66.3 percent to 34,100 units. That is according to preliminary housing starts data released yesterday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Chimichanga

March 9, 2010

• Adress: 70 Yorkville (Lower Level), Toronto

• Contact: (416) 546-1246

Located downstairs at 70 Yorkville, Chimichanga is the newest and best Mexican restaurant in Toronto. Sister to the Yonge and Eglinton eatery, this smaller and quieter version has a similar menu but is just a little more chic than uptown.

The Lobster Trap

March 9, 2010

• Adress: Avenue Road, North of Lawrence

• Contact: (416) 787-3211

If you grew up in Toronto and are a boomer you will remember The Lobster Trap. Located a couple of blocks north of Lawrence on Avenue Road, this was one of a few places we all went for a fancy Sunday night for dinner. The lineups went outside the door and if you were like most families you didn’t make a reservation. But the wait was worth it. That was 30 years ago or more.

Ontarians On Housing and Economy

March 8, 2010

92 percent of Ontario residents believe that purchasing a new home is a good investment, the 17th Annual Homeownership Survey conducted in January by Royal Bank Canada suggests. 34 percent of them will even probably purchase a new house or condo in the next two years, which is a 4 percent growth from last year.

Cyndi Lauper in Toronto

March 8, 2010

Cyndi Lauper

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!!! Correct, and I’m not only saying that because today is International Women’s Day – by the way, Happy Women’s Day, ladies. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is also one of the biggest hits of the lady, whom you will be able to see in Toronto this summer. Yes, Cyndi Lauper is coming here!

Loan Servicing Fraud

March 7, 2010

Need to be very careful
with your lender
by Filippo

My real estate scam series continues right now with this article dealing with Loan Servicing Fraud. In case you want to know what exactly it is, how to recognize it, or how to protect yourself, read on.

Loan Servicing Fraud only happens if a loan is taken from a lender who is not quite honest, with doubtful background and practices. Usually, or at least most often, this type of fraud occurs with subprime lending. Also, first time buyers might be more endangered.

Canadian Recovery Report

March 6, 2010

Export grows faster by jgmorard

More positive news about the Canadian recovery! Read them in the new Capital Points report by the Scotia Capital published yesterday. Canada “has entered a solid recovery”, it says. The start of our recovery is comparable to the pace of that of the US, according to the report. However, it is said to be of higher quality and through “more broadly based sources of contribution”.

Miller Not Happy About the Federal Budget

March 5, 2010

Not happy about the federal budget
by Victor Bezrukov

As I mentioned in my last article, the new federal budget was just unveiled. This fact has brought quite a strong, and not really happy, reaction of Toronto Mayor David Miller. The reason of his dissatisfaction with the budget is that it only includes a couple of request of our city.