It's been sold haha. Comparative 18x130' lots in that area were double the price ($1M+, instead of $500K). The house is on the east side of Christie St just north of Barton.

What do you think? https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/16444238/141-CHRISTIE-ST-Toronto-Ontario-M6G3B3-Annex I can almost afford this dump, but don't have the extra $600K to spend on building a modern custom house... but man it doesn't get closer to a major park, subway station...

^^My banker, my parents' banker and at least 2 of our real estate agents would disagree; they all believe a correction is imminent, due to the recent surge in prices in Vancouver/Toronto. I actually held off on a small investment purchase with a friend to see what happens to the market during...

I'm very picky about condos (must be a south-facing corner unit), and will likely pick a unit where the kitchen is also where I want it to be, which is near the center/hearth of the space This is an example Actually d) is just c) but with an extendable table and fold-up seats used only for...

Just wondering what member preferences are for condos. For a 1+den around 650sf, would you prefer a) b) c) d) a) -too traditional for my tastes b) -island with half-wall can hide countertop mess while leaving the fancy millwork and built-in appliances visible and preserve open concept...

But buses are ghetto... I rather have am empty row on a train to myself than have reclining seats on a crowded bus. Hate how politics is making waste of a well-situated existing train station in favor of building a new one in a relatively remote location. It makes as much sense as having half...

Why does Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, etc get all-day train service every 20-30 min even on weekends, at each of their lonely auto-dependent park-and-rides, when Hamilton GO, only 15 min further from Union, located smack in the downtown of the biggest city in Southern Ontario besides Toronto/Ottawa...

how would a major correction not benefit a homebuyer?

I'm interested in this unit below, but can't find any price numbers for it?

Seems like a lot of you a overpaying. I'm renting a south-facing studio apartment with a large balcony in Village Green for $1000

I'm quite in love with this idea below, but have no idea if it can work in this climate? There are tons of exterior green walls in Vancouver, but I have yet to see any in Toronto.

I was thinking that the den is merely separated from the main space via sliding glass walls (maybe frosted), so that it's not a little room but an alcove most of the time (when not used as a capsule hotel room)

A huge proportion of the condos in Toronto aren't located centrally or even in a walkable area. There is more than enough former retail/industrial areas, avenues, low-rise apartments, parking lots, etc in Toronto to sustain this pace of ill-planned condo development for a few centuries. This...

Memph, the fact that condo and house prices are increasing at the same rate per built square foot only points to the fact that it's the condos that are overpriced. Most of the value of a SFH is in the land since it's a finite resource, whereas more condos can always be built, especially in this...

Or buy a house with a squatter living in it so they can take care of it for you for free!

So why aren't more people scooping up them $500 houses? Better yet a $100 lot, so you don't have to spend money knocking the structure down (one would be a fool to try to make the house inhabitable and rent it out). Many have back-taxes, but that can be avoided if you buy through the city...

Yeah I think I missed the train. Have 2 friends who had their condos go from ~$240k to ~$280k in the past 1-2 years. Not worth it anymore.

...While renting in downtown Toronto until the market deflates... does that seem like a good idea? Not really ready to drop $400k on a shoebox, but $200k I can do right now and build some capital for when the time comes...

If it's possible to delete that wall between living/dining (I have a feeling it's structural tho) My philosophy is to never hide the corner in a corner unit.

lol, the image was my suggestion for your layout. Notice it's no longer a 2-br unit but 1-br... ;)