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Where do you get your real estate news from?

patrick said:
People on this forum seem really well informed about the Toronto real estate market, especially the condo developments. I'm just wondering where people like to get their real estate news from.

Which of the daily newspapers is best?

What good websites do you get your news from?
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I try to keep an up-to-date record of real estate news on my blog, http://blog.buzzbuzzhome.com.

It is updated as we find new articles, and in our conversations with developers, real-estate agents, and other insiders. However, we do respect the confidential nature of much of the information, and try to not post any gossip or rumours unless the developer gives us the go-ahead.

If the article mentions any new developments in Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver, we link them to our map of all new developments in each city (www.buzzbuzzhome.com).

Here are some other sources I enjoy checking out daily:
All major newspapers (too many to list)
http://www.globizenproperty.com/
http://truecondos.com/
http://savelblogs.com/
http://toreal.blogs.com/
http://www.movesmartly.com/
http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/

R.

M.
 
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urbandreamer said:
I get my real estate news from the Drake. Or Paradise strip club at Bloor and Lansdowne. Seriously, both places are crawling with real estate agents, including BJL and crew....
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it's sad but very true ... you can even see this behaviour displayed on the tv show.
 
scanning Condo Guide/Condo Life Magazines as well as regular browsing of builder's websites help ~
 
Yossi Kaplan said:
We get our news directly from developers, who call us to inform of new projects, changes, upcoming, etc, and we post them on our sites:

www.UrbanRealtyToronto.com

www.YorkvilleLuxuryRealEstate.com
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:rolleyes: Really?? because i've noticed the stuff you have up on the site can pretty much be found in Condo Guide or other "VIP" Sales Reps' website, etc.

anyways, nice site. nice videos (some awkward moments in interviews with the mic) but it's definitely different and eye catching (good marketing strategy, perhaps).
 
patrick said:
It seems like there's almost as many news sources as news consumers :)
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I wouldn't go that far. There are a lot of sources out there, and you just need to narrow down what type of news you are interested in finding our more about. Then bookmark your favorite 8 or 10 sources, and check them for 20 minutes daily....

From my research there are eight main types of online site for "news":
(i) Amalgamations of news stories: these provide short snippets of news stories, which link to the actual articles. They can be called blogs or dailies. That is what my blog does, (here), it also contains some original content (maybe 20% such as "development updates" and "construction updates", "eBlast updates" and general opinion pieces). I first started it for fun, because being in land-development, I was spending countless hours per week tracking what was going on, and thought it would be a great tool for others to use.
(ii) Amalgamations of interesting stories, related to design and architecture (check here.)
(iii) Search engines, such as Google News, which you can type in any variable of key-words to find the most relevant news from the sources that it scrapes. This is an excellent source of news if you have the time. Check here.
(iv) Agent blogs, with great news directly from developers, and interesting thoughts on the state of the market and what is selling.
(v) Agent sites that simply regurgitate marketing material from developments and advertorials from CondoGuide (and other such advertisement-magazines), in an attempt to trick potential purchasers to contacting them for more information on that specific development (for example, type in ANY development name into Google, and see the agents that come up... check it here). I find these lame, and contain mainly outdated information.
(vi) Forums, such as Urban Toronto, which contain a great wealth of insight into projects. This is mainly opinion based, but also contains links to news stories which people discuss.
(vii) Social media sites, which bring the "news" to you. For example, check Twitter's search tool, and type "real-estate filter:links... click here)
(viii) The actual newspaper sites (no further comments needed here)

iSlutsky
 
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argos said:
:rolleyes: Really?? because i've noticed the stuff you have up on the site can pretty much be found in Condo Guide or other "VIP" Sales Reps' website, etc.

anyways, nice site. nice videos (some awkward moments in interviews with the mic) but it's definitely different and eye catching (good marketing strategy, perhaps).
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We don't copy the paid-media, we get our source directly from the developers so they may be some similarities. Sometimes they copy from us... I've found my own articles copied and regurgitated many times, flattery is a from of compliment, right?

We put huge daily effort into our sites, and try to keep it real and stay respectful to everyone involved, glad it shows.

thanks!
 
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