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i find the name kinda strange, it's up there with "Love Condo". is this project targeting female buyers? interesting how the Star just came up with an article about female home buyers today...

nice to hear teeple involved. in that rendering, is that brown finish brick, wood, or cor-ten?

ponyboy: thanks for further sharing. I am especially interested about this because a friend of mine also expressed desire to live in leslieville. I personally am not familiar with the area. I've driving through it and I remember seeing a nice stretch along Queen St E. your financial/saving...

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just chiming in on the discussion, with $800k mortgage, that assumes you have at least 20% deposit ($200k) if you dont want to pay mortgage insurance. that means Leslieville is selling for around a million. I think that sounds reasonable for that area in this still hot market. I live in North...

very gotham city feel. excellent photo!

^ were there any upgrades done to the unit?

I would personally suggest Yonge-Finch area. Lots of old and new/rebuilt detached (depending how much you want to spend, but the most rundown bungalow would cost you $600k). Close to subway, vibrant street life along Yonge, highly desired schools for children in the area.

daveto: thanks for the analysis. it will be interesting to see how interest rate will change in the next few years. i have a dumb question, what is stopping the government from keeping the interest rate low all the time?

daveto: thanks for your comments First: That is true, but I'm trying to think in an investor's mind. They see the property prices rise 10% year-over-year, that would certainly cover the transaction cost. Not that I'm condoning their decision to speculate, but I can see why investors do it. It...

cdr: thanks for doing the math. i didn't realize it is that bad of a situation these days. Although 4.5% 5-years is kinda high but i understand you are probably considering the outlook for the entire 25 years. But you should understand that for an investor, they would probably not hold on to it...

700 sqft 1+1 @ $550/sf is $385,000. That is pretty steep. The den better be big enough to work as a second bedroom to recoup some extra rental money. There are lots of young professionals/students that share 1+1 units. I'm guessing $1000 for the bedroom and $800 for the den. That's $1800 a month...

Nice, I expect my Chinese people set up tents camping for days ahead of the first day of sale. Even though I am not superstitious at all, I would be interested to buy the 8th floor, unit 8. --> 88 - 808 Sheppard Ave East.

I totally agree with the commuting part. The in-ward migration is happening and it affected my decision to move away from the suburbs to being near the subway line.

^ just give it PATH access

I don't think it's the 'win' mentally, but the 'exhausted' mentally that people spend tons of time searching only to find each offer they put in gets out-bidded. People are just tired and settling to pay more than what it is worth. This is also due to low selling stock. I went through the...

Tuscani01: did you also include property tax? that works to about $200/month. I really doubt an average small family would rent an apartment for $2500/month. Does that include parking and storage?

I'll be there tomorrow. Random fact: Maroon 5 is performing tomorrow night at the Opening Keynote for GreenBuild at ACC.

Pros: facing Queen, decent living and dining space, little wasted space Cons: interior bedroom, long and narrow entrance does not give the best first impression, building without many units = higher maintenance fees in the long run (may not be your concern if you sell within first couple of...

407 was built using tax money, then sold off. no way a private company would have funded to build the 407 from the beginning