Contact us for more information on how you can save money on your next Toronto condo purchase. We have exclusive VIP pricing options for select condo developments in the Toronto GTA.

The Carlaw is a mid rise residential condo and townhouse development project by Streetcar Development and Dundee Realty currently in pre construction located at 345 Carlaw Ave in Toronto.

Cloud9 Condominiums is a residential condo project developed by Lash Development Corp located at 60 Esther Lorrie Drive in Etobicoke. This project offers world class amenities but is modestly priced from $160,000.

Five St. Joseph is a highrise condominium tower that integrates the historic facade of 5 St. Joseph into this 45 storey modern point tower. Designed by award winning designer Harari Pontarini Architects Five St. Joseph is located at the SE corner of St. Joseph and St. Nicholas just west of Yonge Street in Toronto.

The Rushton is a mid rise residential condominium development set to be located in the St. Clair Ave. West strip currently under a revitalization plan. Enjoy the convenience of a street car stop right in front of the building and leave your car parked for the day.

500 St. Clair Avenue West is a high rise residential condo development project that is located on the NW corner of Bathurst and St Clair. With this area currently undergoing a revitalization 500 St. Clair Avenue West is at the vanguard and embodies the city of Torontos new plan to bring a higher density of construction and new urban dynamic to this mid town neighborhood.

Reve is a mid rise residential development condo project in Toronto located in the heart of downtown on King Street West. Centrally located, Reve boasts a plethora of activities within walking distance including many options for shopping, dining, nightlife and cultural attractions.

The Festival Tower is a highrise condo development project that will be home to the Bell Light Box a one of a kind film center that features world class arts screening facilities along with large conference spaces, restaurants and retail space.

But it does not stop there. Condos are being built at a record pace in North York, Markham, Richmond Hill, and Mississauga. Toronto wants to limit the amount of green space that is used for development. This means that more and more projects are infill developments. Older buildings are being replaced by new condo skyscrapers. Old parking lots are being turned into Condos with hotel like amenities.

Will this condo boom bust? Some people speculate that there are too many condos being built. Others say that there will be even more demand for condos as baby boomers become tired with the effort involved in maintaining their large homes in the suburbs. Some people think that baby boomers will be selling homesin the suburbs and then buying condos.

Some of the advantages of owning a condo include the “low maintenance” aspect of not having to shovel snow or cut the grass. In addition to less manual labour, many condos come with amenities like swimming pools, gyms, hot tubs, billiards and much more. Most condos can be accessed without going up stairs. Condos are also affordable for 1st time home buyers. Most condos are either 1 or 2 bedroom. This makes condos ideal for retired couples or young couples with not children.

Some of the disadvantages of owning a condo include a never-ending maintenance (condo) fee. These can be as much as $1000 a month, but typically they range from $300-$500 in Toronto. Other factors that might discourage buying a condo include living in the same building as other people, noise, smells, and the fact distance from your parking spot to your condo is typically not that close. Anything bought (groceries, shopping..) will need to be transported from your car to your condo.

Some people are “condo people”. They would be more than happy to spend their entire life in a condo. They don’t understand why anyone would want to live in a house. Other people are “house people”. They can’t believe that condo owners pay “those high condo fees” and they would never buy a condo. Why type of person are you?

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The lowest “average price” in the city of Toronto is in the area known as C01. The June average price was $429,623. This is almost $50,000 less than the overall average for the city. C01 has a lower average price because this area of the city contains many condos. Condos typically cost less than other types of housing such as detached and semi-detached homes. Area C01 is located West of Yonge St, south of Bloor St. and East of Dufferin St. The average condo in this area in June was $409,610 and there 464 condo sales in this area of Toronto.

“That’s still too much money to pay for a place to live” you say? Where is the least expensive place to buy a property in Toronto?

The least expensive place to by a condo in Toronto is in the area known as C11. In June, the average price was $224,753. This area is located on the west side of the Don Valley Parkway (Highway 404). It is South of Eglinton and east of Bayview. This area is close to business parks that are home to businesses such as Coca-Cola, The Salvation Army, and other large employers. If you want to buy a property for sale in Toronto and you are looking for a location that is close to highways, work opportunities and centrally located, this area might be good for you. The price indicated that there might be a reason that this is the lowest priced area in Toronto, so a buyer would need to do more research to determine why.

If you are not a condo person and are looking to buy a home in Toronto for less money, the least expensive place to by a semi-detached was in C06, at $398,250. C06 is located west of the Don river and North of the 401. It is just east of Allan Rd. Also close to highways, this area can be considered North York. North York is one of four larger areas of Toronto. Scarborough, Etobicoke, and Downtown Toronto are the other areas of the city.

C06 is also the least expensive place to buy a detached home in Toronto. The average price in June was $715,124. Can you believe that? The lowest average price for a detached home in Toronto was $715 thousand dollars?

Toronto is home to many different areas. Many have a different culture, different advantages and disadvantages. The best way to determine the best area of the city to live in would be to do a lot of research. You can talk to people who live in that area of Toronto and discover their opinions on the commute, local businesses, events. You can learn more about crime in the area or schools. You can also look at the TTC or Go Transit alternatives. It’s important to know all about the area you want to live in, before buying real estate in Toronto.

A great place to start searching for real estate for sale in Toronto is on PropertySold.ca. You can also contact a Toronto real estate agent in order to have them help you buy a home. PropertySold.ca contains real estate listings from home owners, real estate agents, and builders and developers. Feel free to find the home you want to buy and call the number on the listing to find out more information about the property for sale.

All this week we will be featuring information on Real Estate for sale in Toronto. Stay tuned for more information on Real Estate for Sale in Toronto.

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It appears that the recent change in mortgage rules has had no affect on the real estate market. Buyers are still borrowing a record amount of money at record low interest rates. Sellers are still receiving bidding wars and high prices for their homes. Over the past 10 years, the average price in Toronto has increased from $251,508 to $467,169. This is an increase of $215,661 or 85% (an average of 8.5% per year.)

Although the real estate market shows no sign of slowing down, if this same increase is projected over the next 10 years, the average price would be $863,000 in 2021. Some people point out that changing demographics, and higher interest rates will make it difficult for the real estate market to continue growing at the same pace it has for the past 10 years. But does that mean that you should not buy a home?

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Our ultimate goal is to continue to work to make PropertySold.ca the best Canadian Real Estate Website. We set clear and precise plans for our Real Estate Website. They include continuing to dominate the online real estate search results, offer outstanding customer service, and being the Canadian source for real estate new listings and real estate news.

The real estate market is made up of home sellers, home buyers, real estate agents, and new home builders and developers. Each of these groups has their own goals. Sellers want terrific exposure for their home for sale without paying too much money in real estate commissions and fees (Our FSBO package starts at $49.95 and an MLS package is available for only $499.95). Home buyers want to be able to find their next home online (more than 5,000 properties can be found at PropertySold.ca). Buyers want to be able see private home listings as well as Realtor listings. Real estate agents want to be able to expose their listings, and themselves. Real Estate Agents want to offer excellent customer service to their client, but also have their work lead to new clients in order to keep their business running. Our website has built in Social Networking for Real Estate Agents: Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube links for Real Estate Agents. New home builders and developers are looking for a way to find buyers and stand out from the crowd. New Home Developers can advertise their model homes in order to sell inventory homes or sell from plan.

Since 2004 PropertySold.ca has dominated Online Canadian Real Estate Search Results. Because we now offer excellent value and results to the entire spectrum of real estate groups, our website listings are growing exponentially. If you are a seller, an agent, or a new home developer, you now have an opportunity to take advantage of our search engine optimization and discover want the internet can do for you.

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Home values are very important. They play a very key factor in obtaining home equity lines of credit. When home values are high, they can lead to a consumer spending more discretionary income (for example, when you think you have made an extra $100,000 on your house, you tend to spend more.) So high home values actually help the economy. The reverse can also be true as we are seeing in the USA. In America, many home owners are underwater (in a negative equity position: mortgages larger than the home is worth). This has led to the American consumer choosing to save more money and spend less.

The important qualities of home values are that they are not static, or guaranteed. They can change from month to month and they can change very quickly. They are also not guaranteed, in that, just because someone paid $400,000 for the home up the street, does not necessarily mean that another buyer will pay $400,000 for your home. Each home is unique and each buyer is unique. However, most people will say that their home is worth “X” because a home down the street sold for “X”. Most people will have an inflated value of their home’s worth. The dangerous aspect of an inflated value is when home owners withdraw equity from their homes based on this inflated worth. It’s only when they need to sell, that they realize their home is worth $50,000 less than they thought, plus they need to pay another $20,000 in realtor fees when they sell.

How to know the real value of my home?

The real value of your home will only be known when you actually sell your home. Before that, you can only estimate the value of your home.

Bank Appraisal:

If you are considering re-financing your home, the bank will usually perform an appraisal. We have found that the value that a bank put’s on the home for re-financing tends to be high. In one instance, a home was listed for sale for $520K and did not sell. After not selling, the owner refinanced and the bank appraised the value at $570K. How can a home that could not sell at $520K, be worth $570K? So even if a bank tells you your home is worth “X”, it does not mean that your home is worth “X”.

Real Estate Fair Market Analysis:

Nearly all real estate agents will offer “Free Market Analysis” to consumers. This tag line “Free Market Analysis” is used in many real estate agent advertising (bus benches, newspaper ads, billboards). Real estate agents use this offer to “get their foot in the door”. They want to meet as many people as possible in hopes of landing a new client.

A real estate agent’s “Free fair market analysis” comprises of printing comparable listings in order to come to an approximate value. There is a significant “room for error” in all Free Fair Market Analyisis completed by real estate agents who are trying to gain you as a customer. There is a high probability that the “analysis” will be bias. For example, if you had 3 real estate agents providing you with an analysis in hopes of getting your listings, most likely they would show you “selective” comparables with high selling prices. Potential sellers tend to use the real estate agent whom they think will get them the most money when they sell. “But wouldn’t the agent just be waisting their time by over pricing the home?” Of course they would, but what typically happens is that the seller’s get fed up, reduces their price and sells. Experienced agents know that this is just a part of the real estate business.

Do your own “Comparative Market Analysis”.

This is the best suggestion for knowing what your home is worth. First find the sold prices by calling a real estate agent. Tell them that you want all the recent sold prices from your neighbourhood. After you
obtain the sold prices, you can make your own mathematical and rational decisions. If there is an exactly similar home sold, in the same neighbourhood, then it will be easy to determine your value. If there is a slightly similar home, then add or subtract the differences. You can find the price of an upgraded bathroom kitchen or floors at Renova.ca. For example if the home that sold has a new kitchen, then you would subtract the price of a new kitchen from the sold price.

Always compare apples to apples. You should always take important factors into consideration when finding the value of real estate. Backing onto railway tracks will reduce value. Fronting on a major street will reduce the value. Living next to a gas station will reduce the value. So make sure that the home you are comparing your home to has similar interior and exterior features.

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Our new and improved website platform launched approximately 2 months ago. Our new real estate advertising website has many new home advertising packages available.

Real Estate Agent Advertising:

Our website has options for real estate agents to post their client’s homes for sale. This allows real estate agents to access buyers, that they would not traditionally find through MLS. PropertySold.ca’s listing show up at the top of Google search results. Agents can access these buyers with an advertisement on PropertySold.ca
Agents are finding new buyers for their homes for sale. Agents can also connect their PropertySold.ca listings to their MLS listings, plus provide Social Networking for their listings through twitter, Facebook, youtube and more!

For Sale By Owner MLS Advertising:

Our new real estate advertising website’s interface includes the option for private sellers, or people who want to take more control of their home sale and save money, to post an advertisement on PropertySold.ca and have the option to post their home on MLS.ca/Reator.ca though a licences real estate brokerage.

This package let’s homeowners advertise on MLS (through our partner brokerage) so that buyers who find the home on MLS.ca/Realtor.ca are able to visit the Real Estate Agent’s website to obtain more photos and information about the home, plus contact the seller directly. This MLS option has become very popular for our customers. They want to sell their home and save money. Plus they want the largest advertising exposure possible.

New Homes and Condos

Builders and developers can also advertise their properties on PropertySold.ca. A new home builder wants to expose their properties to the most buyers and this is why they choose PropertySold.ca. There are approximately 180,000 new homes built in Canada each year. Developers often do not place the home for sale or the home to be built on MLS, but they still need exposure in order to find buyers for their homes. PropertySold.ca’s website attracts buyers to our website.

ProeprtySold.ca is no longer a standard For Sale By Owner website. Where there are hundreds of FSBO websites appealing to people who want to sell their home with no commission and no agents. We have differentiated, and distanced, ourselves from those outdated business models. We provide more, and offer more, because it takes more to sell a home. Real estate agents and home sellers need to be connected to social networks. They need access to MLS. They need top search engine ranking for their listings, their home, and themselves. PropertySold.ca provides all this to our customers and they love it!

If you are looking to find buyers, be connected, get offers, and sell your home, then the first place to start is PropertySold.ca!

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Real Estate home sellers have usually invested a lot of time and money into their home. After most people purchase a home, they want to complete renovations in order to upgrade their home. This is especially true in urban centres like Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, and Scarborough, where older homes are being purchased and fixed up. Buying and renovating also occurs in newer urban centres such as Mississauga and Brampton. In Brampton and Mississauga, where the home was perhaps built in the 80′s or 90′s might just need a new kitchen, floors and paint versus having to rewire or do structural repairs. Either way you look at it, typically most home buyers tend to invest in their home to make it better.

As everyone knows, renovations can be very expensive, so it comes as no surprise that when it comes time to sell, home owners want to keep as much money as possible.

The Easiest Way To Save Money When Selling Real Estate:

Because home owner want to keep as much money as possible from the sale of their home, they usually choose to try to save money on the real estate commissions when they sell. Real Estate commissions are negotiable, but tend to average 5% (on the high side) and 3.5% (on the low side). Their percentage equates to a large amount of money. On a $400,000 home, 5% is $20,000 and 3.5% is $14,000. Plus home sellers need to pay taxes (HST in ON and BC!!) on those commissions.

Home owners who want to save on Real Estate fees usually consider selling their home themselves. They will advertise, negotiate, and then use a lawyer to review the contract and close the deal. Because Real Estate Agents are typically responsible for the advertising of a property for sale, when you don’t use an agent, home sellers need to advertise the home themselves. For that, they come to PropertySold.ca

For Sale By Owner MLS Exposure For $499, No Hidden Fees, No Extra Costs:

For Sale By Owners want to expose their home for sale to the most amount of people with spending the least amount of fees. If you are located in Canada you will want your home to be shown on MLS.ca (or Realtor.ca).

PropertySold.ca partnered with a Toronto Based Real Estate Brokerage Located in Vaughan. Our partnership allows For Sale By Owner home sellers to advertise their property on MLS.ca. This service was integrated with our new website, launched a few weeks ago. How is it going? AMAZING!

Get Listed on the Canada MLS For a Flat Fee

PropertySold.ca’s customers are estatic about being able to advertise on MLS.ca for a small fee. In the past few weeks we have had 40 customers choose the option to post on MLS.ca. Each day this number is growing by leaps and bounds. Here is a link to the properties being advertised on MLS by our partner Brokerage.

With the launch of our new website, Real Estate Agents are able to take advantage of our search engine technology and get their listing to the top of real estate searches. Everyone knows that when a home is posted on MLS.ca, it is not indexed in Google. When a home buyer searches for the agent’s listing on Google, the MLS.ca listing is nowhere to be found.

Now agents can post on PropertySold.ca and find more buyers. Here is an example of an agent posting on PropertySold.ca:

http://quebec.propertysold.ca/montreal/7320/774-rue-versailles

When a home buyer searches for “774 Rue Versailles”, the PropertySold.ca listing is the top result (actually, the top 3 results!).

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Our website traffic has increased and our new listings have been shown in our Alberta Search Results more than 40,000 times and received an average of 400+ visitors to their listing(s) in the first 2 weeks of being advertised on PropertySold.ca

The main driver of buyers to our site is people looking for homes online. More than 90% of home buyers begin their search online and our website shows up at the top of search results for thousands of real estate searches. This is why buyers come to our website and this is why sellers advertise on our website.

For example, a buyer looking for “Alberta real estate”, “For sale by owner Alberta”, “land for sale in Alberta” or “Acreages for sale in Alberta”, will most likely see our website at the top and visit our website. Even city specific searches such as “for sale by owner Calgary”, “Calgary Real Estate Listings” or “houses for sale in Edmonton”, “Edmonton Real Estate Listings”. Even when a buyer searches on YouTube for a “home for sale in Sundre“, then will see a PropertySold.ca listing.

The Alberta real estate market has seen a significant drop in real estate sales since the peak in 2007. The predictions from banks and real estate companies show that the Alberta Real Estate Market is becoming more affordable that real estate prices in Alberta should stabilize and perhaps increase slightly in 2011 if the job numbers improve. The Calgary Real Estate Board is predicting sales growth of 15-20% in 2011.

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We saw another spike in Real Estate website visitors yesterday (23,665), when the Canadian Government announced “New Mortgage Rules” for the Canadian real estate market.

PropertySold.ca has become a very important source of real estate information and real estate news in Canada. Our record level of internet real estate traffic is resulting in more exposure for our private real estate properties for sale and this is resulting in more sold homes.

We will continue to work hard at answering your real estate questions and providing the best exposure for our properties for sale.

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- No more 35 year amortizations (for people with less than 20% down)
- Maximum amount of re-finance is 85% of home value
- Government will not insure HELOCs

Let’s look at the big change: No More 35 Year Amortizations

This change will have the most profound impact on sellers and buyers over the next 60 days.

Sellers:

LIST ASAP: if you are thinking about selling and were planning on listing in March, perhaps think again. A large chunk of buyers (the ones with less than 20% down) will be able to afford less of a mortgage starting on March 18th. This means that the pool of buyers for your home, just shrank! If you are thinking about listing. Then it could be wise to do it ASAP in order to make sure your pool of buyers doesn’t shrink.

PRICE RIGHT!: This might not be the time “test the market with your dream price”. There could be a flood of listings coming onto the market in order to sell before the mortgage rules change. The homes priced right will sell while buyers can still qualify for 35 year mortgages. The homes that don’t sell face a smaller pool of buyers after March 18th.

Buyers:

WAIT? It’s hard to have an good opinion for buyers. Here are some facts and you can make up your own mind: Home prices are at an all time high. There might be a lot of people trying to buy before the rules take affect (these are the people who really want to pay a high price for a home and pay interest for 35 years). When a lot of people buy, home prices usually go up (even higher).

PRICES COMING DOWN? No one can predict that. Some people sit on the fence for years and waiting for a crash while prices increase 5-10% a year. Some people buy their dream home regardless of price. Some real estate professionals say “better buy now or be priced out forever”. Once the rules change, who knows what will happen to prices or demand. Although the math says that people can afford less home when they can only choose a 30 year amort vs a 35 year amort, this does not guarantee that prices will drop.

So there seems to be more question marks for Buyers than for Sellers.

It’s going to be an interesting spring home market in Canada!

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$500 Million is the total value of all the property sold on our website to date. Since we launched in 2004, we have consistently strived to become Canada’s Most Visited Real Estate Website. Whether it has been providing excellent exposure for our properties for sale (we now receive 20,000 visitors per day!), or providing real estate help and information, or our up-to-the-minute real estate news information, we have always, and continue to have, a passion for Canadian Real Estate.

Our growth over the past year has been extraordinary and we forecast passing one billion dollars in Real Estate Sales within the next 2 years!

Happy Selling Everyone!

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Buyers can also continue to the Seller’s private listing website in order to obtain more information about the property for sale.

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PropertySold.ca is a popular Real Estate Listing Website in Canada however we charge a small fee for advertising your property for sale. Our real estate advertising packages cost $59.95 to $149.95 depending on the package. We include a professional lawn sign with our Featured Plus Package.

One question a smart seller might have is why would I pay for a real estate advertising when Kijiji is free? This is an excellent question….

Our answer would be that we show up at the top of search engines for most Canadian Real Estate Search terms such as “real estate”, “For sale by owner”, “real estate listings”… so our website is devoted only to real estate and we attract website visitors who are only interested in Real Estate: Buyers, Sellers.

But the most important factor would be that we provide more exposure for our properties for sale. Here is an example of the number of visitors from a Kijiji ad vs the number of visitors from a PropertySold.ca ad:

As you can see above, the same property received 1860 visits to their PropertySold.ca listing compared to 209 visits to their Kijiji ad.

So ultimately when you are paying to advertise on PropertySold.ca you are receiving more exposure for your property for sale.

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Canadian Real Estate Videos on YouTube

So far we have uploaded 13 videos on a number or real estate related topics including:

Advertising a Home on a Canadian Real Estate Listing Website

What is “For Sale By Owner” in Canada and How Can I Sell My Home Privately

How To Get The “Lowest Mortgage Rate” in Canada

Videos are a great way to explain the different aspects of selling a home privately or with an agent. We admit our first few videos may not be as exciting as a Hollywood blockbuster, but like everything, the more you do it, the better you get! Stay tuned for many more videos on Real Estate in Canada.

Real Estate Youtube Channel

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PropertySold.ca is looking for people who are positive, enthusiastic, love real estate, and love helping people. If you have these qualities and want to start a new career and grow along side Canada’s fast growing real estate website, then we want you on our team.

PropertySold.ca began operations in 2004. Since then we have slowly built our company into the number one internet marketing real estate website in Canada. Our website visitors and new listings have increased dramatically in the last 6 months. Our website visitors have increased to more than 30,000 per day and our new listings have grown by more than 200%. We are looking for people to become an active participant in our growth.

The position involves providing information about our products and services to our customers and potential customers, either in-person, over the phone, or through email. You will schedule in-home appointments, take photos, install lawn signs, and develop your territory. The successful candidate will have access to their own transportation, and computer. Past real estate experience or an active real estate license, is an asset.

If you have a passion for real estate, helping people, and growing your career, please email your resume to william@propertysold.ca.

We received 31,205 website visitors yesterday! This is up from our previous record 21,042.

Canadian home sellers advertise their homes for sale on PropertySold.ca in order to receive excellent visibility for their properties. As more and more buyers use Propertysold.ca to find their next home, our home sellers receive more success. We have been working hard at growing our website visitors. Since June 2010, our website visitors have trippled. We are on our way to becoming the most popular For Sale By Owner real estate website in Canada.

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We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Thank You For Your Patience in this manner.

Best Regards,
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Enjoy and be Safe!

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Buyers can choose to go to one bank and get a mortgage quote. This can involve a credit check done by the bank on the buyer(s). Once you receive a mortgage quote from one bank, you can then take that to other banks to see if they will offer a lower rate. These other banks will most likely also do a credit check on the buyers(s).

Instead of going from bank to bank yourself, you can hire a Mortgage Agent. A Mortgage Agent will do one credit check (so your score is not harmed from multiple checks). A Mortgage Agent is not paid directly by the buyer. A Mortgage Agent receives their compensation from the bank that gives the mortgage. A Mortgage Agent works with up to 25 different banks to find the best rate for their clients.

Abraham has been in the Mortgage business for 11 years. His contact information is:

Abraham Niyazi
416-993-4082
1-866-728-3708 ex. 115
abraham_niyazi@centum.ca
abraham.n@propertysold.ca
Centum One
Mortgage Lic#M08010640

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Who says that December is a slow month for real estate?

PropertySold.ca’s daily website visitors reached another record yesterday, when 21,042 people visited our site. If you have been following this blog, you will know that the number of people visiting PropertySold.ca has increased significantly over the past few months.

In August we showed that our website visitors had increased to 13,000 per day.

Our September monthly visitors were up 17% from 2009 levels.

On November 9th we set another record with 15,599 visitors.

And since then, we have increased to 16,812, 18,622, and now our current record of 21,042 visitors.

Setting records is fun! We are looking forward to a fantastic 2011!

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When a buyer is looking for their next home, the internet is the place where they start looking. Buyers start their search online, usually with Google. Buyers also visit MLS.ca® (which came up #2 on our google search). “Real Estate” is the most popular search term. In the search that we did, there were 890 million results and PropertySold.ca was number 1. That’s quite good! We also show up number 1 for “For Sale By Owner”.

One of the main goals in selling a home is making sure that everyone sees the home for sale. You can do this by being on PropertySold.ca (You can also now be on MLS.ca® with our recent partnership: www.listmenow.ca). The first step is making sure that buyers find your home. The other steps involving having a fair price and a great looking home with desirable features.

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Since June there has been a drop in sales in most Canadian markets, however it appears that the amount of the decrease is slowing, from mid 20% declines in the summer to only 16% in October and now only 13% in November. New listings are not really taking off, which means the supply and demand remains stable. This is leading to higher prices.

PropertySold also had stellar numbers in November. Our listings grew to 260 new homes for sale in November and our average website traffic grew to close to 19,000 per day (We received 18,959 visitors yesterday: Another record!).

Looks like the real estate market is going full steam ahead. People keep saying “what goes up, must come down”, but the November Stats certainly don’t paint that picture. We can all speculate on what will happen in 2011.

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18,622 was the number of website visitors to PropertySold.ca yesterday!!! While this seems amazing enough for us, what makes it spectacular is that our traffic on Monday was 16,812 and our traffic on Tuesday was 17,944. This is an increase of almost 1,000 new visitors per day.

All our website visitors yesterday had the first opportunity to see the Times Realty Group Inc. Real Estate Brokerage MLS® package available at listmenow.ca which also includes a Featured Listing on PropertySold.ca for only $499 + Taxes.

We feel that this is a fantastic package for the home seller who wants a flat fee mls® package in order to sell their home and not pay a high commission rate. All of our PropertySold.ca customers want to sell their home privately and still receive excellent exposure. Now our customers can choose to be on PropertySold.ca and Realtor.ca®/MLS.ca®. This ensures that the private seller’s home for sale is seen by anyone looking for a home on Realtor.ca®/Mls.ca® and anyone looking for a home for sale on PropertySold.ca, or a buyer searching on google, yahoo, bing….

All PropertySold.ca’s listings are indexed in Google and usually show up in the top search results. So if you are a seller and you want to reach buyers on the internet, a PropertySold.ca listing is a must!

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The CREA rules that were announced in October have resulted in many calls to us at PropertySold.ca. Many people are asking us about selling their home in Toronto, and other areas of Canada with a Flat Fee MLS® package. It seems that a lot of people want to be on MLS® and pay a “Flat Fee” for a mere posting or for other services.

PropertySold.ca is a Toronto based Flat Fee “For Sale By Owner” advertising company. Only a licensed real estate brokerage is able to list a property on the MLS® for a Flat Fee.

We are proud to announce our partnership with Times Realty Group Inc, a Toronto based Real Estate Brokerage. Times Realty will be offering PropertySold.ca’s customers the opportunity to list on MLS® for a flat fee of $499 + Taxes. This fee also includes a Featured Listing on PropertySold.ca, Canada’s premier For Sale By Owner real estate advertising website.

The partner brokerage will allow our customers to list on MLS® for a flat fee and still maintain their right to sell privately. If you are in the Greater Toronto Area, or anywhere else in Canada and you wish to sell your home on MLS® for a Flat Fee of $499, please feel free subscribe at ListMeNow.ca or click on the image below.

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More Buyers = More Sold Homes

Our new listings have increased by more than 100% in November. It’s great to see our new listings coming from cities all over Canada including: Richmond Hill, Toronto, Edmonton, Brampton, Etobicoke, Halifax, Oakville, Medicine Hat, Saskatoon…

To see all our new listings, please click here.

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As the most popular Canadian For Sale By Owner company on Twitter, PropertySold.ca can help you get the most internet exposure for your property for sale. Selling your home involves many different factors including online exposure, lawn signs and directional signs, a fair price, and a home that buyers want to buy! PropertySold.ca helps our customers get the internet exposure and lawn sign exposure that sellers need to attract buyers. Our website receives more than 16,000 unique visitors per day and now we have more than 1,000 followers on Twitter!

In addition to our Twitter followers, we have also been “Listed” in 29 different real estate related lists on Twitter.

To visit our Twitter page, you can visit:

https://twitter.com/propertysoldca

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PropertySold.ca’s website traffic has also spiked since CREA changed their MLS rules. We did have approximately 11,000 unique visitors per day in September and now we have 16,000 unique visitors per day!

PropertySold.ca has been a Sale By Owner website since 2004 and we have helped thousands of Canadians sell their home privately and save commission. We have slowly grown our website visitors and our homes for sale by owner. However, it seems like recently, we have taken off and we are growing very quickly. Many of our new Sale By Owner listings are coming from all over Canada. Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, BC and Ontario are our most popular provinces.

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PropertySold.ca has added 157 new listings in the first 15 days of November. We are on pace for more than 300 new listings in November. In addition, we just reached more than 16,000 unique visitors yesterday, which is an all time record for us! (We were at 11,000 unique visitors only one month ago!)

It looks like there is no sign of a slow down in the real estate market. Even though MLS sold numbers decreased by 16%, this is still the smallest decrease in the last 5 months (plus November 2009 was a particularly active month for MLS sales), Propertysold.ca numbers are all up as well.

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