July 2012
3 posts
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom nice house - $1.00... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=12132700&PidKey=286875431
We should be so lucky to see more listings like this one pop up.
3 bedroom, 2 Bathroom totally reno’d house in a great area for $1.00. Either the agent is a genius, or is awesome at typos and not reviewing his work.
I’ve always said, let’s just price everything at $1.00, it’s less work...
3 Bedroom, 4 bathroom semi at Keele and Finch -... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=12046745&PidKey=-677533730
Semi detached house with no photos of course, I told you stop asking for photos, you don’t need them, how dare you think you have the right to look inside an over half a million dollar house you want to buy!?
Anyhoo, $615,000.00 for a 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom semi at *drumroll* Keele and Finch. Now that...
Mould House - SOLD! →
Well, the mould filled house sold http://fmlistings.tumblr.com/post/25998917531/3-bedroom-3-bathroom-mould-filled-awesomeness
Only 2 weeks on the market, listed at $933k, sold for $876k.
The going rate in this city for houses you can’t go into without a waiver, and an E.T. style venting set up because you possibly might die, go for almost 900k, plus a $30k land transfer tax and only...
June 2012
12 posts
3 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom Mould Filled Awesomeness -... →
http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=12112422&PidKey=352999898
This is my absolute favourite thing right now. A wonderful submitter sent in this 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom amazing gem. Which of course has no pictures in the listing, but the submitter was nice enough to send some along! Weee!!
I don’t even know where to begin!! Apparently he had to sign a waiver...
7 Bedroom, 3 bathroom detached - $700,000.00 →
Here’s a gorgeous huge detached 7 bedroom, 4 bathroom house for sale in Chicago, about 10 minutes to downtown. http://www.buyersutopia.com/idx/mls-08011989-4357_s_princeton_avenue_chicago_il_60609
Here’s a detached 7 bedroom, 3 bathroom house in Toronto for sale, about 10 minutes to downtown. http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=12077366&PidKey=1750673643
So...
3 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse - $609,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?&PropertyId=12039972&PidKey=1858489792
Here’s a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom ugly towhouse not being sold for land, and not in North York, it’s at Greenwood and Coxwell, selling for $609,000.00. Hopefully you don’t need a 30 year mortgage to carry this great value of a home.
If you don’t realize it when you first read it,...
4 bedroom, 2 bathroom - $1,800,000.00
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=12101500&PidKey=1560277797
4 bedroom 2 bathroom old house in the annex. $1,800,000.00!
To put things into perspective here’s what 1.8 million gets you elsewhere on this planet:
Old convent in Italy Hillside getaway in Ibiza, Spain Family mansion in New York
Ft Lauderdale funtimes
Luxury Villa in Italy
Hilltop overlooking the...
2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo - $828,000.00 →
Here’s a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo with amenities such as the “Lrg indoor pool” for $848,000.00 and $928.00 a month in maintenance.
By comparison… here’s some awesometowness in Mumbai written for you by my guest blogger today Aastha Lal, who’s also one of the funniest comedians in the whole entire world, ever. seriously. kinda. no, seriously.
...
2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom - Trillions of Billions of... →
Which one of these is more money?
The sold as-is 2 bedroom 1 bathroom house at “Yonge and Your-Kid-Can-Go-To-Earl-Haig” OR this “3 bedroom 3 bathroom 2.5 acre views of the ocean with a maids quarters mansion in Malibu”?
I know you’re thinking the Yonge and FML house but you’d be wrong this time! Psych! It’s actually the Malibu house… by...
2 bedroom, 2 bathroom Regent Park condo -... →
There was an article in The Star yesterday about gang violence in Regent Park. It’s pretty intense, you can read it here. This is a direct quote from the article;
“Gangs have traditionally split turf into north and south areas, with Dundas St. serving as the dividing line. Construction has thrown that into flux.
Sic Thugs are apparently sorting out who controls the new steel and...
3 bedroom, 1 bathroom bungalow - $1,249,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11936351&PidKey=-1641533534
“Great opportunity to live become house poor in Avenue Road”. If you want to “live with wealthy people” at Avenue Road really bad, but you aren’t very wealthy so your solution you think is to buy a $1,249,000.00 3 bedroom 1 bathroom bungalow amidst other fancy houses… then...
2 bedroom, 1 bathroom bungalow - $802,000.00
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 Bedroom, 1 bathroom super piece of crap tiny bungalow at Mt Pleasant and Davisville, listed for an outrageousely ridiculous $599,000.00 and sold in THREE Days for $802,000.00!!!!!!!!! Who bought this?? I want to know right now who bought this, I want to have a polite and fair non expletive filled discussion with the new owner.
3 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Scarborough Bungalow -... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11801921&PidKey=-1251720396
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, middle of for real Scarborough (Pharmacy and Lawrence -also known as the new upper upper upper east upper beaches), with no photos, listed for a reasonable $649,000.00. Listing notes that the property has “Maney“[sic] possibilities. I bet it does. I really bet it does.
3 bedroom, 1 bathroom in Thornhill - $1,000,000.00 →
There is honestly not even a need for me to write about this listing today. The Realtor has done a spectacular job at comedy by himself…. even though he’s trying to be serious. Like, where would I even begin?? The fact that it’s being sold for land in the first paragraph, or the fact that it’s being sold to live in near the end of the paragraph, or the fact that you...
500k Houses in Toronto
Well that photo up there is pretty depressing…
What’s your house budget? Is $500,000.00 reasonable for a small first time buyer’s house? No it’s not lol, do you not read this blog?? I did some quick searching and saw that on MLS right now in Toronto there are about 700 houses for sale at or under 500k, but keep in mind a good chunk are priced at 475k or 495k so they’ll...
May 2012
16 posts
4 bedroom, 4 bathroom STOUFFVILLE house -... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11902581&PidKey=-676400104
Here is a 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom cookie cutter suburban house in STOUFFVILLE for $639,000.00. What’s up with that? By the time you add GO Train costs on it, you may as well suck it up and buy in Toronto. But this house isn’t even walkable distance to GO, so I have no idea what they’re doing...
3 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom - $479,900.00 →
Look at this 3 bedroom house at Victoria Park and Danforth in The Beaches for half a million dollars. Oh wait, what? Vic Park and Danforth isn’t The Beaches? I feel like Realtors in this city beg to differ. Right now i’m noticing more and more realtors say EVERYTHING IS IN THE BEACHES. everything, I don’t care where you are. I saw a Moss Park listing yesterday in The...
2 bedroom, 1 bathroom - $1,399,000.00 →
I spent the weekend going to open houses, which I haven’t done in at least 6 or 7 months. Two things came from that:
1. Buyers… you need to do your research!! Just listening to people asking questions made me realize people aren’t doing enough research (if any) before checking out a house (unless they weren’t serious).
Case in point: Do not ask the SELLER’s Agent if the...
3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in Junction - $449,000.00 →
What the hell is going on with this listing?
“Location, Location, Location Plus Imagination, Imagination, Imagination, Divided By Tlc With A Little Work To The The Square Root Of Future Equals Holy Cow, ***Ai Carumba, Wowzers Baby*** We’re Talking Big Dosh ;O))) **** EXTRAS **** All Electrical Light Fixtures; All Window Coverings; Two Fridges; Two Stoves; One Gas Burner And...
2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom bungalow - $866,500.00
So this little 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom shed house not in North York, was on the market for 6 days listed at the more-than-fair-stop-complaining $775,000.00. It got into a wicked bidding war as it should have because of the amazing value obviously, and eventually sold (in less than a week) for $866,500.00. Almost 100k over asking.
I still want to know who’s buying these places… CMHC tells...
2 Bedroom, 1 bathroom bungalow - $879,900.00 →
“Extremely rare opportunity to become house poor own a tudor style bungalow”. 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom perfect for the first time buyer $879,900.00. So that’s a $175k down payment, a 27k land transfer tax, and $3,500.00 a month for your mortgage, plus property taxes, plus your car payments, plus your bills, plus your insurance, plus your food, plus daycare, plus whatever else it is...
3 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom Toronto Bungalow Vs. Pierce... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11862907&PidKey=-1986899819
This is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house at Bavyiew and Finch. Apparently it’s on a “ravine oasis” so that ups the listing price by like 2 million kajillion dollars. It’s listed for $2,450,000.00. I bet it’s near Earl Haig too! Best. deal. ever.
OR
Here’s Pierce (James...
2 Bedroom, 3 bathroom Townhouse - $809,900.00 →
Yesterday’s poll “How much did this bungalow sell for” was a failure once again. The winning result came in at $1,040,000.00 with 45% of the vote. That would seem correct (OR NOT) considering the house was listed at $899,000.00. But, the house actually sold for $1,112,000.00 after 7 days on the market. That’s $213,000.00 over asking, in case you’re trying to...
WatchThis is how Toronto Real Estate makes me feel sometimes (most of the time) (all of the time).
3 Bedroom Bungalow - Sold Price??
I think my favourite thing in the world right now is that yesterday’s poll results “how much would you pay for this bungalow” shows that the losing option is 600k with only 8% of the vote. Why is that my favourite thing? Well, because the house was listed at 600k. Way to go everyone.
This bungalow near Bayview & Finch was listed for sale at 899k…and it sold in 7 days, but...
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Bungalow - ???
How much would you pay for this 2 bedroom 2 bathroom bungalow at Pape and O’connor? When you start estimating please MAKE SURE you take into account that the listing says “close to a new Starbucks” - this is important in your estimation exercises.
Good luck…
(Thanks to Barb for the awesome submission)
3 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom - $700,000.00 (+ bonus rant)
Here is a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house that was on the market for 6 days for an outrageous $599,000.00. Although, I guess not so outrageous because some a-hole (or a bunch) actually ended up bidding $700,000.00 for it and got it. And… here are the info/photos from what the $700,000.00 house looks like:
Side note…. I spent most of my day yesterday researching some things, and while I...
3 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom bungalow - $949,000.00 →
I read a few articles yesterday saying that Toronto is not in a housing bubble, and that everyone should just keep buying. Of course the people they interviewed for these articles were Banks, Realtors, and some chick who works for CityPlace… They also claim there is hardly any foreign investment. They should talk to the residents in CityPlace who know that there have been vacant units in all of...
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom House in Scarborough -... →
http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=11836320&PidKey=455990331
2 bedroom 2 bathroom house in Scarborough for $600,000.00. Sigh, there’s nowhere left.
Question:
If we all have 600k to buy houses now, then why weren’t we all buying big 600k mansions 5 years ago when mansions were only 600k? I guess debt wasn’t at 154% back then… but don’t you all...
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Semi - $779,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11837120&PidKey=-226686684
This $800,000.00 3 bedroom 2 bathroom semi comes with two baby gates. FYI:
I know people are going to email me and say “but but but it’s at Yonge and Lawrence! Of course it’s expensive that’s a rich area.” Feel free not to email me that, because I don’t care. Because...
3 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom in Richmond Hill -... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11770828&PidKey=1521058981
Well, you can buy that 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house 40 minutes* away in Richmond Hill for $1,750,000.00 OR you can buy this CASTLE just an hour and a half away from Toronto for $50,000.00 less.
*40 minutes non rush hour. About 1.25 hours during rush hour. Trust me, I’ve done it… it’s not...
April 2012
18 posts
Tiny Scarborough House →
God help me… how much do you think this house in SCARBOROUGH is?? http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11605929&PidKey=1205155174
1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom condo - $539,900.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11551788&PidKey=1323132541
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo for over half a million dollars at $539,900.00. And a nice and fair $949.99 in maintenance.
Cost per month with property taxes and insurance (assuming you’re not using CMHC and have the 107k down): $3,430.00
This unit excludes the washer/dryer as the listing says. But if you...
3 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom - $1,150,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?&PropertyId=11792725&PidKey=-2038055033
Well, thanks to an amazing submission…. I bring you this nugget of fun and joy. This house was bought in 2009 (3 years ago) for $485,000.00, and the owner did about 60k worth of renos on it, then sold it last year for $780k.
Oh wait… it gets better…. the new people that bought that house less than 12...
2 bedroom, 2 bathroom house - $699,900.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11811774&PidKey=851476195
Just… this…. (not in North York).
(Thanks to Alan for the submission)
Toronto Maintenance Vs. Vancouver Maintenance →
I want to do a blog post solely on maintenance fees in this city. Because if you thought just our housing prices were whack, you were wrong.
The more condos I see and compare, the more I realize that maintenance in this city is craziness. I spent a couple hours researching this the other day, comparing Toronto fees to Vancouver fees within condos of the same developer. And I noticed that for...
2 Bedroom, 2 bathroom house - $799,500.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11824131&PidKey=-368192126
Look at this gem, totally makes sense. $800,000.00 for a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, run down house. Well, run down by the looks of the iPhone photos they took. We should all just start using Instagram for everything, it’s fine.
I have no doubt I’m going to get emails from people saying “That house...
Bungalow - $1,498,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11793421&PidKey=-1537426515
As I wrote this I actually rolled my eyes and sighed deeply, even though I’m alone right now and that doesn’t translate on the internet. That’s how annoyed I was at this. And let me tell you it’s really hard to get annoyed anymore because I see these every day now… so you can imagine how...
Toronto Vs Toronto →
This city makes no sense, it’s so random and ridiculous. Here’s an okay house in Forrest Hill for $1.5 million and here’s a crappy little bungalow in North York for $1.4 million.
And here’s a ridiculously amazing house on the Pacific ocean in fancy-pants Malibu for less than both of the Toronto houses. Also seems to come with a giraffe in the backyard… I’m...
2 Bedroom, 3 bathroom townhouse - $1,270,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11706778&PidKey=467756316
2 bedroom, 3 bathroom TOWNHOUSE (I have a special distain for million dollar townhouses), for sale for $1,270,000.00 plus $1,379 in maintenance every month. It’s boasting “top of the line appliances“…
FML PROTIP: It’s cheaper for you to buy those Miele or SubZero appliances yourself...
2 Bedroom, 2 bathroom - $849,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11674158&PidKey=1843066038
Sigh. 2 Bedroom, 2 bathroom house at Landsdowne and Bloor for $849,000.00. I’m super stressed because this is such a perfect house for a first time buyer, maybe small if you have two or more kids, but I think okay if you’re just starting out. However, it’s $849,000.00! You need $169,000.00 down...
3 bedroom, 1 bathroom - $549,000.00 →
Check out this 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom house at Dundas and Bathurst: http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=11792751&PidKey=-476970270
I don’t even know… I’ll let the realtor’s description in the listing just start this:
“Opportunity Knock (sic) Only So Often…First Time Buyer Price Point For This Trendy Area**Tons Of Potential For Developer To...
3 Bedroom bungalow $1,600,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11722961&PidKey=234031142 Here… enjoy this bungalow at $1.6 million dollars. I’m so filled with annoyance right now. “First time offered in over 30 years!!” Better get it quick guys/gals!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s start a mutiny, and all of my readers can place offers on this for 150k or under, and they’ll get an...
3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms - $999,000.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11776886&PidKey=807698139
Here is a really nice 2 bedroom, 3 bathroom house in Cabbagetown. In a normal city this would be priced at the affordable for a double income family probably mid 400k. But since this is Crazytown, it’s one million dollars. I know how wrong it looks for me to say this should be 400k, but if you look around...
2 Bedroom, 1 bathroom in Riverdale - $795,000.00... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11705978&PidKey=-979568889
This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house is in Riverdale, (which is not North York) and it’s listed at $795,000.00 with of course no photos. I smell a disgusting bidding war on this one, I can just feel it, it’s getting warm out and people are getting itchy to go into debt.
The house has one bathroom,...
Moss Park 2 Bedroom Townhouse - $769,900 + 800.00... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11740350&PidKey=579941384
This 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse in Moss Park makes total sense priced at $769,000.00 with maintenance at $806.70. You know after your 150k down payment, taxes and mortgage on this total to $4,000.00 a month. You could just buy a $1.1 million dollar house for those carrying costs, because maintenance really...
Roncensvalles Village Garage
The listing says “Own a piece of the pie! Roncesvalles Village.”. How much do you think this Roncesvalles detached garage is, that “needs work” and is “being sold as is”?
I’m not even going to tell you the price. It’s days like today that I wish I had comments on this blog so I could read people’s totally way off guesses and their subsequent...
2 Bedroom, 2 bathroom condo - $505,000 (+ bonus... →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11611751&PidKey=-991187224
Here is a 2+1 condo downtown for half a million dollars and almost 600 bucks in maintenance. I don’t know if it’s a bad price, I’m so jaded now with all of these out of whack prices. What I do know is that the listing tells me that it’s “Perfect For The Yonge And Previously...
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom - $639,900.00 →
http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=11696841&PidKey=451424227
Well, here’s a ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM Candy Factory loft in Queen West, across from Trinity Bellwoods. It’s $639,900.00. At first I thought it was justified because maybe it was just a massive loft, then I looked at the dimensions… your one bedroom is 11x9. Not even a den or anything!!! Just...
March 2012
18 posts
3 bedroom, 2 bathroom bungalow - $1,118,800 Vs.... →
Thanks to “S” for sending in this feature sheet, letting us know that this bungalow with no photos, a crap description other than “no survey available” (awesome), was on the market for sale at $895,000 and sold for $1,118,800.
People say we’re a world class city and that’s why real estate is so expensive here. That makes sense(?). So why don’t I compare...
