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Are there too many condos in Toronto? Real estate wiz Brian Persaud takes on this contentious issue


The following is a guest post by Brian Persaud, a Toronto based real estate agent, investor, analyst, TV show host, producer and author of the forthcoming book "Investing in Condominiums". He is a provider of Toronto condominium information and a good friend to the folks of BuzzBuzzHome. Read more

A day at the Beach in November? You better believe it! Beach Club Lofts holding exclusive preview event this weekend [PICS]


Those temperatures won't be going back up any time soon, so a day at the beach might seem like a "strange" concept at the moment.But it's not too hard to imagine spending a day at the Beach Club Lofts, the boutique residence by Zen Homes that's only Read more

We're feeling like nobility just looking at these new renderings from The Royal Collection


When you're searching for homes in a place like King City, we're guessing you might be looking for something with a hint of royalty. Well, this project by Zancor Homes registers pretty high on the royalty scale, so high in fact, that they simply named it The Royal Read more

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Free this weekend? Looking for a home? Check out these events!

Posted on February 17, 2012 | buzzhomeblog Posted in BC, DEVELOPMENTS, ONTARIO, QUEBEC | Leave a comment

Hot cocoa: Our drink of choice while enjoying the weekend events listing.

Welcome one and all to the weekly events listing for all the excellent goings-on this weekend!

If it’s happening on the weekend, it’s on this list. In the unlikely event we’re missing a residential real estate event, send over an email to info@buzzbuzzhome.com and we’ll add it to the calendar.

Anywho, it’s time to grab a hot or cold beverage, get comfortable and enjoy perusing our uber-comprehensive listing. Have a great weekend and a very happy Family Day to all Ontarians and Albertans out there…

BC

Breeze by Adera: Grand opening, 12pm, Saturday, 20 – 2215 160th Street, South Surrey.

ERA by Concert Properties: Registrant previewing, 12pm, Saturday and Sunday, 754 Humboldt Street, Victoria. Read more

Aspen Ridge Homes planning big charity drive for Family Day and it’s a big social media win!

Posted on February 17, 2012 | buzzhomeblog Posted in ALBERTA, BC, DEVELOPMENTS, ONTARIO, QUEBEC | Leave a comment

We know you’ll be busy spending Family Day with your family (who else?) but if you have a moment to hop on your computer (or smartphone) you should head to Aspen Ridge Homes‘ Twitter and Facebook pages and give them a follow and a like.

Why? Because for every Facebook like and/or Twitter follower Aspen Ridge receives on Family Day, the company will donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity Canada.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that helps low-income families caught in the cycle of poverty. While it’s international in scope, the Canadian branch of the organization has provided over 1,800 families with access to homeownership. Read more

Free this weekend? Looking for a home? Check out these events!

Posted on February 10, 2012 | buzzhomeblog Posted in ALBERTA, BC, DEVELOPMENTS, ONTARIO, QUEBEC | Leave a comment

It's February! That means this will all be green again soon enough…

You know, sometimes people don’t appreciate February enough, but it’s really quite a fine month. It’s short and sweet and there’s Valentine’s Day for the romantics and Family Day for the more family-oriented Ontarians and Albertans out there (jealous BC?).

It’s also when we start seeing the light at the end of this long tunnel called winter and words like Sun, warm, and t-shirt gradually make their way back into our vocabularies.

And hey, it seems like it’s also a great time to look for a home! Our development industry events calendar runneth over with open houses, previews, and new releases for you hopeful homebuyers out there.

Have a look at the events listing below to see where to be this weekend if you’re in the market for a new home! Read more

Nine tell-tale signs you’re a real estate obsessed nerd!

Posted on February 1, 2012 | buzzhomeblog Posted in ALBERTA, BC, DEVELOPMENTS, MARKET, ONTARIO, QUEBEC, WATER COOLER | 6 Comments

What happens when someone accuses us of being real estate nerds? We say, yes, we most certainly are! That’s something to be proud of here at BuzzBuzzHome and we’re always happy to meet other real estate obsessed nerds from all over the world.

Aren’t sure if your interest in real estate has become a full-blown obsession? Lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of tell-tale signs that you’ve got a serious case of real estate fever.

If you can relate to any of these then we’d say “Welcome to the real estate nerd club”.

1. You get a thrill out of seeing renderings for a new condo launch before they are released to the public (and, take great pride in leaking them to others).

2. You drive by condo lineups, just to check how many people are in line. Read more

Free this weekend? Looking for a home? Check out these events!

Posted on January 27, 2012 | buzzhomeblog Posted in ALBERTA, BC, DEVELOPMENTS, ONTARIO, QUEBEC | Leave a comment

Attention interior design fanatics! The only place you’ll want to be this weekend is the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the Interior Design Show.

The annual event brings the best, brightest and most creative in the industry together for seminars and product displays that you definitely won’t want to miss. Not residing in the Greater Toronto Area? Fly, bus, train, drive or sail in for the weekend — we promise that you won’t be disappointed.

Now that that public service announcement is finished, it’s time to move on to our weekend events listing. If you’re a hopeful home buyer searching for new digs, then the only place you’ll want to be this weekend is at one of these awesome development industry events.

Click here to check out our events calendar or read on to see everything that’s happening in the development world this weekend! Read more

What apocalypse? Housing market predictions for 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted on December 28, 2011 | buzzhomeblog Posted in ALBERTA, BC, DEVELOPMENTS, MARKET, ONTARIO, QUEBEC | 5 Comments

Buzz Talk with David Wex [INTERVIEW]

Posted on December 7, 2011 | buzzhomeblog Posted in BUZZTALK, DEVELOPMENTS, ONTARIO, QUEBEC | Leave a comment


Today we’re buzzing with David Wex, a partner at Urban Capital Property Group. Torontonians are sure to recognize Urban Capital’s name as they’ve been in on the ground floor of some of the city’s most cutting edge projects (just take a look at River City Phase 1 and Phase 2). 

They were building in the King-Spadina area before it was hot and recognized the great potential of the West Donlands waterfront. We shoot the breeze with David about River City, the famous “Montreal phenomenon” and the virtues of being a lifelong Apple user.

Enjoy!

BuzzBuzzHome: Where did you attend school before you got into the development industry?

David Wex: I went to U of T for computer science back in the early 80s. I did law after that.

BBH: How did you go from computer science and law to development?

DW: Well I was always interested in development and architecture. I practiced law for about a year at a big firm but then I left. It took me a couple years to get going, but I got involved with a project in the late 90s called Camden Lofts with Dundee Realty through someone I knew. It was about 50 units on Camden Street, in the King and Spadina area. It was done before the zoning was in place for residential down there. Read more

Quit complaining! Commuter pain in Toronto and Montreal is far from the worst in the world

Posted on September 26, 2011 | buzzhomeblog Posted in QUEBEC, WATER COOLER | Leave a comment
It’s Monday morning and your commute is probably still fresh in your mind.

If you happen to be located in Toronto and Montreal, that commute could have been quite painful, but don’t try complaining about it to a Parisian or Muscovite and don’t even THINK of mentioning it to a Mexiqueño.

A study released this month conducted by IBM surveyed 8,042 commuters in 20 cities on six continents. The resulting report is known as the Commuter Pain Index, the fourth survey on this topic IBM has conducted in as many years.

The survey measured commuter pain based on ten issues including commuting time, time stuck in traffic, price of gas, and traffic as a deterrent to travel.

While Toronto and Montreal have the worst commutes in Canada, the survey found that commuter pain in these two cities is relatively light compared to other urban areas around the globe. Read more

Double take time! Prices for two-storey houses in Montreal jump more than any other Canadian city

Posted on August 24, 2011 | buzzhomeblog Posted in MARKET, QUEBEC | Leave a comment
It’s become very common for us to receive astounding news about the Vancouver housing market, especially regarding those high, high prices. It’s so common, in fact, that it’s beginning to become not-so-astounding.

“Housing prices have jumped again? That’s typical Vancouver,” we’ll say to each other (that’s a verbatim quote!).

So when we saw that the average price for two storey homes in Montreal had jumped more than any other city in Canada in the second quarter of 2011, we did a double take.

More like a triple or quadruple take!

Montreal has long been known for its affordable real estate, but according to a new RBC report, the city’s reputation for affordability may be starting to deteriorate. The price of a 1,500 square foot home rose 13.5 per cent to $377,200 year-over-year. That rate is higher than even Vancouver’s blazing hot market, where prices for the same type of house rose 9.7 per cent in the second quarter.

Is Montreal the new Vancouver? Banish the thought from your mind! Read more