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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    App calculates: How much is your house worth in Bitcoins

    By | Posted on April 18, 2013 5:37 pm | Michael Aynsley Posted in WATER COOLER

    BitcoinDo you hate banks and support the concept of a global currency? You’re probably a fan of Bitcoin, the virtual P2P currency that can be used to buy things online.

    As the currency’s value grows (then drops and grows again), more people are asking the really important question: What are the Bitcoin values of real-life commodities, like, say, my house?

    Via Gizmodo, we learn about Movoto’s handy conversion calculator, which provides an up-to-the-minute calculation of a home’s worth in Bitcoins based on the current conversion rate. Read more

    Real estate regrets: Don’t rent — buy big and remodel, says Trulia study

    By | Posted on April 17, 2013 12:07 pm | Joyce Chen Posted in MARKET, WATER COOLER

    regretReal-estate regret? It happens. To 52 percent of people, to be precise.

    With inventory dipping to almost a 12-year low and spring housing fever in effect, buyers can experience waking-up-in-Vegas remorse — although not as often as renters do, according to Trulia’s most recent consumer survey.

    Harris Interactive on behalf of Trulia surveyed 2,130 adults ages 18 and older; of the people in the study, 1,370 were homeowners and 706 were renters. Read more

    I’m on a boat: historic South Florida cottage floats on barge, in search of home

    Posted on April 15, 2013 12:00 pm | buzzhomeblog Posted in WATER COOLER

    Miami-House-on-BargeHere’s one way to save a historic home from demolition — stick it on a barge and put it out to sea.

    In 1911, the little yellow Stambaugh Cottage in Palm Beach was home to Orrel Gleason Stambaugh, who built some of the first roads in West Palm Beach and the Royal Park Bridge. One hundred years later, a golf course wanted that land. Read more

    Transatlantic landscape: New York and London, delicately stitched together

    Posted on April 12, 2013 10:55 am | buzzhomeblog Posted in DESIGN, WATER COOLER

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    Eternally torn between New York and London? With this gorgeous series of double exposures by photojournalist Daniella Zalcman, you don’t have to choose. Read more

    Visualization tool of the day: Creating your own Google Street View “Hyperlapse”

    Posted on April 10, 2013 6:11 pm | buzzhomeblog Posted in WATER COOLER

    Hyperlapse is a really cool project that takes images from Google Street View and turns them into hypnotic timelapse videos. Read more

    Top 7 abandoned locations around the world

    By | Posted on April 7, 2013 8:00 am | Michael Aynsley Posted in WATER COOLER

    abandoned Wonderland Amusement Park outside Beijing, China

    If you ever find yourself globetrotting on a budget, consider squatting in one of The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World, a breath-taking list of locales compiled by BuzzFeed. Read more

    This bridge in Vietnam is a fire-breathing dragon

    By | Posted on April 5, 2013 12:38 pm | Joyce Chen Posted in DESIGN, WATER COOLER

    Dragon Bridge

    How do you say “Khaleesi” in Vietnamese?

    With a giganto fire-breathing dragon bridge over the Han River. Read more

    World’s largest (and interactive) panoramic photo taken from London tower

    Posted on April 2, 2013 3:52 pm | buzzhomeblog Posted in WATER COOLER

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    The largest panoramic photo ever taken comes from the top of London’s 581-foot-tall BT Tower. The images, comprised of 48,640 individual frames, were captured on four Canon EOS 7D cameras shortly after the London 2012 Olympics. The resulting 320 gigapixel vista has an interactive website where users can zoom in on subjects that are miles away for a high-resolution close up. Read more

    Condo Cage Match: Seattle versus Miami

    Posted on April 1, 2013 12:23 pm | buzzhomeblog Posted in WATER COOLER

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    Tour a nuclear ghost town in Japan with Google Street View

    Posted on March 30, 2013 8:18 am | buzzhomeblog Posted in WATER COOLER

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    Earlier this month, Google sent one of its Street View cars through Namie, Japan, a town that was abandoned following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Read more

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