This is what 2018 has in store for the Toronto real estate market

2017 was a year of rocketing highs and plunging lows for the Toronto real estate market. The new year promises to be a bit more balanced — but for how long? “I think we're going to see a perception problem in the market, at least for the first few months of the year,” Bullpen Research & Consulting
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ARLINGTON, Va. & MAITLAND, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Notarize, the first digital platform to legally notarize documents online, and Westcor Land Title Insurance Company, one of the nation's largest title insurers, together announce a partnership to expand online notarization to real estate
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India continues its shaky experiment with money's future as its domestic population is wild about cryptocurrency. Its government and regulators are less than thrilled, though. The banking system is siding with minders, causing friction between account holders and crypto exchanges. Everyone is pointing
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Prices in Baku's real estate market increased by 0.77 percent in December 2017, Director General of MBA Consulting Group Nusrat Ibrahimov told Trend Jan. 11. He said the prices in the primary housing market, secondary housing market, land market, commercial property market, as well as rental
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BOSTON (AP) — Backers of a bill aimed at cracking down on mortgage lending companies targeting veterans say the measure is gaining support. The bill's sponsors — U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Thom Tillis — said Thursday the goal is to protect veterans, particularly those who purchase homes
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The notion of procuring cause may seem like an arcane realtor concept that home buyers and sellers don't need to worry about but it turns out that they can actually get burned by it if they don't understand how realtors use it to their own advantage. Keep in mind that I don't just dream up blog posts like
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PLYMOUTH, MN (January 11, 2018) — TruStone Home Mortgage Area Sales Manager Jeff Zajac recently presented a check for $5,000 to University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. For every mortgage loan Zajac funded in 2017, he allocated a specified amount toward his final donation to the
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Serena Williams of the United States looks on in her semifinal match against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia on day 11 of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images. By Ellen McGirt. Updated: January 11, 2018 1:44 PM ET.
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Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski testifies during a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on Human Rights in Egypt at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, USA on November 3, 2015. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. By Emma
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SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guild Mortgage, one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the U.S., has reached an agreement to acquire Cornerstone Mortgage, Inc., of St. Louis, Mo., a fast-growing independent with 19 offices in three states and loan volume of $1.0 billion in 2017.
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In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the allegations, Franco's lawyer, Michael Plonsker, disputed the claims and referred the paper to Franco's comments on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night. During his segment, the 127 Hours and Pineapple Express star
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The average VantageScore last year was higher than it has been since 2007 due to improved hiring and despite stagnant wages that aren't keeping pace with rising debt levels. VantageScores, an Experian-affiliated alternative to the FICO credit scores used in mortgage underwriting, averaged 675 last
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Luxury properties are staying on the market longer, too, giving buyers more time to shop around and find the perfect home. Nationally, luxury homes took about 116 days to sell in 2017 — up 5.3 percent from the year prior. Like the rest of the market, though, prices on luxury homes have risen over the last
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A trio of industry veterans have launched their own real estate and development firm taking up residence in downtown Columbus. Kevin James, Micha Bitton and Tim Maly — three local real estate names who have a combined 30 years of industry experience, launched Red Gate Partners LLC on Jan. 1.
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Companies that stockpiled trillions of dollars offshore free of U.S. income tax may get one last break before paying up — provided their fiscal years don't follow the calendar year. A timing quirk in the tax overhaul that President Donald Trump signed last month may be good news for companies such as
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Chicago real estate investor Seth Singerman has raised $500 million for his third and largest investment fund. Now comes the hard part: finding deals in a cresting market. Singerman Real Estate just closed on the fund, exceeding its fundraising target of $400 million and eclipsing the $275 million it
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After Tesla Inc. increased the interest rate on Model S and Model X vehicles in the fourth quarter of last year, the company has again increased the interest rate for the second quarter in a row — this time by 100 basis points. In 3Q17, the electric car manufacturer's U.S. interest rate was 0.99%, before
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Loan approval rates at big banks and institutional lenders reached new highs in December 2017, the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index reports. This increase also extended for the yearly comparison for both segments, delivering higher approval rates.
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Average mortgage rates are on the rise again, according to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.99 percent for the week ending Jan. 11, up from last week when it averaged 3.95 percent. The 15-year FRM this week averaged
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“So it's vitally important that we enable our diverse perspectives to drive the execution of the company's top goals of building a better company and a better housing finance system. I'm excited by the work that Freddie Mac has already done to foster an organizational culture that competes and wins, and
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