What will you say in 2015?

Could have? Should Have?

Toronto real estate prices for detached properties show no sign of any price abatement.

Will today's prices for a single family detached home be viewed as a bargain in the future?

Can you ever time the market?

Canada Mortgage and Housing issued some insightful graphs.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/87231766/March-Outlook-2012

Have a look and consider the details and source of information.

While condo's are becoming over abundant in the next few years they are holding an average of $425 to 495 per square foot in recently built product.

However the detached single family homes in West Toronto continue to astound us all with their values. $600 to $800 K. Interestingly enough the higher priced homes [1.0MM to 1.750 MM] by value are also selling with confidance.

I came across a few gems this week in upscale Etobicoke neighbourhoods, Reach out and say hello.

The continuing lack of inventory makes selling a home right now, the highest continuing price increases since 1995.

Are you ready to sell? Call me!

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Bikes Bikes Bikes Invade Ford Nation

You need to read this carefully

Bixi bike-sharing program ready to roll in Toronto

They will come in basic black like those in London, England. Starting May 3, Torontonians can expect to see 1,000 Bixi bikes cruising all over downtown.

That’s when the long-awaited bike sharing program, already available in Montreal, Washington and Minneapolis — and also launching this spring in Ottawa — rolls out here, with 1,500 docking stations and 80 bike stations.

Designed for tourists and residents, the program gives cyclists the option of 24-hour passes or annual memberships, which allow users to grab a bike and park it at the station nearest their destination. Trips under 30 minutes are free. After that, a user fee applies.

Locations for the Bixi stations are expected to be announced in April.

About 1,200 of the $95 annual memberships have already been sold.

While demonstration bikes shown in Toronto in recent months were blue, in the end the city and the program supplier, Public Bike System Company, decided to go with classic black, said Daniel Egan, Toronto’s manager of Pedestrian and Cycling Infrastructure.

ING Direct signed on as a major sponsor last year and other corporate sponsors will be announced in April. Last fall, the city was short about $150,000 for the $600,000 it needed in sponsorships to bring Bixi here.

For people who don’t want to cycle to work, Bixi will provide the option of hopping on a bike to go to lunch or a meeting, said Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, who chairs Toronto’s public works and infrastructure committee.

Minnan-Wong also said he’s getting “positive signals” from residents and council colleagues to the idea of creating physically separated bike lanes in Toronto.

The Montreal program had 11,000 members within its first six months of operation. Last year there were 5,000 silver Bixi bikes on the streets there.

Lets read that line again

Minnan-Wong also said he’s getting “positive signals” from residents and council colleagues to the idea of creating physically separated bike lanes in Toronto.

More Bicycle Lanes? Traffic is grid locked already and you want to help 1200 bicycle riders? What about the 400,000 car driving tax payers that pay for parking and lunch and work?

Things to Love about TO

The Things You'll Love About Living in Toronto, Ontario Canada

When it comes to evaluating potential cities to move to, You should not overlook Toronto, Ontario for excitement and attractions. Toronto, as Capital of Ontario is a truly unique place to live and visit. The city combines all of the things you would expect to find in major cities with the charm and diversity you find in less populated areas. Specific neighbourhoods are featured during their streets festivals albeit The Bloor West Village festival or the Roncesvalles Village Festival or the Taste of the Danforth to name but a few. Newest BIA to join is the Lake Shore Kipling BIA with their Lakeshorelicious campaign improving business and restaurant fare along the Humber Bay Shore and Lakeshore. The region is famous for the great outdoors, from the Mark Goodman Trail, attractions along the Toronto waterfront, to the world's largest indoor shopping mall, Toronto sits among some of the best natural scenery south of the Oak Ridges Moraine and Niagara Escarpment. Toronto has some of the best shopping, cultural, sports, and outdoor attractions that can be found anywhere.

Shopping, Eating and Attractions

Like most cities, Toronto has a good deal of fantastic eating, drinking and shopping opportunities, as well as other types of urban attractions. Toronto stands out from what you will find in other cities because a great deal of what makes Toronto special is the city's ties to both the local history and the natural surroundings. Some of the most famous attractions in the city of Toronto include High Fashion Shopping in Yorkville, the quaint Charm of Sherway Gardens, the flying geese at the Eaton Center or the Variety of Square One, there are no limit to shopportunities in Toronto.

Thousands of tourists marvel at the underground shopping system that connects miles of tunnels between the Bus terminal at Bay and Dundas with Union Station, 27 kilometers of tunnels that connect 1200 stores and all weather proof. Toronto Path Map

Toronto had the advantage of forward thinking city founders who early in the city's history took the steps to set aside land to be used as parks. Sunnyside, Ashbridges Bay and Cherry Beach. The parks in the city of Toronto stand out as some of the best urban parks any where. There are a number of quality parks that are must visit places in Toronto including the Riverdale Zoo, High Park and Grenedier Pond, The Old Mill, Ontario Place and the newest form of town square the Yonge Dundas Square. Other worthy parks from the Toronto region include Humber River and Bluffers Park. Rouge Park is Toronto's largest park, part of the Oak Ridges Moraine watershed and provides camping, is already 13 times as big as New York's Central Park, or 33 times the size of London, England's Hyde Park

Historical and Cultural Opportunities

When it comes to historical and cultural experiences, most people don't realize that Toronto scores right up there with some of the most famous events in the country. Our recent involvement with the TIFF is profile positive. From general attractions that appeal to kids and adults alike, Paramount 's Wonderland to specific niche museums or galleries that cater to a select few, the city of Toronto has plenty of indoor entertainment possibilities for both visitors and residents to enjoy. Some of the better museum and cultural attractions in Toronto include the Royal Ontario Museum, Planetarium, the Hummingbird Center for the Performing Arts, and Union Station.

Professional Sports

One of the many things to do in the city of Toronto is watch and participate with professional level sports teams. Though a relatively young city when compared to other major cities in the United States, Toronto is well represented in all major professional sports leagues. The professional sports teams of Toronto attract a great deal of their fans from the entire Golden Horseshoe region. Some of the professional sports watching opportunities in Toronto include the Toronto Raptors basketball team, the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, Toronto Rock lacrosse team, Argos CFL Football team and the newest Toronto FC soccer team. The Toronto Marlies hockey team is the training camp for the Maple Leafs and newest 4 rink hockey arena located at Kipling and Lakeshore. Also calling the arena a permanent home will be the Etobicoke Dolphins, the second-largest women’s hockey organization.

The Great Outdoors

Ontario is known as a province that is famous for its outdoor recreation attractions and Toronto has their fair share of them including the Blue Mountain, Collingwood, The Trent Severn Canal systems for boaters, numerous sailing and rowing clubs along the Toronto waterfront, camping at Algonquin Park or within sight of the CN tower at Rouge Conservation Area. Complete list of local parks.

A visit to Toronto is all it takes for someone to decide that it just may be the perfect place to relocate to. The city truly has everything that a resident could want including some of the best indoor and outdoor recreational pursuits in the region. Toronto offers something for everyone and certainly offers enough things to do that would make it a great place for any individual, couple or family to move to.

Business

Economic opportunites continue within the Toronto GTA both with city limits and the outlying suburbs being Richmond Hill, Markham and Mississauga, Ontario.

If you are relocating to west Toronto, Etobicoke, Mississauga or Oakville, I would like to hear from you.

There are many things to love about living and working in Toronto. Feel free to add your own.