Let's start with the good news since it's the freshest. Toronto apartment rentals saw the slowest rate of price growth in the last two years during the third quarter of this year. Real estate research firm Urbanation, which tracks prices for purpose-built apartments in the region, released new data today that found the average price for a Greater Toronto Area rental apartment was "essentially unchanged" between July and August when compared to the April to May... [read more]

WOULD YOU CO-OWN WITH A TOTAL STRANGER? PRICED-OUT TORONTONIANS TURN TO REAL ESTATE SPEED DATING Tess Kalinowski, Toronto Star Image courtesty of: Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star There is a nervous laughter among the gulps of wine, tentatively proffered handshakes and exchanged numbers. But the personalized name tags at this speed-dating event in a Yorkville pub are a clue this isn't a romantic quest. "I have a big down payment," reads the badge of a woman in a... [read more]