The Toronto Condo Market This Week (November 20, 2015)

Canada’s Housing Market a Hot Mess

The latest release by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) on Nov. 16 showed home sales rose in October by 1.8 percent and reached the second-highest monthly level in almost six years.

What Toronto's tallest penthouse condo looks like

The soaring Aura condo tower at Yonge and Gerrard – Canada’s tallest – is a place of extremes. While the mall at the base of the building is already half abandoned, the penthouse units at the top of the building, sitting some 80 storeys high, are the very definition of prestige and luxury.

Planning for your down payment

It can feel frustrating. You’ve cut back on your daily double soy lattes, your impulse buying, even cut down on your overall debt, but you may feel like you are no closer to owning your own home. In speaking to would-be first-time home buyers, saving for your down payment doesn’t have to feel like a dream.

Canadian home sales reach second-highest level in over five years

Canadian home sales picked up nationally to their second-highest level in over five years in the month of October after slowing down the month before, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).