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Toronto
Meet Bois & Cuir: This Toronto Furniture Store Will Be Your New Design Porn
Toronto's Bois & Cuir know that when it comes to putting oneself together, the fashionable-set don’t just throw on a dress or suit and call it a day.
This $2.2 Million Toronto Listing Is A 100 Year Old Home With A Modern Feel
This beautiful, hundred year old home near Cabbagetown has an historically correct, restored brick façade juxtaposed with three stories of dramatic glass.
Site Seeing With Hume: Toronto’s 330 Adelaide Gets Its Grade
Anyone who thinks condo architecture in Toronto hasn’t improved over the last few decades should take a look at 330 Adelaide St. E. Though it seems to have come straight out of the 1960s, maybe ’70s, it actually dates from the late ’90s.
Wycliffe Homes Believes In Being First For Customer First Care
For nearly seventy years, Wycliffe Homes has maintained a reputation in the GTA as a caring, customer first builder.
Sassafraz Reimagined: A Historic Toronto Venue Gets A Modern Facelift
During the first week of October, Sassafraz — the once go-to restaurant for A-list celebs and a certain societal set — hosted a party to not only celebrate their 20th anniversary but to showcase their all-new menu and, most notably, their two-years in the making re-design.
A Letter From The Editor
A new day. A new month. A new chapter.
Toronto Road Closures To Steer Clear Of This Weekend
Well we might have got a break from Toronto road closures on the Gardiner last weekend, but they’re back with a vengeance for the first week of November.
TTC Subway Closures: 4 Stations Closed This Weekend
This is the second week we’re back to regularly scheduled TTC subway closures on Line 1 after about a month’s break.
Canada
The Need For Transparent Real Estate Bidding & Other Legislative Change
The Ontario Real Estate Association is making more than three dozen recommendations to the provincial government on how it should update the rules governing realtors, including allowing for a more open bidding process for buyers and sellers.
REPORT: What Do Buyers Really Think About Pot At Home?
Pot is legal and it feels as though not much has changed. However, while the future may be green, just how legal pot at home will impact the real estate industry remains a bit uncertain with buyers and sellers.
Mongohouse Sues Canada's Largest Real Estate Board, Claims It Has Lost $50K (Financial Post)
Property listings website Mongohouse is striking back at the Toronto Real Estate Board, claiming that it has suffered losses in excess of $50,000 after it was forced to abruptly shut down its website earlier this month.
U.S.A
The US Fed Still Sees “Exuberance” In Canadian Real Estate Buyers (Better Dwelling)
Canadian real estate prices are more tame, but a correction may still be in the cards. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas Fed), a branch of the US Federal Reserve, released exuberance indicators for Q2 2018. Exuberance is lower than it was last year, but we’re still nowhere near a healthy market.
Celebrity Trick-or-Treating List Has Kids Descending on Homes En Masse (Inside Edition)
For some celebrities the scariest thing on Halloween is a list of their home addresses that is making the rounds online.
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris Selling Their Former Love Nest in the Hollywood Hills (Realtor.com)
Four years ago, adorable duo Anna Faris and Chris Pratt invited us into the backyard of their lovely Mediterranean-style mansion in the Hollywood Hills to watch Pratt take the Ice Bucket Challenge.
International
Harry and Meghan Are Preparing For A Baby, How Will Kensington Palace Become A Home?
Earlier this year, Toronto Storeys discussed how Meghan Markle would want to turn Nottingham Cottage into a home for her and Harry, but it looks like there will be some changes to the housing roster with a baby on the way.
Swedish Death Cleaning Is The Lively New Way To Organize Your House
The internet blog squad love their trendy organization fads almost as much as they love one pot recipes. From Kon Mari to Bullet Journals, Pinterest is a veritable treasure trove of people using optimistic, proactive words, to describe different ways to throw out your stuff.
Technology Will Provide The Edge To Make Urban Real Estate Scalable (Forbes)
The fast-paced advancement of computing technologies and concurrent boom of data have combined to increase the capabilities and efficiency of the analytics industry.
