Ezra Levant - National Post So we're in for another Great Depression, are we? Don't believe it. Now that the epic U.S. presidential race is over, a caffeinated press corps is in withdrawal, so hyperventilating about a new Depression is their new fix. Just to pick one newspaper at random, Toronto's Globe ...

Toronto Star Editorial - January 4th, 2009 We have begun the new year on a down note, with predictions of economic gloom and doom. Our normally optimistic premier, Dalton McGuinty, says of 2009: "It's going to be a tough year." And Prime Minister Stephen Harper has even used the D-word, as in ...

A Toronto Pioneer in Loft Conversions Mitchell & Associates is a design/build firm that has been creating new loft conversions in the City of Toronto for the past twenty six years. In 1982 they designed, developed and built the first legal loft conversion in Toronto at 41 Shanly Street, previously the ...

At home on the factory floor - lofts make great live/work spaces By Kathy Flaxman - Globe and Mail Carlaw Avenue south of Dundas Street was a sleeves-rolled-up, working-class area for decades. In the 1950s, factories such as Colgate Palmolive and Wrigley spit out shampoo, toothpaste, spearmint gum and other products by ...

The downturn in the condo market may have a huge impact on renters By Terrence Belford - Globe and Mail Here is a question that might take the edge off the holiday season: Is Toronto about to face another rental housing crisis? Are we indeed heading back 25 years to the mid-1980s when ...

Daniel Muzyka and Lawrence Weiss - Globe and Mail On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me – from Up on the Roof We need to listen to this sage advice from Carole King and Gerry Goffin: It is time to gain some altitude and perspective. Watching the past ...

Risky to build and costly to buy - but nothing else like them Buyers attracted by historic buildings, but developers face the challenge of structural surprises that often lead to cost overruns By Derek Raymaker - The Globe and Mail They only account for 5% of the overall condominium market, but Toronto lofts ...

Globe and Mail The single biggest investment for most Canadians is the purchase of a home. So, home owners were understandably worried when the Canadian Real Estate Association recently reported that average Canadian resale house prices fell by 10% year-over-year in October. Comment: Bear in mind, those are national stats and it ...

Two-storey loft available for assignment! The builder has almost sold out of the two-level lofts, but I have a client who is looking to assign their unit. It is a huge 1,010 square foot corner unit with 2 bedrooms. Pearched high on the 21st floor, it has a gorgeous southwest ...

John Pasalis in Toronto Real Estate News For the past couple of months I have been cautioning our readers against making any big conclusions about Toronto's real estate market based solely on changes in average prices. Toronto has seen a big decline in the number of sales of high end homes ...