Toronto recorded zero new condo launches in Q1 2026 and a record 4,295 completed unsold units, with new construction priced 38% above resale. Here are the risks the brochure does not cover.
Every condo view is sold as permanent. Most are not. Here is how to test whether a Toronto view will still exist in ten years, and which ones are structurally safe.
Penthouse is a marketing word, not a legal one. Here is what actually creates value at the top of a Toronto tower — and how to check what you are really buying.
A high condo fee is not automatically bad and a low one is not automatically good. What matters is what is inside it — and whether the reserve fund contribution is real or deferred.
A status certificate costs a maximum of $100 and must arrive within 10 days. It is the most information you will ever get about a condominium for that money — if you know which lines matter.
A complete guide to buying a top-end condominium in Toronto: what the status certificate must tell you, how to test whether a view is protected, what fees actually buy, and the market you are buying into.
Toronto recorded zero new condo project launches in Q1 2026 and a record 4,295 completed unsold units — while $5 million-plus condo sales in the core doubled. Both are true. Here is why.
Below-grade space is the most inconsistently valued area in any Toronto luxury home. Three variables decide whether buyers treat it as real living space or as a discount: height, light and access.
Technology in a luxury home either becomes invisible infrastructure or an obsolete liability. The difference is predictable, and it comes down to whether the next owner can replace one part without replacing everything.
A pool can add value, subtract it, or be irrelevant, and which one depends almost entirely on the lot. Here is the honest analysis, plus the tree, ravine and TRCA rules that decide whether you can build one at all.
