GTA Market Insights

In a deep market an overpriced house eventually finds a buyer. Above $3 million in Toronto it does not, because the buyer pool does not replenish. Here is what actually happens, in order.

Buying a Toronto home from outside Canada is possible in specific circumstances and expensive in others. Here is the process in order, starting with the question that decides everything.

Every finish in a house has a replacement date. The lot does not. Here is how to test which half of a Toronto property you are actually paying for.

The buyers who get hurt above $3 million in Toronto are rarely the ones who paid too much. They are the ones who found out after closing what they were not allowed to do. Here are the twelve.

Most luxury marketing plans are a brochure of activities. Here is what actually reaches the small group of buyers who will decide your price — and why going exclusive usually costs money.

Not every dollar spent on a Toronto luxury home comes back. Here is an honest ranking of what returns, what is neutral, what costs you — and the permits that decide whether you can do it at all.

In a market with roughly 75 sales a month above $3 million across the whole GTA, presentation is not decoration. Here is what actually moves the number at the top end.

Garage capacity in Toronto is set by frontage and the zoning envelope long before it is set by budget. Here is what parking is actually worth at the top end, in houses and in condominiums.

Almost everything in a house can be changed. Ceiling height and natural light largely cannot. That is precisely why buyers at the top of the market pay so much for them.