Check out the Appraisal Institute of Canada’s Smile 2021 photo contest! Smile 2021                     Post a photo that brings you joy or puts a smile on your face! The winning photo will receive a $100 gift card!           The photo contest submission deadline […]

Ontario is nearing 4,000 new COVID-19 cases per day with growth accelerating and reaching over 7% on the worst days. Daily mortality rates are expected to increase from 50 to 100 deaths per day between now and the end of February. See the government’s projections here: Update on COVID-19 Projections Sadly it has taken a pandemic for some […]

History will unquestionably record how deeply our mettle will be tested over the coming months, in our war with C 19. This deadly contagion will continue to belittle all remedial and provincial challengers until there is an acknowledged and instituted national health agenda. While we wait, we must do our best to follow the prescribed […]

Yes Dorothy, dreams do come true! Bike lanes running from Lawrence to Bloor have been approved by City council for the summer of 2021. Toronto the bad, is quickly turning into Toronto the good.  John Tory and council should be loudly applauded for making our city more pedestrian friendly and a finer place to call […]

All Things Will Pass! Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said “the only thing we have to fear is fear itsself” (Roosevelt, 1933, First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt). Sir Wilfred Laurier emphasized in a speech at Toronto’s Massey Hall that the 20th century would belong to Canada (Wilson-Smith, 2016). Speaking from personal opinion, it would […]

The Toronto Real Estate Board just released their latest statistical analysis. GTA home prices jumped 17% year over year. Sales numbers were up nearly 50% compared to June of last year. Presently, 5 year fixed mortgage rates continue to linger around the 2% level, with continued talk that 5 year rates may drop to 1.5%. […]

John Tory’s Safe Street Policy is Winning Big! Winning the hearts & minds of all Torontonians is no simple task! However, Mayor Tory’s creative adaptation of the approximated guidelines detailed in the Vision Zero has been nothing but a smashing success. This long-discussed plan was hastily gestated by the social blow-back caused by the C […]

The proverb that statistics don’t necessarily lie is true.  However, whether they shed light on the near future remains debatable. Attached are several informative graphs provided by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), which despite lower # of sales, highlights the chronic shortage of listings, thus resulting in an escalating price trend line. The million […]

Accurate Appraisals  has the distinct honour of announcing that a well-deserved distinction has been accorded to Nick Jurich C.R.A., P. App & Ricky Bhatia C.R.A, P. App, R.E. Broker, by the Appraisal Institute of Canada, as both members of the Accurate team have been awarded their full designation. Fewer than 4,000 real-estate professionals in all of Canada, out […]