Recent content by michaelnurse

For the record, at Wishpad we don't believe the Toronto housing market is in a bubble. The supply and demand fundamentals are really strong and we're seeing a massive market correction that brings Toronto home prices more in line with it's peer cities. Having said that, bidding wars are...

If you're still interested in this, we did some analysis that looked at the neighbourhoods that had the most appreciation over the past 15 years. You can find it here: http://www.wishpad.ca/?page=featured&title=15-years-of-sold-data

I don't know if we have a bubble or not, but we did an analysis that shows that you're much more likely to pay above asking for a home today than you were even as recently as 2014. Part of this is driven by the real estate marketing tactic of using artificially low prices to build interest in a...

I couldn't help but notice that these are all west end neighbourhoods. I would also consider Riverdale and Playter Estates on the east side. Perhaps even the beaches if that commute isn't too long. It's easy to get really focused on a specific neighbourhood or two because it's (or they're)...

As someone mentioned above, consider who will be driving demand in the K/W area over the next 10 years. With the rapidly growing tech industry gaining momentum in the area, K/W is sure to attract more than its fair share of young, creative professionals and the families that they form together...

if anyone's interested, I've developed a simple segmentation model that looks at schools based on their current scores, the trajectory of their scores and the price of properties within a radius of the school. (This is not perfect as it looks at prices based on proximity to the school, not...

I'm new to this site and now that I've joined, this forum is extremely interesting to me as I am working on a start-up that deals with making home value data public using a methodology that is onside with TREB's policies. I'm at a very early stage of development and I'm looking for people to...