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‘We’re just not building enough homes’ >>>from page 1 $766,472 in Toronto in April, begin to tell you. They’re retircompared to $690,658 in April ing and going to buy a piece of 2015. Throughout the rest of property up north and build the GTA, average prices also a house. They increased got way more from money in their “We’ve turned $605,336 in pocket than offers away that April 2015 they expected. were astronomical to $724,235 They’re absothis year. lutely thrilled. for the value of the The Every deal I’ve area. That’s a hard increase is done in the decision. The need blamed on past two years and the greed of several fachas been multors. Interests the seller factors in.” rates are at or tiple offers.” It seems near record this story is l ow s , t h e becoming commonplace. Canadian dollar lags behind The Toronto Real Estate other world currencies and, historically, GTA real estate is Board reported a 12.6-percent increase in home selling a relatively safe investment prices in April, when compared gamble. to the same period last year. “Our real estate, in world The average home sold for dollars, is still much cheaper

TIPS FOR BUYERS ‘leave emotion at home’ DON’T GET EMOTIONAL While a property may be incredibly attractive and well staged, those lovely accents will disappear once the seller packs up. Establish price margins before putting in an offer on a home.

GET A HOME INSPECTION This will allow you to feel more comfortable with simplified purchase conditions. Mini inspections have become more popular in the GTA as the housing market heats up. An inspector will check mechanical systems, structure, dampness and the “bones” of the house.

CHEQUE IN HAND “If 10 people show up, one guy has a cheque and nine don’t, he may not have the best offer, but he’s a sure deal,” Asensio says.

DON’T LIVE FOR YOUR MORTGAGE Make sure the house doesn’t cost you a social life. It’s important to be able to spend a night on the town every once in awhile. If necessary, look north into smaller markets, such as Simcoe County.

than inWashington or London,” Mark Weisleder, a partner in Vaughan’s RealEstateLawyers. ca LLP firm, said. “Even if it’s increased, it’s a good investment for foreigners.” Immigration does play a role in driving the market upward. The Ontario government estimates about 100,000 immigrants move into the province each year. Many of those people settle in the GTA. Between Aurora in York Region and Innisfil in Simcoe County, there appears to be an influx of Chinese buyers. “They can move their family here while still finding affordable housing,” Royal LePage sales representative Wasim Jarrah, who works out of an office in Aurora, said. “Chinese buyers are savvy. They like to negotiate and feel like they’ve got a good deal. It’s the same thing that happened to Markham, and for the Italians in Vaughan. It’s a very healthy real estate market. Even when people are purchasing in multiple offers, they’ll realize a profit if they stay in their properties for up to three years. The (current) sellers are making a sizable profit as well.” There’s also a significant lack of inventory – a combination of slowly progressing new construction sites and an apparent unwillingness by aging Baby Boomers to sell their homes and downsize. “If you look at the number of housing starts compared to population growth, we’re just not building homes fast enough,” Joe Asensio, of the Brampton-based JN Asensio Realty, said. “You see homes going up everywhere, but they’re all sold before they even build them. I’m on the tail end of the Baby Boomers; this will sound terrible, but we’re just not dying fast enough. People need somewhere to live; there just isn’t enough affordable housing available. This trend

will continue for a long while. The real estate market is going to stay nuts for a long time yet. I don’t know whether there’s a need to slow it down.” Asensio is involved in multiple-offer scenarios daily. He watched 51 offers roll in for a property in Brampton recently and admits the number of bids on homes in the area will often enter double digits. Jones agrees with these assessments that Asian buyers, low interest rates and short supply have driven the housing market. However, some sectors are in higher demand than others. For example, townhouses and condominiums are not generally seeing the same percentage increases in value as freehold homes. “People don’t have a lot of options,” Jones said. “It’s impossible to tell whether it’s foreign or domestic money, but there’s certainly a lot of Asian buyers who are desperately trying to get freehold properties in the GTA. Condos and townhouses still sell, and you might even get the occasional bidding war, but it’s two offers or three. Condos have gone up, but it’s not what’s driving the market.” Prime market conditions are leading to high demand for houses. Jarrah says any York Region property, for example, currently listed at an appropriate market value, will likely fetch $50,000 to $100,000 more than asking price, if there’s an offer presentation date attached. That date is key because it forces all potential buyers to make blind bids on the property. “It creates an atmosphere of competitiveness,” Jarrah said. “No one really knows what that offer price is or what the conditions are. I don’t know what the offer is, but if I want that house, I’m going to put in a lot more money and take out conditions for inspection and financing and everything

TIPS FOR SELLERS ‘stay calm’ POKER FACE Poker face – While you may be excited or overwhelmed when bids come in, it’s important to keep emotions in check.

CLOSING INSURANCE This will cover you in case the proposed buyer has to back away. Deposits don’t necessarily end up in the hands of the sellers. In many cases, that money actually ends up in trust accounts held within the real estate industry.

ANOTHER HOME LINED UP Consider purchasing the next property before placing your current home on the market. This lessens the risk of market fluctuations and ensures there’s a place for you to go after you sell. else. Given there’s a shortage of housing on the market, people want to get into the market and they have to compete.” Of the more than 120 houses that were listed in Newmarket in early May, for example, nearly 110 had offer dates attached, Jarrah said. However, the hot market is creating some unintended consequences. With prices jumping so quickly, banks are having difficulty accurately gauging property values. So lenders are starting to ask purchasers to come up with larger down payments, to make up for the significant difference between the assessed value of the home and its purchase price. “Every home has a reasonable limit to what it’s worth,” Asensio said. “We’ve had a couple of scenarios where we’ve actually turned down offers because they were so high you can’t finance to these levels. We’ve turned offers away that were astronomical for the value of the area. That’s a hard decision. The need and the greed of the seller factors in.” Bidders also often exclude some standard conditions from their offers, including home inspections. The decision is

putting purchasers at risk. “It’s a scary thing,” Weisleder said. “The pressure is high to put in an offer without conditions, in order to win the bidding war. When you put in an offer without conditions, you could have all kinds of serious problems with the property condition after closing, which could cost who knows how much money to fix.” The market is also forcing first-time homebuyers to look for cheaper properties farther north. “Are we overpriced?” Asensio said “Realistically… not really. We’re still one of the most affordable areas in the country. I don’t believe we’re in a bubble and I don’t foresee that prices are going to drop anytime soon.” Sellers should consider buying the next house first, before listing their current property — a decision that will ensure a smoother transition between homes. Buyers, meanwhile, are advised to stay within their means, even if that forces them to walk away from a bidding war. “Don’t sacrifice everything to make that mortgage payment,” Weisleder said.

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City left in a haze waiting for feds’ marijuana laws A bright flash of reason emerged in the haze of Toronto’s new war on drugs this week, when the Toronto Board of Health supported a Joe Cressy motion to essentially ask the federal government what ought to be done about marijuana over the next year or so. That’s how long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have given themselves to come up with legislation governing soonto-be-legalized marijuana use. New MP and former Toronto police chief Bill Blair is taking the lead on crafting the legislation, and taking appropriate time doing it, so when it finally shows up in the spring of 2017, expect premium law. Until then? Well legally it’s pretty straightforward. Trafficking marijuana remains illegal. It is a criminal offence to do so. It is legal to dispense marijuana for medical purposes, but the law as written is restrictive enough that the Supreme Court

david nickle the city has ordered the federal government to make up a new one. Looked at through that lens, the raids police and bylaw officials conducted last week on storefront medical marijuana dispensaries are entirely appropriate, and the 90 individuals, many of them hourly employees, will deserve what they get. It doesn’t matter if the law will be changed to something excellent for pot smokers a year or so from now: right now the law is the law and that is that. Trouble is that the legal lens is not the only lens through which we view this. Marijuana was, is, and will be a widely used drug. It has harmful effects, but those effects exist within a range that most reasonable people find tolerable, the same as they tolerate alco-

hol and tobacco. The major harm marijuana does has to do with its illegality: it funds criminal organizations and puts otherwise innocent people in jail. The reason we are on the road to legalizing marijuana stems in part from those views. So, what’s wrong really with the proliferation of storefront operations in flagrant violation of the soon-to-be laws? The answer is that there is plenty wrong, when you look at it through a third lens: that of public health. According to the report before the board of health this week, there are significant health risks associated with the heavy consumption of the drug, particularly for those who begin their use of it in adolescence. It impacts brain development, and it may trigger psychotic disorders in people genetically prone to them. It’s not nearly the gateway drug some argue

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Community Yard Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Vine Avenue Parkette, Vine Avenue CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647235-0843, seniors@junctionra.ca COST: Free The Junction Residents Association and Junction Seniors have a sale in Vine Ave. Parkette. Rain date is June 11. IRC Fun Fair WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Indian Road Crescent PS, 285 Indian Road Cres. CONTACT: Amanda, amandawhite30@hotmail.com COST: Free This is our school’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Enjoy rides, games, prizes, barbecue, silent auction and more.

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Spring Babies at High Park Zoo WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon WHERE: High Park, 1873 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: highparkwalkingtours@ yahoo.ca COST: Free Take a tour with a zookeeper and meet the newest residents, many born this year. The walk ends at the petting zoo and llama pen. Meet at the benches across from Grenadier Restaurant.

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Art Tour 2016 WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. WHERE: multiple Toronto locations CONTACT: John Lynch, 416769-4454, arttour2016@gmail.com COST: Free The event features 40 artists in multiple locations, taking visitors through West Toronto’s most colourful neighbourhoods, including Bloor West Village, Swansea, High Park, the Junction, Malta Village and Baby Point. See www.arttour.info for map and details. Pyjama Time WHEN: 7 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles Ave. CONTACT: Jessica Rovito, 416-3937672, jrovito@torontopubliclibrary.ca COST: Free Bring your teddy bear, don your jammies and join the library for an evening storytime for children ages six and under. Drop-in. West Coast Swing Lessons WHEN: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. WHERE: Lithuanian Hall, 1573 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Jay or Sylvia, info@ TorontoSwingDanceSociety.ca COST: Full series: members $50, nonmembers $70. Joanna Swanson will teach Toronto Swing Dance Society’s next series of West Coast Swing Lessons. Beginners are welcome. No partner required. Visit http://torontoswingdancesociety.ca/monday-classes/registration/

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Aboriginal History Month - Family Film Nights WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Annette Street Library, 145 Annette St. CONTACT: 416-393-7692 COST: Free This year the National Film Board of Canada has curated a number of family-friendly, general audience short films to celebrate Aboriginal History Month. These films preserve Indigenous stories, legends, beliefs, and history.

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Afternoon at the Movies WHEN: 2 to 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St. CONTACT: Kara, 416-394-1014 COST: Free Come and watch a fun movie at the library this PA Day. On screen: “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens”, rated PG. Drop-in.

Shout Sister Choir WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Emmanuel-Howard Park United Church, 214 Wright Ave. CONTACT: Oriole Claxton, members@shoutsisterchoir. ca COST: dues You are welcome to attend a practice with no obligation and new members

Junction Seniors Gathering WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Pascal’s Baguette & Bagels, 2904 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843, www.junctionra.ca/ junction-seniors/, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free Group meets twice a week at a local coffee shop for conversation, as a social network of neighbours. Also on Tuesdays at Agora Cafe, 3015 Dundas St. W., from 10 to 11 a.m.

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Cistello and Luna: a Violin Story WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Windermere United Church, 356 Windermere Ave. CONTACT: 416769-5611 COST: $20 at the door México Contemporáneo and Windermere United Church presents an evening of classical and Mexican chamber music featuring Paulina Derbez and Humberto Lopez, with guest narrator Martin Boyd. Voices Chamber Choir WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, 151 Glenlake Avenue CONTACT: Ron Cheung, 416-519-0528, www.voiceschoir. com, voiceschamberchoir@yahoo. ca COST: $20 adults, $15 students/ seniors This is Voices Chamber Choir’s 20th anniversary season finale. Music by Palestrina, Byrd, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Stanford, Morley, and Willan. Folk songs from Canada’s East Coast and more.

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TTC starts rolling out downsized trains on Sheppard subway line If you’re taking the Sheppard line you may notice an unfamiliar sight on the rails. As of this week, the TTC has begun to run smaller versions of Toronto Rocket subway trains – the vehicles which let you pass from one end to the other unimpeded. The TTC board selected Line 4 as the location for testing trains with four cars instead of six, and one operator instead of two.

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A door left open on a moving subway train while in service last Friday evening was the result of human error, the TTC said. The transit commission’s board heard Tuesday proper procedures were not followed

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the president of the transit commission’s largest labour union. metrolinx won’t wadd more parking

Metrolinx is balking at a TTC request to add more parking at Kipling Station. The public transit planning agency is renovating Kipling to add a bus terminal, create better access for pedestrians and cyclists and add acces-

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Refugees celebrate arrival and integration into Canada LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com The opportunity to come to Canada “felt like a dream” for Syrian refugee Ibrahim Kanaan and his family. Kanaan, his wife, two daughters and son, arrived in Toronto on a cold, wintery day after a 17-hour flight from Jordan where they had fled from their war-torn Syrian village of Khirbet Ghazaleh. “My family and I were given the opportunity to begin again in the only country in the world to accept refugees as citizens,” Kanaan said. In the more than five months since his arrival, Kanaan said he has been able to secure work as a part-time social worker while he and his family have settled into an apartment in Etobicoke where his children are enrolled in

school and have adapted well to Canadian life. He credits CultureLink, the Bloor West and Dundas West streets-area not-for-profit organization that facilitates the settlement of newcomers to Toronto. “Your support has meant so much to our family and others like us,” Kanaan said during CultureLink’s Syrian Project donor, volunteer and partner appreciation breakfast Tuesday morning at the nearby Lithuanian House. His daughters performed as part of CultureLink’s Nai Syria Children’s Choir at the event. “Activities like this give them a sense of belonging and a chance to speak their language,” Kanaan said. The choir, which boasts 40 children, practices every Saturday at CultureLink where its families get the

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CultureLink’s Nai Syria Children’s Choir performs at the notfor-profit organization’s Syrian Project donor, volunteer and partner appreciation breakfast on Tuesday morning. CultureLink facilitates the settlement of newcomers to Toronto.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2016/2017 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from May 3 to 31, 2016. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing and payments include delivery and destination fees up to $1,725, $5 OMVIC fee, $29 tire fee, and $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes other taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. 0% financing on all 2016 models. Available discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase price before taxes. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541G) with a selling price of $17,574 is based on monthly payments of $566 for 24 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $4,000 discount ($3,500 loan credit and $500 competitive bonus** or loyalty bonus¶). Cost of borrowing is $0 and total obligation is $17,574. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on the 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2016 Soul LX AT (SO752G)/2016 Optima LX AT (OP741G) with a selling price of $29,554/$21,754/$25,374 (includes $500/$0/$0 lease credit discount and $500/$0/$500 competitive bonus** or loyalty bonus¶) is based on a total number of 130/104/130 bi-weekly payments of $129/$99/$109 for 60/48/60 months at 1.9%/0.9%/1.9%, with $0 security deposit, $2,650/$1,375/$3,100 down payment and first bi-weekly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation $16,727/$10,292/$14,116 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $10,922/$10,643/$9,122. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). **$500/$750 competitive bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2016 Forte, 2016 Sorento, 2016 Sportage, 2017 Sportage, 2016 Optima, 2016 Rio, 2016 Rio5 and 2016 Rondo/2016 Sedona and 2016 Optima Hybrid from participating dealers between May 3 and May 31, 2016 upon proof of current ownership/lease of a select competitive vehicle. Competitive models include specific VW, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Honda, GM, Ford, Jeep, Pontiac, Suzuki, Saturn, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Subaru, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Land Rover, Infiniti, Acura, Audi, Lincoln, Volvo, Buick and Jaguar vehicles. Some conditions apply. See your dealer or kia.ca for complete details. ¶$500/$750 loyalty bonus offer available on the retail purchase/lease of any new 2016 Forte, 2016 Sorento, 2016 Sportage, 2017 Sportage, 2016 Optima, 2016 Rio, 2016 Rio5 and 2016 Rondo/2016 Sedona and 2016 Optima Hybrid from participating dealers between May 3 and May 31, 2016 upon proof of current ownership/registration of Kia vehicle. Some conditions apply. See your dealer or kia.ca for complete details. ≈$60 gift will be awarded in the form of 20,000 Kia Member Rewards Dealer Points which can be redeemed at the participating Kia dealership in Canada where the customer took the test drive. $60 gift can be used towards the purchase of parts, services, accessories or maintenance. In order for the points to be awarded, customers must have a Kia Member Rewards account. The Kia Member Rewards Program is open to any licensed driver with a Canadian mailing address and enrollment in the Program is free for the purposes of this promotion. Further details about the Program and Dealer Points are available at kia.ca/member-rewards. °Your local dealer may be closed May 15. Visit kia.ca/find-a-dealer for dealership hours. §No Purchase Necessary. Enter by taking a test drive at a participating dealer or online at kia.ca/drivetosurprise. Open to Canadian residents over the age of majority. Contest begins May 3, 2016 and ends June 30, 2016 at 11:59 pm ET. 30 Prizes will be awarded (10 to Quebec residents, 20 to residents of rest of Canada). Each prize consists of winner’s choice of a trip experience up to $10,000, or $10,000 towards a Kia vehicle purchase/ lease. Complete contest rules in dealership or at kia.ca/drivetosurprise. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG)/ 2016 Optima SX AT Turbo (OP746G)/2016 Soul SX Luxury (SO758G) is $42,295/$35,195/$27,495. The Bluetooth® wordmark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. 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