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CHRIS SIMON csimon@yrmg.com If you’re planning to buy a house in the Greater Toronto Area, be prepared to go to war. As demand in the local housing market increases substantially on an almost monthly basis, so, too, does the number of bidding wars. Graham Jones, a Re/Max Hallmark agent who has worked in the industry for 25 years, just sold a house in a bidding war that netted his clients a substantial profit. Their Richmond Hill bungalow was listed for $899,000. There were nine bidders and the property sold for $1.43 million. He compares the sale to “winning the lottery” for his clients.

Right now, our dollar is trading at about 80 cents against the American greenback. The British pound and the Euro are also highly valued against our money. That allows foreign investment in the GTA market. “They’re purchasing a $300,000 property for $220,000 US,” Royal LePage sales representative Wasim Jarrah said. “To them, that’s a great deal.”

We’re not building new homes fast enough to support demand. Also, Baby Boomers are choosing to stay in their homes, rather than 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 JN Asensio Realty Inc., said.

INTEREST RATES AT HISTORIC LOWS “It was underpriced a little bit to set up the bidding war, but still, it set records all over the place,” Jones said. “We had three bidders that were just beating the living daylights out of each other. We didn’t know where they were going to stop. It’s a nice home, but it’s a 65-year-old, 900-square-foot bungalow on a 50-foot lot. They (sellers) are so happy. I can’t even >>>WE’RE, page 3

They’re helping to stabilize the economy and make home purchases much more appealing, Asensio said. “The real estate market is going to stay nuts for a long time yet,” he said.

BIDDING ABOVE ASKING PRICE In northern York Region and some areas of southern Simcoe County, for example, Chinese buyers are bidding amounts substantially above asking price. Wasim Jarrah estimates Chinese bidders account for 60 per cent of people placing bids in multiple-offer situations in the area.

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‘We’re just not building enough homes’ >>>from page 1 are at or near record lows, the begin to tell you. They’re retirCanadian dollar lags behind ing and going to buy a piece of other world currencies and, property up north and build historically, GTA real estate is a relatively safe investment a house. They got way more money in their pocket than gamble. they expected. They’re abso“Our real estate, in world lutely thrilled. Every deal I’ve dollars, is still much cheaper done in the past two years has than in Washington or been multiple offers.” London,” Mark Weisleder, It seems this story is a partner in Vaughan’s becoming commonplace. RealEstateLawyers.ca LLP The firm, said. Toronto Real “We had three “Even if it’s Estate Board increased, it’s reported a bidders that were a good investjust beating the 12.6-perment for forcent increase living daylights out eigners.” Immigration in home sellof each other. We ing prices in does play a role April, when didn’t know where in driving the compared market upward. they were going to the same to stop.” The Ontario period government l a s t y e a r. estimates about The average home sold for 100,000 immigrants move $766,472 in Toronto in April, into the province each year. compared to $690,658 in April Many of those people settle 2015. Throughout the rest of in the GTA. Between Aurora in York the GTA, average prices also increased from $605,336 in Region and Innisfil in Simcoe April 2015 to $724,235 this County, there appears to be year. an influx of Chinese buyers. The increase is blamed on “They can move their several factors. Interests rates family here while still finding

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. “The bidding process can be fun to watch,” Asensio says. “Even if you love the offer, stay calm. Nobody’s supposed to know your reaction.”

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. “Those cheques don’t go anywhere; they’re just lost,” Asensio says.

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. “You’ve got to do it within the same time (period),” Weisleder says. “Otherwise, you’re speculating whether the market will go down or up and you could be without a place to live.”

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 des-

perately 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 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

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. “You can’t get emotional. Leave the emotion at home. You need to feel good about this win, not think, ‘I got this house, but at what price?” Joe Asensio, of JN Asensio Realty Inc., says.

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 you like the property, make sure the seller knows you’re serious. “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. home inspections. The deci“Are we overpriced?” sion is putting purchasers at Asensio said “Realistically… not really. We’re still one of risk. “It’s a s c a r y t h i n g ,” the most affordable areas in the country. I don’t believe Weisleder said. “The pressure is high to put in an offer we’re in a bubble and I don’t without conditions, in order foresee that prices are going to win the bidding war. When to drop anytime soon.” you put in an offer without While rising home values conditions, you could have may excite potential sellers, all kinds of serious problems they need to remember that with the property condition other houses are also jumpafter closing, ing in price. which could “We’ve turned So, the hike cost who may negate some of their knows how offers away that much money were astronomical gains when to fix.” they try to for the value of the The market area. That’s a hard purchase is also forcing another decision. The need first-time property. and the greed of homebuySellers ers to look the seller factors in.” should consider buying for cheaper properties the next farther north, in municihouse first, before listing their palities such as Barrie, Essa current property — a decision Township, Georgina and that will ensure a smoother Innisfil. transition between homes. Buyers, meanwhile, are “Newmarket is not a firsttime homebuyer community advised to stay within their anymore,” Jarrah said, noting means, even if that forces the market should stay hot for them to walk away from a another 12 to 18 months. bidding war. Others aren’t sure the “Don’t sacrifice everything to make that mortgage paymarket will slow down by then. ment,” 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-

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New YMCA downtown welcoming new members JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The brand new Cooper Koo Family Cherry Street YMCA is welcoming new members and offering tours of its space in the Corktown community. The facility, built to a LEED Gold standard, is fully accessible and features a workout room, two pools, a three-lane indoor running track, gymnasium, child and family play space, 30,000 sq.-ft. green roof and more. Alex Versluis, the YMCA of Greater Toronto’s vice president of property management, said accessibility was top-of-mind when it came to designing the new Y, adding that the design team learned a great deal when Toronto hosted the Parapan Am Games last year. “Accessibility is a really cool story for this centre,” he said. “It starts right at the entrances, where we have

wider (automatic) gates for universal access – and universal is really the key word for accessibility,” he said. “Turnstile entrances can be brutal for kids or for people with mobility challenges.” Other accessibility features include raised bumps near staircases to help those with low or no vision to navigate the space, a minimum 70 per cent colour contrast for doors, handrails and the like to help those with low vision, alarms with both visual and auditory components and equipment that provides access to all. “(Many pieces) of equipment here can be backend loaded or side loaded so people with accessibility needs and mobility devices can use them,” said Cooper Koo general manager Sarah Beldick. She added the equipment offers ease of use, allowing everyone to get fit. “We consider it a success

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The pools also meet the Y’s green goals. “One of the big energy consumers in pool areas is evaporation – you get a loss of water, a loss of chlorine and then you have to get the water out of the air and heat new water added to the pool,” Versluis said. “We’ve added something to the water so that at night, when it’s calm, it creates a film on top to the pool to prevent evaporation.” High efficiency boilers and variable speed drives add to the facility’s sustainability, and rooftop units recover heat from the building and reuse it. A battery charged by solar power can provide the Y with power and provide power to Toronto’s energy to help reduce the risk of brownouts on particularly hot days when homes and businesses in the Corktown area are ramping up air conditioning use. The large green roof is one of the building’s many

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‘Stargate’ installation set to grace new condo development JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The Yonge and Eglinton area is set to beam into the future with the anticipated installation of science fiction-themed public art to go along with two new condo developments. The $1.5 million “Stargate” installation will become a permanent fixture in the area, with large sculptures slated to go outside planned condo towers at 150 and 155 Redpath Ave. Commissioned by developers Capital Developments and Freed, and conceived by artists Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski of Blue Republic,

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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Tossing food around in school – particularly at teachers – is typically a one-way ticket to detention, or worse. Last Friday, however, many students at Eglinton Public School got a chance to pie their schoolmates or teachers in the face for a good cause. The event was part of a four-day fundraising effort for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The initiative, which included a bake sale, yard sale, basketball tournament and more, was started up in honour of Eglinton P.S. Grade 6 student Owen Magowan, who was diagnosed last year with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition that leads to “tunnel vision” and eventually blindness. Magowan, who took a turn getting pied by classmates, said getting hit in the face

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deals for their children. This is the third year in a row grassroots organization ConnectShine is hosting this event. The idea came about when co-founders Dita Kuhtey and Kerrie Proulx were on maternity leave with their first kids and received their first handme-down items. “We loved how wonderful it was to get handme-downs but there was no way to hand it down to the people that need it most. There was no way to share baby gear – especially strollers, cribs and high chairs that are expensive – during the first year of having a baby,” Kuhtey explained. “There are so many people who have stuff that they’re done with and still have some really good use in them. There’s not a lot of ways to share these types of items, since discount stores can’t carry strollers. So we thought there was a

great opportunity to start sharing this in different communities in Toronto.” All of the funds raised on Sunday will go to an orphanage in Nepal the school has chosen,” Kuhtey said. “Generally we’ve been partnering with schools. Last year we raised about $2,000 and the money went to Nepal. Rose Avenue (Public School) has a high population of Nepalese students,” Kuhtey explained. “So they chose to fundraise for the Nepal earthquake last year and this year they’re donating the money to an orphanage. So today, we asked the community to come out and find some great deals for a

great cause. It’s a really nice way to get the community together and raise some money together.” ConnectShine has been connecting low-income families with pricey baby items on the cheap with playpens going for as little as $30 and strollers for $20.

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You can vote in this by-election if on election day you: • are a Canadian Citizen; and • are at least 18 years old; and • are a public school supporter; and • are a resident in TDSB Ward 14 (City wards 27 and 28); or • do not live in the City of Toronto, but you or your spouse own or rent residential property in TDSB ward 14; and • are not prohibited from voting under any law. You can only vote once in this by-election. You are not eligible to vote in this by-election, if you could not vote for this office if a regular election was held on the day of the by-election.

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TTC rolling out downsized trains on Sheppard 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. Under the new system, a single TTC operator is also responsible for traditional “guard” duties such as opening doors and monitoring passengers entering and exiting the

rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT train. With automatic train operation planned within five years, the TTC says this system is as safe as the current two-person arrangement.

Eglinton Crosstown Update: Station Open House The Eglinton Crosstown Project is building the Eglinton line, a 19-kilometre light rail transit (LRT) line that will run along Eglinton Avenue through the heart of Toronto, with a 10-kilometre underground tunnel in its central section. When complete, the line will connect Mount Dennis in the west to Kennedy Road in the east, and will move passengers up to 60 per cent faster than bus service along Eglinton Avenue today

open door wsubway due to human error 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 by the twoperson crew in securing the damaged door. While final findings from the investigation of the incident are not expected until the end of the week, it appears the “guard” on the BloorDanforth train, responsible for operation of

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Starting in spring 2016, the next phase of construction begins at Forest Hill Station, and many other Crosstown stations will be under construction before the end of 2016.

A week-long campaign is cracking down on motorists parking in bike lanes. Toronto police’s parking enforcement unit launched the Right 2 Bike enforcement campaign Monday, running until Sunday. Officers from divisional units as well as traffic services will assist in the blitz.

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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 accessibility improvements to the

existing GO station. As part of the construction Metrolinx plans to replace existing TTC parking spots and is negotiating with Hydro One to build a surface lot on the utility’s land east of Kipling Avenue for subway commuters. But Metrolinx won’t boost parking on station grounds, as some members of the TTC board requested. Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Toronto’s transportation and infrastructure reporter. His column runs every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Toronto. “The illegal parking of vehicles in bicycle lanes deprives cyclists of their personal safety and impedes the orderly flow of bicycle traffic throughout the city.” In 2014, the city enacted new bicycle lane bylaws and increased penalties for offences. More than 17,000 tickets have been issued for bicycle lane offences by parking enforcement to date.

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INVITATION TO BID

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