Take a Look at This - Surging sales of $1-million-plus Toronto homes fuel calls for new measures



The GTA saw 2,876 sales of detached properties of $1-million or more in January and February, compared with 1,548 in the first two months of 2016, a new study by Sotheby's International Realty Canada shows. Fierce competition is common amid red-hot ...


Take a Look at This - Housing market fires on 3 cylinders: Toronto, Hamilton, even Vancouver

Canada's housing market is firing on three cylinders, surprisingly including Vancouver, and setting fresh records for the month of February.




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