Dana Snow became a real estate enthusiast at a very early age, watching and assisting her parents design and build houses throughout her childhood. As a Kawartha Lakes lesbian Realtor, Owner and Broker of Record at Punk Rock Realty, Dana provides first-hand knowledge, learned experience, and deep-seated tenacity. See Dana Snow’s Expanded Listing on Gay… Read more »
I have lived in the area my entire life. I love what Edmonton and all the amazing surrounding communities have to offer. From rural acreages to the midst of downtown, and from handyman specials to brand new homes, I have experience with it all! I take into consideration every aspect when looking for homes as… Read more »
Real estate and magic. Two worlds that couldn’t seem more different but have more in common than you’d think. Let me explain: as an award-winning illusionist, I know the secret to every great trick is the performance – captivating interest and always thinking 10 steps ahead. Well, being a successful Realtor requires those skills in… Read more »
We are not like other realtors. What makes us different? For home-sellers; we leverage marketing techniques and strategies to promote your home to a wider audience. Combined with our understanding of the wants and needs of the prospect purchaser, we use the latest technologies to increase their desire to compel a faster transaction, at the… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: Greg Rowland is a Victoria Gay Realtor who offers superb service to his clients in the trading area of Southern Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands for over… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: My partner and I bought our house in Brampton in 1998 and we love the suburbs! You can choose from vibrant condos or single family homes on quiet streets…. Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: Warren Fetterly is a and experienced financial and mortgage professional who believes in integrity, honesty and above all a fun and easy to understand approval process! See Warren’s Expanded… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: I truly love what I do, helping people with the biggest financial transaction of their lives – buying or selling a home. There’s always something to learn, and no… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: Helping clients with all their real estate needs in our diverse, welcoming, kinetic, and food forward city. Perry Ryno loves Toronto! Full service, full time Realtor since 1994 22… Read more »
An indie-spirited, artistically inclined alternative to the city’s uber-queer Church Street Village, Queen Street West (aka simply Queen West) is one of several cool neighborhoods west of downtown. It consists of a long stretch of Queen Street extending west from about University Avenue and the Osgoode metro station for many blocks out beyond Trinity Bellwoods… Read more »
Traditionally the city’s close-knit Jewish neighborhood, Mile End is in Montreal’s upper Plateau area, just north of lovely Parc du Mont-Royal. A couple of miles west of downtown and the bright-pink Gay Village, the neighborhood is a short walk from the Mont-Royal and Laurier metro stations and has become a bastion of dining, nightlife, and… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: My partner and I bought our house in Brampton in 1998 and we love the suburbs! You can choose from vibrant condos or single family homes on quiet streets…. Read more »
Defeated house hunters in Toronto and Vancouver who feel that the supply of affordable homes must be shrinking aren’t entirely imagining the phenomenon. Beata Caranci, chief economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, says the houses listed for sale are increasingly tilted towards the upper end of the market. Her report, entitled Moving on the Monopoly Board: Buyer… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: Clara has worked in Winnipeg real estate for more than twenty years. Whether you are buying or selling Winnipeg real estate, we will use our strategic pricing techniques and… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals: I am a dedicated and driven full time Sales Representative here to help you get your dream home in the area that is best for you. I work full… Read more »
As the price of an average house in the beautiful city nears $1.3 million Canadian, young tech workers are moving out, leaving worried business leaders behind. Kevin Oke had a millennial’s dream job in Vancouver, B.C., working as lead designer at a video-game company whose clients included Atari and Ubisoft Entertainment, but he still couldn’t… Read more »
“Home buyers and prospective renters have fretted for years that investors were snapping up homes and leaving them empty, cutting supply and boosting prices in the process,” as the Financial Post put it. The report analyzed residential electricity consumption via a decade’s worth of anonymized data provided by BC Hydro, the electric utility. A home… Read more »
With Toronto constantly growing, neighborhoods around the city are constantly changing and the city’s ever-growing popularity sees the masses of dwellers follow the trend. Hipsters flocking into a certain area is the most obvious sign of gentrification rearing its head – but even right now, without coffee shops and ironic tote bags taking over the… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Providing you with expertise in Real Estate solutions – I dedicate 100% of my energy toward serving my clients. I depend on referrals from satisfied clients, so I work… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Real Estate is in my blood! Growing up, conversation at the family dinner table often centered around buying, selling, and investing in real estate. My mother has been a… Read more »
There might not be a topic more contested in the financial community than the future of the Toronto housing market. Bulls point to low interest rates, crazy bidding wars for desirable neighborhoods, and a steady stream of new people moving to the city as proof the market is in great shape. A steadily rising price… Read more »
When a developer announced last week that he planned to build what would be the tallest building in Canada on the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor, Toronto seemed unimpressed. Many who wrote online comments about the proposal wondered why on earth this city needs yet another glass condominium tower, even a dramatic 80-storey one… Read more »
Architecture tells us a lot about economic history, as these charts by Martin Vargic show. Vargic, a Slovakian artist and designer who runs the blog halcyonmaps.com, created six charts that document the history of the tallest buildings on six continents — Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania — over the last 5,000… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Choosing an Edmonton real estate agent is a difficult task because really, how does one make that decision and how do you know you’ve made the right choice? I’m… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Brian Elder sells homes buy design: downtown Toronto condos, lofts, and urban spaces. See Brian’s Expanded Listing on Gay Realty Network Here Gay Friendly Realtors and Real Estate Professionals… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. I am a highly educated and experienced mortgage professional who believes in integrity, honesty and above all, superlative client service. See Warren’s Expanded Listing on Gay Realty Network Here… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Providing professional service to my clients, while educating them through the process. Edmonton is a thriving City, with many festivals, events to take in year round. See Brent’s Expanded… Read more »
Just in time for Vancouver’s pride events in late July and Early August, the city’s skyline now features a permanent display of LGBT pride. The Sandman Suites Hotel on Davie Street in Vancouver’s gayborhood (Davie Village) has painted a 55-foot wide rainbow on to the very top of their roof. Vancity Buzz has a quote… Read more »
They’re the six most dangerous words in the English language, but here they are anyway: maybe this time really is different. Every bubble begins as a boom, but not every boom becomes a bubble–only the ones that go bust do. The trick is figuring out which booms have gotten so vertiginous that a bust is… Read more »
Toronto is hosting World Pride 2014 from June 20 to June 29, but the Canadian capital has already rolled out a welcome to the global LGBT community by painting crosswalks in the Gay Village with a bright rainbow. Located in the heart of the Toronto gayborhood at Church Street and Alexander and Church Street and… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. I specialize in helping you buy, sell or invest in the house or condo that’s right for you! Many LGBTQ people are venturing out to Durham Region for its… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Todd offers Toronto a wueer eye for a great buy – specializing in downtown lofts and condos. See Todd’s Expanded Listing on Gay Realty Network Here Gay Friendly Realtors… Read more »
Richcraft Homes’ latest condo project, The Bowery, is touted as “condominium living with a distinctly New York vibe.” That got me thinking about what distinguishes the two cities’ condo markets. Space Confucius says: “He who lives in New York City understands that space is a luxury.” OK, he didn’t. But he may as well have…. Read more »
Timing the closing of your new home purchase with the end of your lease agreement or sale of your existing home is tricky, to say the least. Rarely does it work out that you move directly from one home to another on a perfect schedule. During the transition, you need a place to live and… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Greg is a top producer, friendly, low key, high energy, knowledgeable, fun, happy, smart, and hip. Victoria has the mildest climate in the country, and is the best place… Read more »
Over the next 30 years about 10,000 people are expected to move into the West End, the city’s oldest and densest neighbourhood. But in order to do that without making wholesale changes to the character of the neighbourhood, the city is considering the unique plan to allow multi-storey laneway housing on some of the areas… Read more »
The worst of times are usually obvious, as in the case of Toronto under Rob Ford. The best of times can take longer to reveal themselves  as in the case of Toronto under Rob Ford, which is most likely to be remembered by future historians not for its political buffoonery but for the amazing… Read more »
The Church Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area (BIA) is getting closer to banishing posters from nearly all poles on Church Street in Toronto’s gay village. BIA manager David Wootton says a test pole, just south of Dundonald Street, is now covered with eight-foot-high wrapping. He hopes to eventually cover every pole on the street. The… Read more »
In the mid-1990s I wrote an opinion column arguing against the tax deduction for mortgage interest. One of the arguments I made was that the percentage of homeowners was only one or two points higher in the United States than in Canada, which doesn’t have the deduction. The best information I have now is that… Read more »
Pride season is mostly behind us, but not in our neighbor to the north, where Vancouver is just getting its weeklong gay Pride started. The fun starts July 29, when Mayor Gregor Robertson announces his official proclamation and hoists a rainbow flag over City Hall, and culminates with the Vancouver Pride Parade on August 4,… Read more »
We reported the other day about a real estate agent in the Toronto area who was distributing anti-gay fliers. Pink News has an update: Local resident Jon McDonald said he was furious when he discovered the flyer in his newspaper. It had been dispatched to hundreds of homes in the Port Credit and Lorne Park… Read more »
A Toronto real estate agent has taken it upon himself to distribute an anti-gay flier in Mississauga, Ontario. Towleroad.com reports: A RE/MAX Real Estate agent in the Toronto-area city of Mississauga is under fire for distributing sales brochures which included an article promoting “traditional families” as the best for the future of children, the Mississauga… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Alexis is an easy-going, no pressure Edmonton real estate agent – she will help make your home buying or selling a good experience. Edmonton is a great place to… Read more »
At Gay Realty Watch, we look for news to share with you about the gay real estate market – both lgbt real estate news and news specific to gay and lesbian real estate meccas. If you have a gay real estate story that you’d like to share with us, contact us at [email protected] Today, in… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. 5 years experience in Vancouver Downtown/East/or West. Knowledge with investors (foreign/local), first-time and seasoned buyers. Vancouver brings culture, beaches, nature, shopping, entertainment, diversity, and a relaxed community feel –… Read more »
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Eric is a professional, dedicated and client oriented real estate agent working in the greater Toronto real estate market. See Eric’s Expanded Listing on Gay Realty Network Here Gay… Read more »