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Toronto Real Estate Board Jan 09 - 2670 Sales ave price $343,632 Feb 09 - 4120 Sales ave price$ 361,305 Traditionally sale volumes and average price climb for the first half of the year before trending lower from July onward. Read the complete article by Maureen O'Neill Market Review: 2009 So Far Activity, prices increase as spring approaches How many appraisors does it take to screw in a lightbulb? First, if in the appraiser’s opinion, the original light bulb should be changed, the appraiser must identify and set forth any additional data considered and relied upon and the reasoning and basis for using a new light bulb. You get to see first hand that some people really do hang black velveteen Elvis paintings on their living room walls. Ontario Association of Home Inspectors ◊◊◊ GTA Foreclosures ◊◊◊ CMHC’s guide to buying a home	What's Selling? Who's Buying? Filled with optimism and ready to buy, first timers are dominating the market. - Carolyn Ireland Julie and Grant Wethers would like to bolster the number of sales in the Toronto real estate market. They just can't find a house they want to buy. The couple have been searching for about six months now, since returning from Calgary last fall. And while prices in the Toronto area have slipped, they haven't tumbled the way many buyers were anticipating. "That's been a relief to a lot of people, but not to us," Mr. Wethers says. The shift from a seller's to a buyer's market in Toronto has created a paradox: Homeowners are reluctant to list their properties because they fear they won't sell for a good price. Meanwhile, buyers such as the Wethers become increasingly frustrated by the dearth of quality homes to choose from. "It creates a lot of inertia in the market," Mr. Wethers says. Read this article from the Globe and Mail. REM Online Forum Mike Holmes New Show Holmes Inspection Raymond Wand RHI Mike has just begun production on a new series called “Holmes Inspection”, that profiles home inspections gone wrong. “Holmes Inspection” will start airing in Fall 2009 on HGTV Canada. This should prove interesting. I wonder how the numerous home inspection associations and their members will be portrayed. I suspect Mike will be calling it as he sees it, and things being equal will call for licencing to clean up and stem the number of unqualified inspectors coming into the field by home inspectors schools which falsely advertise all manner of claims about lucrative income through home inspection. Follow this descusion at www.REMonline.com. Moving House the Green Way Michael Bloch During my misspent youth, I moved dozens of times. It wasn't so bad then as I often had little more than a couple of bags. When I became a "responsible adult", suddenly I started to accumulate stuff at a frightening rate and each move became more expensive and time consuming. There's not only the time and financial cost, but also an environmental price in moving house. At any given time, millions are on the move; sometimes just across the street or across the country and world. Millions of movers means millions of miles, and then there's all the peripheral items involved such as packing materials - often used once, then thrown away. Here's some ideas on how to make your next move a little greener. Green tips for Earh Friendly Moving Day. Funny Video Break Redneck Dream Homes Slide Show Reliable Appraisal Services    5659 McAdam Road, #A6, Mississauga, ON L4Z 1N9 Tel: (905) 712-8887    Fax: (905) 712-2161    After hours emergency: (416) 618-7628 Email: info@reliableappraisal.ca