RARE REAL ESTATE INC.   4 Oakhaven Dr., Toronto Asking price: $988,000 (February, 2023) Selling price: $1.03-million (March, 2023) Taxes: $4,101 (2022) Days on the market: Eight Listing agents: Mary Jo Vradis and Meray Mansour, Rare Real Estate The house was freshly painted to make it move-in ready, but it still needs some updating.RARE R...Read More

9A Chauncey Ave., Toronto Asking price: $2,078,000 (October, 2021) Selling price: $2,120,000 (October, 2021) Taxes: $7,949 (2021) Days on the market: Six Listing agents: Mary Jo Vradis and Meray Mansour, Rare Real Estate Inc. The action The two-storey house on Chauncey Ave. in Etobicoke was crafted on eco-friendly principles with a modern, high-end design....Read More

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New "Sickness & Caregiver" Recovery Benefits now available. This includes 3 new temporary benefits of up to $500 per week for workers unable to work for reasons related to COVID-19. The new benefits include the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), which will replace the Canada?Emergency?Response Benefit (CERB) for workers not eligible for EI benefits now that the CERB has ended, the Canada...Read More

@Feed it Forward, @Chef Jagger Gordon and @Tenfed are now collaborating to help eradicate Food Waste & Food Insecurity. The Feed it Forward team is now also rescuing catered food from film sets all over the city to redistribute it to those in need. Tenfed Merch (locally made) provides ten meals per item purchased to children/families experiencing food scarcity in Ontario and around the world. ...Read More

We are excited to announce that Treat Accessibly will be back for 2020, pending the government’s decision to proceed with Halloween this October. In 2018, RE/MAX INTEGRA introduced ‘Treat Accessibly’, a movement to make trick or treating possible for all children, by removing barriers that make getting candy difficult for those with accessibility challenges (e.g. staircases, stee...Read More

With COVID-19 restrictions being lifted across Canada, home buyers and sellers have been busy! National home sales and new listings have continued to increase since June, with July seeing more home sales across Canada than any other month in the history of the Canadian Real Estate Association’s (CREA) database–which dates back more than 40 years!       ...Read More

    I recently received a lovely email from Sarah Bowen. Sarah had come across an earlier post of mine regarding a Zero Waste conference I attended.    After reading a shocking National Geographic statistic that 91% of the plastic we use isn't being recycled, Sarah wanted to take responsibility and find ways to reduce her carbon footprint, and help others lear...Read More

As of Wednesday, June 24, Toronto and Peel Region will move to Stage 2 of the reopening plan. The rest of the GTA was allowed to move to Stage 2 on June 19. Please refer to the provincial announcement here. With this announcement, Toronto and Peel Region will be able to ease restrictions on the following activities and businesses: -Outdoor dine-in services at restaurants, bars and other establis...Read More