Staying active during the winter can be a lot of fun if you live in a condo. Most Toronto condos have a wide array of gym amenities, from weight rooms to squash courts, and some even have swimming pools. But it’s cold outside, you say? Well, here’s a list of 15 condos in Toronto with indoor swimming pools.

Dreaming of the summer? You may also be interested in the Toronto condos with the best outdoor pools.

Preparing your condo for sale should be done іn a way which is structured and planned to maximize your return for the least cost. Here are my top 10 tips to do so, in no specific order, as some might be more or less important to your situation. For a few thousand dollars in spending you may see returns in the 5 figure range!

A bigger condo with a great layout is always more desirable, so creating the illusion of more space can be one of the most important things you do when listing your condo for sale. Conversely, having a space which is full of “stuff” can have the opposite effect, leaving prospective buyers moving onto better options that seem less cramped for space.  A well laid out and decluttered space can make a unit feel much larger than its true square footage, but how do you go about doing this?

Two weeks ago, Las Vegas was taken over by tech-enthusiasts, electronic design start-ups, and top dog companies such as Google and Amazon for the 2019 International Consumer Electronics Show. One of the main areas of the show is new smart home technologies and design, which hold a special place in our heart. Here are some of our favourite new smart home products— from home monitoring to robot butlers—at CES 2019.

Top smart home products from CES 2019

Lenovo Smart Clock

While it’s unlikely that blockchain technology is going to drastically disrupt the Canadian real estate industry this year, the potential applications of blockchain could seriously change how we conduct real estate in the near future.

Blockchain technology is taking aim at the real estate industry in hopes of solving some of the problems or difficulties encountered during real estate transactions. Just like any other technological advance, the blockchain solutions are intending to streamline the process and make things easier for people doing business.

Back in December 2018, the Bank of Canada held the key interest rate at 1.75%, following a weaker outlook for Canadian economic growth in 2019. With much of the emphasis on the energy sector and North American trade, the question for many of you is likely how will things play out for the real estate market?

In an interview with the Financial Post, David Rosenberg, Chief Economist for Gluskin Sheff & Associates said his big concern is that half of the mortgage debt in the household sector is going to refinance in 2019-2020 at much higher interest rates. Depending on how far the BoC key interest rate increases, this period of refinancing could impact the consumer activity and depress economic growth.

It’s January, and it’s time to set your sights on the year ahead. Whether you’re hoping to buy a condo in 2019, sell your family home, move up in square-footage, or downsize to a turnkey lifestyle, here are six tips from our Condo Pros to help you reach your real estate goals in 2019.

We say it a lot, but working with a professional real estate agent is a smart decision. Brendon Cowans, a Top Producer at Condos.ca, explains one of the greatest value adds of working with an agent, and it begins with asking the question why. Why are you buying or selling?