Sotheby’s International Realty Launches YouTube Channel

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at 3:19pm. 374 Views, 0 Comments.

Our New YouTube Channel

YouTube.com/sothebysrealty

Sotheby’s International Realty’s new global YouTube channel gives consumers a unique, behind-the-scenes view of some of the world’s most extraordinary properties, and provides a powerful marketing platform for the exceptional homes represented by Sotheby’s International Realty locally and around the world.

Consumers are looking to video now more than ever before as a research tool in the home-buying process, and YouTube, the number one online video website, is one of the leading social channels where they are searching for real estate. On YouTube.com/sothebysrealty, …

2012 Canadian Market Outlook

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at 3:07pm. 591 Views, 0 Comments.

2012 Canadian Market Outlook

CMHC Predicts Stability in Housing Starts, MLS® Sales & Resale Prices

The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has predicted stability in Canadian housing starts, MLS® sales and resale prices in 2012, citing low interest rates, stabilizing employment rates, as well as balanced real estate market conditions as key factors in their forecast.

In recent months, housing starts have been supported by low interest rates and an improving employment situation. They are, however, expected to moderate until the end of 2012. Housing starts were forecast to be 191,000 units for…

BNN Interview with Ross McCredie - Toronto's Luxury Property Market

Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 5:07pm. 551 Views, 0 Comments.

Business News Network interviewed Sotheby's International Realty Canada President & CEO on Toronto's high-end real estate market.

Globe & Mail - Real Estate Done Deals - Enlarge this image Shaughnessy infill goes $100,000 over asking

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 at 5:19pm. 306 Views, 0 Comments.

Shaughnessy infill goes $100,000 over asking
sydnia yu From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Dec. 05, 2011 9:35AM EST
Last updated Monday, Dec. 05, 2011 9:59AM EST
1517 ANGUS DR., SHAUGHNESSY, VANCOUVER

ASKING PRICE $2.15-million

SELLING PRICE $2.25-million

PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $935,000 (2002)

TAXES $7,622 (2011)

DAYS ON THE MARKET six

LISTING AGENT Greg Carros, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada

THE ACTION: On a winding street just west of Shaughnessy Park, this two-storey house received more than one offer shortly after ten parties completed their private tours.

WHAT THEY GOT: Peter Wardle was the architect behind this 24-year-old infill house, which was one of two residences added behind the…

Globe & Mail - Wealth Managment - There’s no place like a second home for wealthy investors

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 at 5:38pm. 125 Views, 0 Comments.

A $14,995,000 home in Whistler, B.C. Sotheby's International Realty Canada

As wealthy foreign buyers snap up more and more luxury homes in Canada, high-net-worth Canadians are similarly showing strong interest in purchasing multimillion-dollar residences abroad. But while their sights were once set on a French château, perhaps, or a Tuscan villa, the trend now is towards buying in the United States.

“We've really seen a fall-off in buying in Europe because of all the confusion over the past 12 months or so,” says Don Campbell, president of Abbotsford, B.C.-based Cutting Edge Research Inc. and the author of five best-selling books on real estate investing.

With so much volatility in Europe, especially in Spain, Portugal and…

Where Fashion Lives

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 6:48pm. 962 Views, 0 Comments.

Where Fashion Lives

International Designers at Home

Explore the fall issue of International Architecture & Design for an insider’s glimpse into the homes of the world’s hottest fashion designers, including Zadig &Voltaire designer Thierry Giller’s contemporary Paris apartment, Lisa Perry’s playful New York City penthouse and shoe designer Michel Perry’s modern, bohemian 17th century chateau.

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Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Expands

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 6:48pm. 742 Views, 0 Comments.

Sotheby’s International Realty Canada Expands

Coming Soon: New Offices in Toronto, West Vancouver & Ottawa

In Fall 2011 Sotheby’s International Realty Canada will be opening brand new offices in blue-chip Toronto, West Vancouver and Ottawa locations. By the end of the year, there will be twenty Canadian offices servicing the diverse real estate portfolios of our clients, from offices in major metropolitan centres such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary, to world-class recreational destinations such as Vancouver Island, Whistler, Mont Tremblant and Niagara-on-the-Lake.

In the past year, the Sotheby’s International Realty…

Fall Market Update

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 6:48pm. 849 Views, 0 Comments.

Fall Market Update

Canadian Housing Market Insight

According to the latest Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) statistics released in September 2011, the national housing market stayed firmly entrenched in balanced territory in August, setting the tone for what is expected to be a stable market into the fall.

Notably:

• Sales activity remained stable from July to August, but posted a significant year-over-year gain.
• Year-to-date sales pulled ahead of 2010 levels for the first time this year, and remained in line with the ten-year average.
• There were more balanced…

The Trilogy Team Joins Sotheby’s International Realty Canada

Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 5:41pm. 1106 Views, 0 Comments.

The Trilogy Team Joins
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada

Christian Vermast*, Paul Maranger** and Fran Bennett*

Sotheby’s International Realty Canada is proud to announce that the esteemed Trilogy Team- Christian Vermast*, Paul Maranger** and Fran Bennett*- have joined our office in Toronto in the roles of Senior Vice President, Sales.

Ranked among the top 1% of Toronto real estate agents, Christian, Paul and Fran join our elite network of agents to better serve their clients by offering Sotheby’s International Realty Canada’s exclusive local and international marketing programs in Toronto, across Canada and around the world.

Steve Laver, COO of Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, talks about the luxury realty market, his new role, and his move from Intrawest.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 at 4:45pm. 91 Views, 0 Comments.

It’s been a dramatic few years in the real estate business, particularly at the luxury end of the spectrum. For Steve Laver, former president of Intrawest ULC’s Playground Destination Properties, the roller coaster of the recession was made even steeper and faster by the fact that it followed Intrawest’s 2006 blockbuster sale to Fortress Investment Group LLC, a deal he helped craft. Now at Sotheby’s in Vancouver, he is focused on a new batch of big deals, this time as the sales and marketing force behind projects such as the new Four Seasons in Bangalore, India.

What do you like about the real estate business?

The energy, the whole transactional nature of it, doing deals. It’s always interesting; it’s always creative. You’re matching needs on one side with…