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What’s the value of a real estate agent?

Are agents worth their fees? Have you been impressed or embittered by your dealings with real estate agents?

New homes

Builders tinker with prices to fit the HST

One result of the new Harmonized Sales Tax may be that Toronto’s already small condos get tinier

North-Toronto ravine residence by architect Siamak Hariri, principal in the firm of Hariri Pontarini Architects.
Architecture

Toronto ravine home: a subtly-moulded Modernism

A ravine home by architect Siamak Hariri is at once generous and rigorous. At 11,000 sq. ft., it is a large house, but careful manipulation of interior spaces has banished any hint of chilly vastness

Home of the Week

An antique brooch of a house

In Kensington Market, a Victorian house built in 1875 flaunts the opulent detailing that was the trade of its first owner

Architectural alternatives

Prefab opens a new material world

Who says prefab has to be drab? Architects continue to devise new housing models that show how low-cost materials can work in fashioning stylish new homes

Recreational Properties

An architect builds her family cottage

In the first of a six-part series, architect Dee Dee Taylor Hannah picks the site for her Stoney Lake dream home

Resale homes

Spring market makes an early debut

The post-winter housing market has jumped the gun, and a shortage of listings and pent up demand promises a hectic season ahead

The Olympic effect

As Games begin, real estate is all uphill

A pause expected, but lagging inventory should support prices

Programmable controls

New technologies create an intelligent house

With your home totally wired, the possibilities are endless; A hand-held remote with a "Get a beer" button

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