Blog | Bruce Witchel

Setting Emotions Aside When Selling

Imagine shopping for a used car. You find one that you like and while negotiating the price, the seller gets sentimental. He shares happy memories of family picnics, his kids’ soccer games and other adventures with the vehicle. Then he demands a higher price. After all, he couldn’t possibly part ...

How to Deal with a Competitive Disadvantage

If you’re selling your home and there are other listings in your area, buyers will naturally compare your property to those other listings. Is there something about your home that you’re concerned will be seen as a competitive disadvantage? For example, do you have a small kitchen or fewer bedrooms than ...

Is Dufferin secretly Toronto’s best street?

We’ve all had our battles with the Dufferin bus. On a cold day during rush hour, it can feel like a perilous object barrelling toward you: loud, crowded, seemingly devoid of suspension. But it’s also just always there—it’s an essential caravan for one of Toronto’s most important streets. Stretching from ...

Pre-construction condo buyers forced to off-load units for as much as $150,000 less than they paid

If buyers continue to sell condos below contract value in assignment sales, the sell-off could lower valuations for entire buildings, experts warn Toronto pre-construction buyers are selling assignments at a loss and the numbers are piling up, putting valuations of whole buildings at risk, experts warn. Lance McMillan Toronto Star A growing number of ...