No need to worry about tear downs, no builder/investor is buying in this market.

You are probably going to get a young family looking for more space for their kids (which is 90%+ of buyers right now).

They lost a bidding war to buy the house in March of 2020, but days later the seller, who was also the listing real estate agent, contacted them to say they could buy it as long as they increased their offer and waived getting a home inspection.

Every offer night I've held I've provided a reputable inspection up front for the listing to save everyone the bullshit, but also because I want firm offers only. The crazy part is that all people making offers only a few of their realtors request the inspection for review, others don't even ask and just put it in firm unconditional offers.

You can lead a horse to water, can't make it drink.

Define reputable inspection? The issue with home inspections is that it's not regulated. If I'm on the buying side and inspection report is available I'll ask for it, but I don't trust it. Shit could be biased. Honestly Sellers inspection reports don't add much value, but good for optics.

Put in offer irrevocable until 9pm tonight, let's see.

A detached in KW is 1.2M now in the middle of nowhere.

Not too sure as I haven't followed, but I am assuming as of right now it's probably ripping. My brokerage just sold out a pre con development in Kingston for $1,000 a foot.....IN KINGSTON

I am off The Bridle Walk just North of 16th.

A lot of people I know with multiple properties dumped at least one over the last 6 months. This run up has been insane.

Are you in Wismer? It's been popping off there, no inventory. It's really the same across the board everywhere. Your old hood in Cornell has gone nuts too, nothing is affordable.

Markham is a drop in the bucket though, you want crazy, go to Guelph/Kitchener, I saw a stat that the price appreciation they've seen in the last 3 years outpaces the price appreciation they had in the prior 37 years.

A detached in KW is 1.2M now in the middle of nowhere.

Nice, that pocket has always been hot especially with the Asians!

You write feedback about the kids and the parents act on it right away rather than argue or try to blame the teacher if their kid isn't the superstar that they thought he/she was.

My wife is a teacher in the immediate area, like most Markham schools they are great, the community of people there make it what it is.

You have a culture of people who highly value academics, who are involved, have resources, and teach their kids to respect the teachers. It's a really good dynamic you naturally get some of the best teachers working with an involved parent group and there is mutual respect going both ways. You write feedback about the kids and the parents act on it right away rather than argue or try to blame the teacher if their kid isn't the superstar that they thought he/she was.

^ Pretty much.

On the topic of downtown condows, I pulled up the latest stats and the stats are glorious. Listings flat, offers up, showings up, days on market down. Condo rentals are about to make a rebound

Liberty is 905 transplant central, not my first choice for a condo, but for first time investors the prices are the cheapest there. You are right on all accounts, logistically not the best. Neither is City Place, which has its own share of issues, I like East City Place, but west of Spadina you have to be careful as the buildings there have a number of issues.

King West/Bay Corridor is where it's at, in my biased opinion. If you are searching for value, have to look a bit east of Yonge.