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<title>movers Los Angeles</title>
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This is my first time visit at here and i am really happy to read all at one place.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1412470</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:33:24 EDT</pubDate>
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I will be trying to find information on how you can raise the quantity of responses without any help website, how have you succeed in accomplishing this?]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:27:51 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>lui</title>
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TP so true...a builder that is on time for completion.How rare is that..Three things that attracted to me to this project.Location,Tact designed,location.Tact has shown they can build a good project in a small space.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:12:56 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Toronto Proud</title>
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Actually there is a remaining 1 bdrm unit up for $302,900, if you search MLS. I don't know the details but the listing says it includes parking. http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=12709170&PidKey=1568754632

There is also a small studio unit for $245,900 and it appears to have a balcony. Same MLS search. I just search the whole area for anything residential between $200k and $900k, and the result is still the same: very sparse pickings.

The real clincher for us, in addition to the excellent location, was the fast completion date. Many other buildings going up now won't be done until 2015, 2016, 2017.

Certainly, they are small. I frequently stay in hotel suites the same size or bigger. But I'd rather stay "home" than in a hotel, as dictated by business needs.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1410790</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>lui</title>
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Toronto proud you bought a unit here....$312 k a good price with parking and locker..you must have bought early since the studios are selling for a insane price now ...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1408309</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:14:49 EDT</pubDate>
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Our 1 bdrm with parking and storage wound up being around $312,000.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1408062</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:08:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>lui</title>
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You realize the studio unit includes parking I think..parking in any downtown condo is worth $35K up..and no you dont need a "window" to be considered a bedroom.Bloor and Dufferin area has very few condos or lofts so for 707 to actually get a permit to build here was lots of work.Tact and Enriox seems to teaming up with some nice looking projects,hopefully the finish product is up to par with their other projects in Toronto.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1406365</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:55:27 EDT</pubDate>
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Oh, I'm pretty sure I work harder and have more education than you, but that isn't the point. I also never expected to move directly from Mom and Dad's rent-free paradise into home ownership in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world. After an undergraduate degree, I paid rent for 12 years. My wife and I only bought because we were being evicted. Yes, it's hard getting there, in any generation. Don't assume that everyone who does make it is stupid, privileged, or any of the rest of it.

Currently, I live in a home worth less than $350,000, nowhere near Toronto and nowhere near Ontario, actually. See what happens when we assume?

As for low rise, vs. towers, etc. -- we need to intensify density in the core and along major subway lines. That's the green choice and the only way to stop inconvenient, smog-producing sprawl. And moreover it is *a choice people are making*... or don't you believe in letting people make their own choices?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1403083</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:25:51 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Kat</title>
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Condos are not a bad thing -- I live in one 9 km from Yonge & Queen. Poorly designed, poorly built, and overhyped condos are something else again. When I bought my condo, it was one of four buildings in the entire neighbourhood I figured I could live in without feeling like a hypocrite or a fool.

Also, those gigantic towers the city keeps on approving (whyyy??) are ruining the street level and creating yet more wind tunnels. Furthermore, too many units in them have owners who may have never been to Toronto in their lives -- they're speculators who rent out the spaces to people who would love to save up a down payment, but their rent is too high. Yeah, they can live in the burbs, but then their transportation costs will eat up what they're saving in rent.

(For those wondering, my down payment came from one of my relatives dying and leaving me some money, so don't go there.)

Yeah, Toronto is expensive to live in, and has been for decades. But that doesn't mean everyone is getting value for all the dollars they're spending to be here, and long-term that is not a good thing.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:36:04 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Bob But Not Doug</title>
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People have been saying that since like 2005...: /]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:03:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title>RIck </title>
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"Ponzied" and "Humblebrag" two key terms here. 

Agree 100%. Good thing this nonsense is coming to an end, but then again, a sucker (and theres many of them downtown) is born every minute. 

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402843</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:40:38 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Rob</title>
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You missed a step. After they sell the place to the new person, they take their ponzied equity, buy another place, and then humblebrag about it on the internet, as if luck and timing had absolutely nothing to do with them getting into the market when they did. They have their piece, so why should they care if the market continues to go up? ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402830</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:18:10 EST</pubDate>
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<title>RIck </title>
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I gotta say "Pied-a-terre" has got to be the gayest term used to sell some loser(s) a shoe-box room in the city. I'll call my shit "La poopie délicieux" and I'll bet I get a line-up of these idiots wanting a plate. Pretty sad of the terms people get sucked into using because another loser used it in a "romantical" way. 

Are you too lazy to commute or take public transit? Condo's create a sea of douches that live in them for a short period of time, sell, then another douche moves in. It's an endless cycle of douche bags in this city. Glad I live outside the dowtown core, the idiots that like to make others filthy rich can have it. 

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402803</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:37:18 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Rob</title>
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Watch him/her paint this as "working harder" than you or "having more education" than you, when really, all it means is that you were born in 1976 and bought your place in the early 2000s. 

You got lucky. And you don't get to be a dick about that. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402762</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:37:58 EST</pubDate>
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<title>meeps</title>
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Ah, you're the person who is driving residents out of the city.  "Pied-a-terre" s are all well and good for those of you who can afford it. But the rest of us can't buy AT ALL because you feel the need for two 700k homes. 

Thanks, dick.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402760</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:36:42 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Alex</title>
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The address is 707 and it has 77 units? That is one lucky building. But also incredibly expensive for 384 sq.ft. That is tiny.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402753</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:27:11 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Toronto Proud</title>
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What I meant was - talk is cheap. People jump onto forums to criticize every new development that comes down the pike. Explain to me: where do you expect people to live? I gather you don't take much time to reflect on what makes a successful development, or what makes the people who live in one tick. Warning! Your negativity could get in the way of your future success and well-being!

As for mentioning the fact that I'll be living in this new building, that's as an antidote to the relentless bashing of new buildings as if the people who live in them don't even exist. We're making a choice. And choices are much more real when we commit our own dollars to them.

So whatever happened to "welcome to the neighbourhood"? Or don't you even live there?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402711</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:51:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Peter</title>
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Sure, its overpriced. So is everything else in the city. All you people complaining about "your" city changing, get with the times and stop acting like a bunch of Luddites. Change happens, populations expand, buildings are built, and skylines ultimately transform with the times. There is no precedent made for the city's residential development to cater to large middle-class families, nor should there be. The new developments are not made for families, but for individuals and couples who work in the downtown core. The development of the downtown core is meeting market demand, not catering to complaints of short-sighted Torontoians. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402648</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:57:28 EST</pubDate>
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<title>MS</title>
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"Designed for loft living" should be interpreted in the way it is meant: "this space is too small to put any interior walls, so you'll just have to figure out how to configure it yourself".

Location is okay, good transit, Dufferin Grove park nearby.

Many of the units are being advertised illegally - the bedrooms don't have windows as legally required, so they aren't legally allowed to be called bedrooms, which you may find out when it comes time to resell.  Some of the bedrooms are legal, check your floorplan.

I guess it's okay.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402638</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:28:04 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Hahaha</title>
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Ah right, I forgot we aren't allowed to make comments unless we live there!! How could we have been so foolish... *rolls eyes*

Good for you, you purchased a unit there. Was the bigoted post really necessary? Oh wait, I forgot.. this is BlogTO]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/03/new_in_toronto_real_estate_707_lofts/#c1402637</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:25:41 EST</pubDate>
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<title>JLL</title>
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I love downtown life, I absolutely love raising my child in the heart of the city, and I love our condo right now. But again, those of us who would like to purchase a 3 bedroom condo have no country. I read that CBC  article and it's irritating. I have seen too many offerings reviewed on this site where the 2 bedroom condos in a building are larger than the meager 3 bedrooms offered in the same building- so...who in their right mind would pay 50K+ more for LESS space? Not to mention the shoehorn-ing in of that 3rd bedroom in what looks like a walk-in closet. 

City planners and developers need to wise up. The reason they aren't getting the "family" response they would like is because they're offering crap product. ]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:48:09 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Rob</title>
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God the people who live here now suck. ]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:46:55 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Toronto Proud</title>
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Unless you plan to live there, your comments don't mean much. We've purchased a one-bedroom unit as a small "pied-a-terre" due to needing to live in two locations for business reasons. The location is a huge draw with the ability to walk around, enjoy dining, 5 mins from the Annex, 12 mins from Little Italy. Try buying a place to live in this area for anything less than $700,000. This is affordable, practical living. Yes, this just in, Toronto is an expensive city to live in. Semi detached 3-4 bd homes in the city are typically going for $700k+. Yet the demand is there.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:40:29 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Randy</title>
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Wait a little while and prices will start to correct..]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:13:46 EST</pubDate>
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<title>AV</title>
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Drove across the Gardiner this weekend, didn't even recognize the downtown core (I live downtown, I just never drive the Gardiner). Sad, sad, sad.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:06:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Kuba</title>
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What those developers are doing to Toronto is absolutely awful and depressing.
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:59:23 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Rob</title>
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Sad, isn't it?

The city was sold out from underneath us. ]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:58:10 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Marco</title>
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Agreed. 

Everytime I read how much condos are in the city, it always makes me think of this article. 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/07/02/f-toronto-condo-boom.html]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:46:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ugh</title>
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384 for more $300,000.  It's depressing to know that even as an employed, middle class individual, I can barely afford to live in this city.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:43:25 EST</pubDate>
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