Commercial Real Estate in Greater Toronto Area, Canada : Part 1

Commerical real estate sales in Greater Toronto Area, Canada has decreased from 317 to 268 from 2017 to 2018 respectively in numbers according to statistics report by Toronto Real Estate Board(TREB). However the average sales price per square feet has increased summarizing industrial, commercial/retail and office spaces or properties.

Here we'll talk about best places in Greater Toronto Area, Canada to buy property if you are buying for investment. We'll discuss about the commercial real estate in Greater Toronto Area if you're buying for your own use in next part.

If your purpose is an investment:

If you are making an investment in Greater Toronto Area then you have to see in which area the price per square feet has increased. Now Greater Toronto Area is made up of Haltorn Region,
Peel Region, Toronto, York Region, Durham Region, Dufferin County and Simcoe County. We'll consider main areas here that are Haltorn Region, Peel Retion, Toronto and York Region. Below is graphs of net price per square feet of 5 years from 2014 to 2018 for all above regions of Greater Toronto Area.

You can see from the above charts that in Toronto and Peel Region price curve is increasing where as in York Region and Hatorn Region it's mix and fluctuating irregularly. 

So, we can conclude that Toronto and Peel Region are best options for commercial real estate property investment in Greater Toronto Area. 

Based on data collected from TREB website. Source: http://www.trebhome.com/

Houses for sale in Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario, Canada

Are you looking for houses for sale in Greater Toronto Area (GTA)? Greater Toronto Area is (GTA) is populous metropolitan are in Canada. Municipalities including Durham, Halton, Peel and York and Toronto makes Greater Toronto Area. GTA is one of the centers of commercial and financial sectors. There are so many immigrants come to Greater Toronto Area. People who come for job and immigrants would settle in the area. Also Ontario is good market for real estate investment. Real Estate sales jumps 16.8% in Toronto area*.

Immigrants or people who want to invest in real estate in Greater Toronto Area look for houses for sale through different mediums. If you are looking for houses for sale in GTA, here's the guide how you can find it.

1. Realtor.ca

Realtor.ca is real estate website owned by Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). One can find houses for sale listing on www.realtor.ca. Apart from house listings there is other
information and guide about real estate for the people for example, mortagage calculator, neighborhood demographics and realted articles.

2. Private listing sites

There are many private listing sites like zillow.com, kijiji.ca, etc. You can find listings
for houses for sale on the sites. Generally, you can filter properties by price, location, etc. on the site.

Here's some popular real estate listings sites you can refere to:
www.zillow.com
https://www.remax.ca/
https://www.zoocasa.com/
Homebuyers.com
https://www.forsalebyowner.ca/

3. Real Estate Agents
Meet real estate agents, they can help you find best houses for sale in Greater Toronto Area and also give best deals. Real estate agents has to daily deal with buying and selling houses.
They also know the rules and regulations of buying and selling properties.

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4. Newspaper Classifieds
You can check newspaper classifieds for houses for sale. The advertisers post the ad with price and sometime photo of the house with the details sometimes.

You can find classifieds related to houses for sale in 'Toronto Sun' or 'Toronto Star'or 'Missisauga News'. There is a a real estate
classifieds section in every newspaper. People list their houses in the section.

5. 'For Sale' sign in neighborhood.
If you can see 'For Sale' or 'Open House' sign passing by in your negihborhood, you can go and enquire for the property. You may see many signs in your neighborhood area.

6. Real Estate Video Tours on YouTube

You can find many video tours of houses for sale on YouTube. Real estate agents or marketing firms post the videos of house tours for sale. It shows entire house in details with different portions
like kitchen, bedroom and other areas. The benefit of the video tours is that you are able to see the house first and if you like it in the video tour, you can go to visit the sight. It saves
your time, effort and money.

One of the YouTube channel for video tours is https://www.youtube.com/user/pictourhd/videos



*Source:  https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/toronto-housing-market-heats-up-as-sales-jump-16-8-in-april-1.1253997

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How to sell your home in Ontario, Canada

If you have decided to sell your home in Ontario, you can proceed with many ways to sell it. First of all do some research and find out current real estate market in your city.

Cities including Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, Kingston, Windsor, Kitchener, Brantford, London, Greater Sudbury, Cambridge, Peterborough, Barrie, Oshawa, Guelph, Mississauga, Belleville, Brampton, Cornwall, Startford, Burlington, Vaughan, Markham, Pickering, Oakville and other cities make Ontario.

After doing some research, you may be able to find out what are the approximate price you are going to fetch for your home in Ontario depending on the real estate market in your city.

Now, decide that you are going to sell it yourself or will sell it through real estate agent? Real estate agents know the procedures and rules and regulations properly as they sell houses and deal with the people everyday. Realtors charge their commission, which may be anything in a range of 2% to 6%. If you want to save the commissions to real estate agent or realtor then you can sell it yourself.

If you are selling through Real Estate Agent	If you are selling yourself
Check the background and  ratings of Real Estate Agents and find out right one.	List your property on site like zillow.com, realmedia.ca, realtor.ca or/and other sites.
Negotiate the commission and decide the other cost of selling your house.	Prepare marketing material like feature sheets, photography, video tour, 3d floor plans and virtual tours, etc. You can see more options or consult real estate marketing agency what you'll need. One in Ontario is https://www.realmedia.ca/.
List your property with the realtor and do marketing with your Real Estate Agent.	You will get the deals through your marketing. Tell your leads to come see your home.
Open the house to show it for the buyers.	If the prospective buyers like your home negotiate the price.
If the buyers like your home, ask your Agent to get into best deal. If not show it to other buyers.	Do the formalities.
Your real estate agent will ask you to do the formalities to close the deal. Follow the procedure.