Aug 27, 2026Sequencing
The list date is the only date that matters
A move-up is two transactions that have to agree on one day. Work backwards from the closing you want and the whole move resolves to a single date on your calendar.
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5 notes · districts E01 to E03
Notes on a market that is really a calendar.
Sequencing, financing and the community-level figures underneath both. Every number here is traceable to a published report.
Aug 14, 2026Market data
A detached house for less than a $1.26M semi
In 4 of the TRREB communities in district E03, the average detached house costs less than the average Leslieville semi. The widest gap is $405,000.
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Jul 31, 2026Money
What bridge financing actually costs
Bridging a 21-day overlap on $640K of equity costs roughly $3,880. Here is where every dollar of that goes.
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Jul 16, 2026Sequencing
Buy first or sell first
There are three ways to sequence a move-up and only three. Each one has a different failure mode, and the right choice is decided by your equity position, not by your nerve.
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Jul 2, 2026Neighbourhoods
Nine stations on Line 2, and every one is a price gradient
The Danforth is not a neighbourhood, it is a corridor. Price falls with distance from it, and the rate of that fall is the most reliable thing in east-end pricing.
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You do not choose a closing date. You choose a list date, and the closing date is what it produces.
If you want that date worked out against a real property rather than in the abstract, that is a twenty-minute conversation.