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Diane Plant is all about real estate in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Her blog talks about sales trends in the GTA, about the city and it's beautiful places to visit and various opinions on life in Toronto.

Latest Blog Posts

  • Chanukah Cookies from Diane Plant on Nov 22, 2009

    Sequel to the gingerbread men cookies. This recipe is a sugar cookie recipe I wanted to share with you some of the cookies that I have decorated in the past for my friends holiday party.     ******************************************************...

  • Gingerbread Men Cookies from Diane Plant on Nov 22, 2009

    At this time of the year I love to bake and decorate cookies. A close friend has a toy drive at her home at the beginning of December. Gifts are dropped into a huge box from a refrigerator as we enter her house. This box is emptied many times through...

  • Housing Starts for 2010 in Ontario Expected to Increase-CMHC on Nov 21, 2009

    Date Released: Nov 2, 2009   C a n a d a M o r t g a g e  a n d  H o u s i n g C o r p o r a t i o n Fourth Quarter 2009                             Housing starts: After a slow start in 2009, housing starts will be...

  • Toronto Real Estate Ending Nov 19 for the GTA on Nov 21, 2009

    July 23, 2009 Region Area Sales Av. Price $ East 939 $338,510   West 688 $394,467   Central 337 $552,615   North 283 $437,564   Total 1,701 $420,041     The average sale price of homes has risen by $7,15...

  • HAPPY THANKSGIVING CANADA on Oct 11, 2009

                              I want to wish all my fellow Canadians a very Happy Thanksgiving     ************************************************************************************* I proudly server buyers and sellers in t...

  • Cell Phone laws-do you think you are above the law? on Oct 9, 2009

    I posted a blog recently about the cell phone ban coming into effect in Ontario on October 26, 2009. This ban is coming into effect because there are at minimum 35% of road accidents caused by ignorant people talking or texting while they are dr...

  • Ontario Housing to Stabilize says CMHC on Oct 8, 2009

    Queen's Park October Ontario housing conditions will stabilize Stable economic conditions across the province will help stabilize housing demand in 2010 according to the 2009 Third Quarter CMHC Housing Market Outlook - Canada Edition. Highlights of...