Comments for O'Neill Real Estate, The Beach, Toronto

Comment on 50-carat diamond sells for a song by Jewellery Cafe

Jewellery Cafe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:52:35 +0000

Nature is amazing!The diamond is huge and gorgeous! This is the most expensive diamond sold in history in Canada!WOW

Comment on Driving the Nissan Leaf at the 2011 Green Living Show by diniki

diniki — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:58:17 +0000

We are in TN, so only Nissan dealers are supplying the charging stations making “range anxiety” a very real concern for me after hours driving.

Comment on Check out Honest Ed’s, a Toronto shopping institution by Jenny Mayhem

Jenny Mayhem — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:10:07 +0000

another fan of Honest Ed’s!! we just released a music video that pays tribute to the store- the style of the signpainting was especially featured in the imagery…we fell in love with it!

If you’re interested the video is on Vimeo at
http://vimeo.com/34881280

Comment on Why Garth Turner is wrong about the real estate market by John Prine

John Prine — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:02:54 +0000

Wow, Just came across this, do you ever have your head in the sand. Now it is January 10th, 2012 and absolutely every fiscal conservative and banker is now acknowledging that the market in Canada Is NOT “better because we have responsible lending practices”

Oversupply of poorly built condos in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Victoria, Kelowna and many other locations is really showing up quickly now. It will be an interesting year for those that are liquid, sad for those with large mortgages, interest rates don’t make any difference anymore….Like Japan.

Comment on Episode 406 – Why Autumn Can Be The Best Time To Buy Real Estate by Calgary Realtors

Calgary Realtors — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:40:10 +0000

George – I agree with your reasons for buying real estate in the Fall. Did a quick analysis of the median sale prices in our market….comparing Fall to Spring. Buyers here can expect to pay an additional 4% on single family homes if they wait till Spring. Won’t get into the details of our data, but we were surprised to see that number.

Comment on EV Fest Toronto and the future of the electric car by Robert Weekley

Robert Weekley — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:26:51 +0000

Hi Gregory! thanks for the great discovery video from EV Fest 2010! Did you make it to EV fest 2011 Electric Vehicle Show at the Evergreen Brick Works? Many more and newer exhibits, new vehicle types, and twice the size of and exhibitor crowd! Serious visitors only this year – no freebies in the way of entrance, burgers & dogs, or pops!

Comment on Episode 400 – Double Ending Deals Is Revolting. by Anthony Dyson

Anthony Dyson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:58:22 +0000

Hi George, great video and your company is to be commended for this.

As a commercial leasing agent, we work only for tenants so we never double end or get into dual agency situations.

Great vlog…Anthony Dyson
Broker of Record
Commercial Tenant Strategies Inc. Brokerage

Comment on Episode 403 – Why All QR Codes Do Not Need A Mobile Website. by Calgary Realtor

Calgary Realtor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:52:17 +0000

George,

I’m with you on the opinions in many of your video blogs. This is not one of them.

I use QR codes….on my signs, on my feature sheets, and on anything print (to help with it’s relevancy in a digital world). I also track my scans, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see the scans on our various advertising increase in volume. Our QR codes go to mobile sites….and quite frankly I think our sites look great, and work very well on any mobile browser.

The problem is that most non-mobile sites do not load quickly. You are referencing your site in your video. Maybe yours doesn’t take long to load, but most sites do…..especially on a 3G connection.

Secondly, pinching and zooming around a site to click on a tiny hyperlink somewhere is annoying and many times frustrating. If I’m forced into doing that in a mobile browser I leave the site. I’m not prepared to wait for slow load times and work my way around a site on my iPhone.

You reference “focusing on your clients”. That’s exactly what I’m doing with a mobile enabled site for my listing that I’m going to use a QR code for. I’m making sure that the consumer sees my client’s listing immediately, and that it is easy to see and find. In fact, I would argue I’m giving a potential buyer a much better browser experience with my mobile site than you are with your non-mobile site. We’re both showing listing details…mine is quicker to load and easier to use.

You reference creating the “best website experience”. While you have done an excellent job with this one as I reply from my 27″ iMac, a mobile site needs to be the target for mobile browsing. It is the “best website experience” on a smart phone.

An engaging post George. First one I don’t see eye to eye with you on.

Comment on Rent or buy? Meet Sakura, downtown Toronto condo renter by Alee Raza

Alee Raza — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:59:23 +0000

I think she should go a for condo because she will always need a place to live and that is what we call a home. It will be your home. There will not be very much difference between between rent and lease but in longer term you own something rather than nothing and if your landlord wants to live or whatever you have to move from there. Today or tomorrow she has to buy home which warms in winter and is cold in summer. If prices go up or down you are not a real estate investor to sell, how much money to move from a place to other and buy matching stuff and all that. In harder times you can sell home and get something you can use for something.
In my view, having your own home is as important as your existence and Toronto market will not go down but go up when some finest condos construction will be completed and It would try to beat New York City.

Best of Luck

Comment on Why Garth Turner is wrong about the real estate market by Maria Adkins

Maria Adkins — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:14:14 +0000

This was a great article !! It was ver well written and also very informative !! Keep up the good work and I will continue to read your articles.Laith Salma