March 2009 - Posts

Does Your City Qualify as the Top 25 Most Livable Cities ?
30 March 09 06:55 PM | Anne Lok | 0 Comments   

Tyler Brule, the Financial Times Columnist published the Monocle Quality of Life Index for the most livable cities in June 2008. The selection is based on a number of criteria, as well as business and cultural diversity. Urban dwellers wish list include Read More...

Filed under: livable cities

How the Ontario Hamonized Sales Tax will affect your real estate‏
29 March 09 06:53 PM | Anne Lok | 0 Comments   

For those planning to enter the real estate market within the year, the announcement of the combined sales tax will have implications on the following: • adding significant tax to services such as moving costs, legal fees, home inspection fees, mortgage Read More...

Filed under: blended tax, ontario harmonized sales tax

Motorola goes green - Ecomoto program
29 March 09 06:45 PM | Anne Lok | 0 Comments   

Reduce, Reuse, & Recyle In recent years, E-waste has posed an environmental threat. There is continual emphasis on recylcing and turn in used electronic devices such as cell phones, Blackberries, PDA and digital cameras, computers to keep toxic elements Read More...

Filed under: Technology, eco-waste, motorola, ecomoto, product design, sustainable innovation

What is bad journalism? How often does the untrue get reported as facts?
02 March 09 12:09 PM | Anne Lok | 0 Comments   

Learn about it, read what the press write about it, and frighten yourself. Recently I came across an article in Maclean's magazine which reads " The shocking truth about the value of your home. " http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/02/23/the-shocking-truth-about-the-value-of-your-home/ Read More...

Filed under: canada economics outlook, canadian media, canadian real estate market

Toronto Residential Laneway House Blogspot
01 March 09 07:41 PM | Anne Lok | 1 Comments   

The concept of laneway infill properties in Toronto in the last 10 years has been a fairly recent phenomena. Laneway properties mean that property owners are permitted to build in a back lot that borders a public or unserviced lane. These laneways are Read More...

Filed under: infill housing, laneway house, toronto infill