Last week, I attended Toronto’s RE Bar Camp and it was fantasic. During the day over 450 people came through the doors to participate. The organizers Richard Silver, Shirley Porter, Evan Sage and Brad Sage did a fantastic job. This was Toronto’s first RE BarCamp but it was run with the percision of a [...]

HomeZilla is excited about the changes coming to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). More options for Canadians trying to buy and sell a home is always good and CREA has certainly come out strong in favour of change.
CREA’s membership has spoken,” says Georges Pahud, incoming president of the group. “CREA accepts the results [...]

Today is the day for CREA’s vote on changes to satisfiy the Competition Bureau claims that the industry is a ‘monopoly’. Over 300 representatives are in Ottawa for the voting. If the boards line up along provincial boundries, which they often do, then a “No” vote by Ontario and Quebec could make for a quick [...]

March 22nd is coming up fast and it is going to bring excitement to the Canadian real estate market. Unfortunately, the Competition Bureau, while actively “encouraging” CREA to change, is only trying to make changes that help the seller. Why is nobody looking our for the home buyers?
At CREA’s AGM on March 22nd, members are [...]

Last week, we showed you a video about Rosedale. This week we are going to the other end of the city to show you a residential neighbourhood, Roncesvalles. Over the coming months, we will be releasing new video of different Toronto neighbourhoods.
Today we want to present you with a video of Roncesvalles. A beautiful [...]

Last year, we created a video about Cabbagetown which received a lot of good feedback. For the past year, we have been collecting footage for other Toronto neighbourhoods. Over the coming months, we will be releasing new video of different Toronto neighbourhoods.
Today we want to present you with a video of Rosedale. Rosedale is one [...]

2010 will be an important year for Canadian Real Estate as many forces come together to change the industry. This is HomeZilla’s Top 10 things to look forward to in 2010.

Google’s will move into Canadian Real Estate – Google already has 10K+ Canadian real etate listings (ex:Halifax listings) and they don’t promote their service [...]

We are very happy to annouce the itegration of Google Street View for Canada into our site. After researching the closest schools, parks, subway stops, and liquor stores (they won’t admit it but home buyers search for them) you can quickly get a good look at the street as well.
(Look for the ‘Street View’ button [...]

are easier to find then you think. With less then two weeks before the start of another school year, HomeZilla is still seeing an increase in the number of people heavily researching schools.
Schools are almost always the most searched amenities when people are researching a neighbourhood. The exception being some neighbourhoods in Toronto and Vancouver [...]

One of the most interesting trends we see at HomeZilla is the most popular neighbourhoods across Canada. Here is a quick list of the most searched neighbourhoods in Canada for April 2009.

Downtown Neighbourhood Toronto
St. James Town Neighbourhood Toronto
Granview-Woodland Neighbourhood Vancouver
East Credit Neighbourhood Mississauga
Downtown Neighbourhood Kelowna
Fairview Neighbourhood Vancouver

King-Spadina Neighbourhood Toronto

Heart Lake East Neighbourhood Brampton
Bristol Neighbourhood Milton
Halifax Downtown Neighbourhood Halifax

For people [...]