Toronto House

753 Sammon Ave., TorontoAsking price: $1,125,000Selling price: $1,072,000Previous selling price: $186,000 (1991)Taxes: $3,486 (2018)Days on the market: 10Listing agents: Cameron Weir and Scott Hanton, The Weir TeamThis roughly 1,600-square-foot house is close to Michael Garron Hospital, but Sammon is a through street – busier than many in East York –...

637 Milverton Blvd., TorontoAsking price: $1,079,000 (June, 2021)Selling price: $1,180,000 (June, 2021)Previous selling prices: $427,500 (August, 2010); $156,500 (May, 1992)Taxes: $4,100 (2021)Days on the market: ThreeListing agent: Janice Weisfeld, Sutton Group-Associates Realty Inc.Just north of Danforth, this three-bedroom house was one of a few semi-detached properties open to the public...

Amanda Brown and her partner believed their jobs would keep them anchored in Vancouver for the long term. But tight rental accommodations, an expanding family and low interest rates prompted them to re-evaluate.The first-time buyers are preparing to move into a house they recently purchased in the small town of...

2067 Lake Shore Blvd., W., Ph 2 (Mimico)Asking price: $1,249,900 (May, 2021)Selling price: $1.3-million (June, 2021)Previous selling price: $1,100,000 (June, 2019)Taxes: $3,862 (2020)Days on the market: OneListing agent: Christopher Bibby, Re/Max Hallmark Bibby Group RealtyEarly this summer, there were few waterfront suites for buyers to chose from, much less ones...

Standing behind the long, cool-grey bar, crooner Matt Dusk admits his mixology skills are lacking – his repertoire contains only a few cocktails.“I’ll make you a Paper Plane,” says the 42-year-old, who began singing professionally while attending Toronto’s St. Michael’s Choir School in the mid-1980s. “It’s what I make for...

260 Scarlett Rd., No. 1303, TorontoAsking price: $594,900Selling price: $595,000Previous selling price: $191,500 (1990)Taxes: $1,884 (2018)Days on the market: OneCo-op agent: Nutan Brown, Royal LePage West Realty Group Ltd.Downsizers looking for a three-bedroom property with scenic views quickly zeroed in on this unit in Lambton Square, a four-tower complex abutting...

26 North Dr., TorontoAsking price: $1.679-millionSelling price: $1.66-millionPrevious selling price: $1,600,000 (2017)Taxes: $7,945 (2019)Days on the market: OneListing agent: Jenelle Cameron, Re/Max Hallmark Realty Ltd.Less than a five-minute drive north of the Toronto Hunt golf course on Lake Ontario, this infill home was listed for $1.799-million last fall, but no...

2 Knoll Dr., TorontoAsking price: $899,900Selling price: $900,000Previous selling prices: $572,000 (2008); $310,000 (1992)Taxes: $4,614 (2018)Days on the market: 16Listing agent: Ed Allan, Royal LePage West Realty Group Ltd.Many multimillion-dollar properties are clustered around the Humber River, so buyers shopping with less than $1-million wound up at this side-split residence...

7 Taylorwood Dr., TorontoAsking price: $1,489,900 (May, 2021)Selling price: $1,659,999 (May, 2021)Previous selling price: Not availableTaxes: $5,313 (2020)Days on the market: SixListing agent: Ed Allan, Royal LePage West Realty Group Ltd.This side-split property was unveiled early in May, when sellers were outnumbered by shoppers hunting for homes around James Gardens....

138 Princess St., No. 513, Toronto (Moss Park)Asking price: $999,000 (April, 2021)Selling price: $1,065,000 (April, 2021)Previous selling price: $553,714 (June, 2010)Taxes: $4,414 (2020)Days on the market: SixListing agent: Rebecca Colwill, Re/Max Hallmark Pierre Carapetian Group RealtyDuring the pandemic, renting out this two-bedroom corner suite became more difficult and less lucrative...

The listing: 533 Route 203, Havelock, Que.Asking Price: $2,250,000Taxes: $2,397 (2021)Lot Size: 140 acresAgents: Christina Miller, Profusion Realty and Patrick Wiltshire, Re/Max PlatineIn the early 2000s, Canadians were gripped by a political scandal.A federal sponsorship program created to promote Canadian unity was exposed as a scheme that siphoned more than...

90 Sherbourne St., No. 102, Toronto (Moss Park)Asking price: $1,045,000 (May, 2021)Selling price: $1-million (May, 2021)Previous selling prices: $950,000 (January, 2020); $425,000 (June, 2007); $315,000 (April, 2004); $210,000 (April, 1999); $149,941 (February, 1998)Taxes: $3,093 (2020)Days on the market: 15Listing agent: Christopher Bibby, Re/Max Hallmark Bibby Group RealtyIn an area filled...

Stella McCollum hasn’t hosted a real estate open house for more than a year during the Coronavirus pandemic, but she saw a rare property in Hamilton as the ideal setting for a return to the weekend afternoon tradition.Ms. McCollum had already rented a grand piano for the five-bedroom home at...

Kristine Remedios and John Silva, a Toronto couple with two kids, found their ideal property in 2016: a farmhouse on a six-acre lot in Cressy, Ont., near the eastern edge of Prince Edward County. It wasn’t the kind of thing most people would buy, but the couple were in the...

In 1931, the eye-popping Uptown Theatre opened on a commercial street in River Heights, a leafy residential neighbourhood of Winnipeg. And after years of striking a pose as a bowling alley, today it is revamped as a mixed-use apartment building.Designed by Winnipeg architect Max Blankstein, a Jewish immigrant and the...

Architect Tye Farrow was standing knee-high in weeds. His bicycle on the kickstand beside him, he surveyed an overgrown area as large as Ontario Place but, except for those brave souls willing to get a little dirty, completely cut off from civilization. The Don River burbling away to his left,...

2 Dunblaine Ave, Toronto (Cricket Club)Asking price: $2,895,000 (April, 2021)Selling price: $3,000,000 (April, 2021)Previous selling price: Not availableTaxes: $11,244 (2020)Days on the market: OneListing agents: Andre Kutyan and Robert Greenberg, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd.In 2017, agent Andre Kutyan was interviewed to sell this custom house on a 30-foot-by-120-foot corner...

110 Roxborough Dr., TorontoAsking price: $7,995,000 (June, 2020)Previous asking price: $8,475,000 (February, 2020)Selling price: $7,850,000 (July, 2020)Previous selling price: $2,425,000 (2004); $1,800,000 (1990)Taxes: $31,159 (2019)Days on the market: 25Listing agents: James Warren and Christopher Killam, Chestnut Park Real Estate Ltd.The pool of potential buyers for this three-storey house near Rosedale...

3 Scholfield Ave., TorontoAsking price: $3,595,000Selling price: $3,595,000Previous selling prices: $1,662,500 (2006); $960,000 (2000)Taxes: $15,479 (2017)Days on the market: 16Listing agents: Christian Vermast and Paul Maranger, Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaThe action: At the tail end of winter, there were two houses for sale near Rosedale Park. The one directly across...

94 Roxborough Dr., TorontoAsking price: $2,850,000Selling price: $2.6-millionPrevious selling prices: $1,095,000 (2003); $755,000 (2002)Taxes: $12,862 (2018)Days on the market: 14Listing agent: Elli Davis, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.This heritage-designated house on a 63-foot-by-78-foot lot was closely inspected by 10 buyers in early May. After two weeks on the market,...