Shane Dingman
The Globe and Mail
Toronto, ON, Canada
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A modern home close to the enticements of Avenue Road
Home was great for this young family when they moved in, and 17 years later, the neighbourhood has only gotten younger → Read More
Ontario regulator revokes licenses of two homebuilders
Last week, the HCRA said that Zamal Hossain and his business Albion Building Consultant Inc. had built 16 homes it was not licensed to build over the past six years and revoked its license → Read More
Condo with a terrace ‘as big as a house’
Yonge and St. Clair condo that was originally two separate units has a 2,400-square-foot terrace → Read More
Developer insolvency rattles Vancouver real estate industry
Developer filed court papers on Feb. 6 seeking temporary protection from its creditors, which it owes more than $700-million → Read More
Builder blames city as Toronto-area condo cancelled
According to the Home Construction Regulatory Authority, 176 agreements were cancelled, out of a potential 246 units that were planned for the building → Read More
An empty house full of memory
Anne Murdock’s former Rosedale home still rings to the sound of remembrance → Read More
Toronto condo owners slapped with big special fees
Condo owners at two Toronto buildings have been hit by demands for huge sums of money above their regular fees → Read More
Toronto condo developer Peter Freed moves into recreational market
Peter Freed’s main strategy to expand Freed Hotels & Resorts is to build 5,000 to 7,000 condominium units designed for recreational use over the next decade → Read More
A Toronto Victorian with old bits intact
Monica Ruffo’s Annex home has managed to survive for over a century and avoid the gutting suffered by many of its type → Read More
Some condo developers forge ahead despite market dip
Though some projects have been delayed, some developers say the sales environment has not been as bad as was forecast → Read More
Home of the Week: The horse farm slowly turned vineyard
Former horse farm is now home to Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery → Read More
The most expensive homes sold in 2022
The rise in private listing for high-value homes complicates the question of whether this or that home is the most expensive sale of the year in a given area → Read More
Vaughan shooting underscores legal challenges faced by volunteer boards dealing with hostile condo owners
Some in the industry believe the current legal system for managing conflict can make things worse not better → Read More
Five Vaughan condo shooting victims identified
Those shot and killed include two active condo board members, one former member → Read More
Vaughan gunman kills five neighbours, including condo board members he faced in legal battles for years, police say
Police say 73-year-old Francesco Villi used a semi-automatic handgun to kill people, some condo board members, on different floors → Read More
Auditor General finds hundreds cheated on real estate license exams
Real Estate Council of Ontario found ‘deliberate and organized misconduct’ in 2021 accounted for 315 individuals caught cheating → Read More
Kelowna vineyard ready for new buyer’s vintage
For the well-heeled oenophile there’s 25 acres of vines → Read More
Developers turn to pop ups to germinate street life
It’s all part of the mix of turning a condo complex from a place to stay into a place to live → Read More
Real estate startup Properly chops 71 jobs
Properly to layoff 71 workers across a variety of positions, including software developers, recruiters, data scientists, real estate sales managers and some executives in charge of growth marketing and customer experience → Read More
Dollhouse in a rural setting
‘I loved pretty homes and pretty things,’ says owner Paulette Sopoci. ‘I was a big fan of Barbie, and this beautiful regal home just spoke to me’ → Read More