Category Archives: Data Use

Market Knowledge, Data, & You

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Market Knowledge, Data, & You Why do you need “market knowledge”? Well, market knowledge helps you make better decisions. And why do you want to make better decisions? Well, because any land development and home building project is just a … Continue reading →

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Residential Land Transactions – 1995 to April 2012

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

We’re getting ready for the Land & Development Conference next week. Here’s what we start with…..

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Compare, Compare, Compare…..

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

The way I try and learn about a given submarket, or municipality, or neighbourhood, or any corner of the GTA, is to compare it to other areas. The way to Location, Location, Location is through Compare, Compare, Compare. I like … Continue reading →

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Condo Sales Profiles – GTA 2010 Launches

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

I use sales profiles to visualize the sales performance of a group of projects over time. A sales profile for a condo project is just the cumulative percentage of sold units in the building, illustrated as a line on a … Continue reading →

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The Launch Effect

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

As you may be aware, I put a lot of effort into, and quite enjoy, finding different ways to present housing data. Data visualization can be a means to finding relationships that are difficult to find with just a table … Continue reading →

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RealInfo NH updated for October. Now what do I do?

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

October New Homes data for the GTA and the GCA has been available in the RealInfo NH service since late last week and we’re currently preparing and delivering all the monthly reports for clients and data contributors. Once you have … Continue reading →

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Market Knowledge, Data, & Decisions

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

Welcome to the new blog. I’m Steven Hurst and I crunch numbers for RealNet Canada and show clients how to use market data in their real estate decision making to reduce risk and improve results. I’ll be writing this blog … Continue reading →

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