The Toronto Real Estate Podcast | Stories, Lifestyle & Trends with Fox Marin Associates

Buying a home in Toronto costs more than the purchase price, and most buyers are shocked by how much cash they actually need on closing day.In this episode of The Toronto Real Estate Podcast, Ralph Fox and Kori Marin break down the real costs of buying a home in Toronto in 2026, including double land transfer tax, first-time home buyer rebates, legal fees, disbursements, title insurance, CMHC insurance, PST on mortgage insurance, HST on new construction, closing adjustments, moving costs, home insurance, and the hidden costs of buying pre-construction condos.____________________________________________________Speakers:Ralph Fox (Co-Founder and Broker of Record at Fox Marin)Kori Marin (Co-Founder and Broker at Fox Marin)

Is it actually smarter to sell in the Spring…or is that just a Toronto Real Estate urban myth?In this episode of the Toronto Real Estate Podcast, Kori Marin and Ralph Fox dig into real TRREB data from 2024 & 2025 to answer one of the most common questions sellers are asking right now: Should I list in the Spring or wait for the Fall?This is not opinion or vibes. It’s volume, pricing, days on market, inventory patterns, buyer psychology, seasonality, and the very real mistakes sellers make every single year by ignoring timing, holidays, and competition.____________________________________________________Speakers:Ralph Fox (Co-Founder and Broker of Record at Fox Marin)Kori Marin (Co-Founder and Broker at Fox Marin)

In this episode, the Fox Marin team breaks down what we are actually seeing on the ground in the Toronto real estate market during the first two weeks of January 2026. Forget the headlines and YouTube doom loops. This is a boots-on-the-ground discussion backed by early data, real showing activity, real offers, and real buyer psychology.We compare January 1–14, 2025 vs January 1–14, 2026 across low-rise homes and condo apartments, looking at volume, pricing, days on market, sale-to-list ratios, and newly contracted inventory. While the data set is small, the behavioural signals are impossible to ignore.____________________________________________________Speakers:Ralph Fox (Co-Founder and Broker of Record at Fox Marin)Kori Marin (Co-Founder and Broker at Fox Marin)Reuben Labovitz (Broker & Sales Director at Fox Marin)Ian Busher (Broker & VP of Sales at Fox Marin)

What happens when a brutal year ends and no one has a crystal ball?You get a real conversation.Recorded live on January 2, 2026, this roundtable brings together Kori Marin, Ralph Fox, Ian Busher, and Jerome Werniuk for an unfiltered discussion on what actually happened in Toronto real estate in 2025 and what may lie ahead in 2026.No hot takes. No fear-bait. No pretending anyone knows the future.Instead, this episode breaks down buyer and seller psychology, neighbourhood-level performance, condo vs. freehold dynamics, transaction volume forecasts, estate sale trends, back-to-work impacts, interest rate reality, and the exhaustion that comes from waiting on the sidelines too long.____________________________________________________Speakers:Ralph Fox (Co-Founder and Broker of Record at Fox Marin)Kori Marin (Co-Founder and Broker at Fox Marin)Ian Busher (Broker and VP of Sales at Fox Marin)Jerome Werniuk (Sales Representative and Sales Director at Fox Marin)

Welcome back to The Toronto Real Estate Podcast. Today, we’re stepping straight into the “condo apocalypse” narrative and replacing it with what actually matters: data, context, and what’s really selling “boots on the ground” in Toronto right now.We break down Toronto-only TRREB numbers (no 905, no 705) and then go deep on condos: what inventory looks like today, where price reductions are showing up, which unit types are holding up best, and why the headlines about “no condos selling” are often misleading (hint: they’re usually talking about pre-construction, not resale).You’ll hear our take on the most significant drivers in 2025: functional layouts vs. “dog crate” floor plans, why two-bedrooms are the most resilient segment, how months of inventory reshapes negotiating power, and what parking is really worth today (plus where it might be heading in a future of EVs and autonomous driving). ____________________________________________________Speakers:Ralph Fox (Co-Founder and Broker of Record at Fox Marin)Kori Marin (Co-Founder and Broker at Fox Marin)