Luke Dalinda has just sold 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 2806 for $752,500, as a buyer representative.
Stay tuned later this week for a major announcement for a new record price for Palace Place 06 suites.
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JUST LISTED: Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 1410 – $465,000 (Updated Pictures)
Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 1410 – For sale at $465,000
Enchanting views surround this stunning renovation by a master craftsman.
Breathtaking is the word that best describes Palace Place, which is the most prestigious, luxurious, and best managed waterfront condominium residence in Canada. Suite 1410 is a magnificent, completely renovated condominium residence, with approximately 1,388 square feet of living space and enchanting views of the lake, Humber River, Swansea Village, Grenadier Pond, High Park, and much more!
Two parking spots and one locker are included.
Click for flyer. Call or send an email now to Luke.
JUST LISTED: Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 1706 – $790,000
Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 1706 – For sale at $790,000
Breathtaking is the word that best describes Palace Place, which is the most prestigious, luxurious, and best managed waterfront condominium residence in Canada. Suite 1706 is a magnificent condominium residence, with approximately 1,985 square feet of living space and enchanting views of Lake Ontario, the city, and the Humber Bay Shores parkland. Call or send an email now to Luke.
JUST LISTED: Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 3002 – $607,000
Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 3002 – For sale at $607,000
Breathtaking is the word that best describes Palace Place, which is the most prestigious, luxurious, and best managed waterfront condominium residence in Canada. Suite 3002 is a stunning condominium residence, with approximately 1,186 square feet of living space and an unobstructed view of the city and Lake Ontario. Click for flyer. Call or send an email now to Luke.
JUST LISTED: 195 Grand Avenue, Townhouse 2 – $619,900
For Palace Place residents looking for a change, this is an incredible opportunity at Parklawn and The Queensway. The open house is this Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29 from 2 to 4 PM.
Backing onto the Mimico Creek, Townhouse 2 is a magnificent, rare freehold townhouse residence, with approximately 2,000 square feet of living space, plus a private sundeck on the third floor that offers enchanting views of the city skyline and Lake Ontario. This home is located on an upscale, wooded ravine enclave in prestigious South Etobicoke.
This home features an uber cool, renovated kitchen, with granite counters and new stainless steel appliances, stunning, dark-stained hardwood floors, three designer bathrooms, and a ground floor family room, with walk-out to lush, professionally landscaped grounds. Natural light floods the whole home. This is an ideal home for families, who want the convenient and carefree lifestyle that a luxury townhouse offers.
This residence is located in the historic Queensway village, one of Toronto’s up and coming neighborhoods. The Queensway had been founded in the 1800s as a small rural farming community. A white stucco cottage that sits on an old farming field at 694 Royal York Road has stood the test of time, serving as a reminder of the past and of the pioneering men and women, who had left their mark upon the landscape. In 1912, The Queensway had begun to grow quickly from the urbanization by Eastern European immigrants, who had innovatively developed the area and its businesses. During this time, Queensway Public School had been built to serve area residents. During the mid-1990s, this historic school had been demolished to make way for the current Costco store, which has played a significant role in the revitalization of the area.
The Queensway has quietly earned celebrity status for the many television, movie, and commercial productions that have been filmed in and around Queensway Park. The Queensway is close to some of Toronto’s best shopping and dining destinations, the best schools, beautiful parks, and quick travel times to the Greater Toronto Area and the airport, via car or public transit.
This property has been presented by Daiva Dalinda, Broker, Luke Dalinda, Sales Representative, and Valentina Morasky, Sales Representative, Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage. Tel: 416-236-1871 Email: LDALINDA@DALINDA.NET
A 03 suite has just been listed at Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court.
A 03 suite at Palace Place has just been listed. Contact Luke Dalinda for more information. LDALINDA@DALINDA.NET or Telephone: 416-725-7170
A 12 suite has just been listed at Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court.
A 12 suite at Palace Place has just been listed. Contact Luke Dalinda for more information. LDALINDA@DALINDA.NET or Telephone: 416-725-7170
JUST LISTED: Palace Place, 1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 1707 – $317,000 (Updated)
1 Palace Pier Court, Suite 1707 – For sale at $317,000
Breathtaking is the word that best describes Palace Place, which is the most prestigious, luxurious, and best managed waterfront condominium residence in Canada. Suite 1707 is a stunning, newly renovated condominium residence, with approximately 788 square feet of living space and beautiful Humber River views. Click for flyer. Call or send an email now to Luke.
The Dalinda Report, April 2012, is out! How to increase values at Palace Place: Part 3.
The new issue of The Dalinda Report has just been posted!
In this special issue, Luke Dalinda examines critical factors in selling your suite at Palace Place for the best price. An excerpt follows.
Palace Place had experienced a balanced first quarter of 2012. Total sales had remained unchanged from the 6 sales in the first quarter of 2011 to 6 sales in the first quarter of 2012.
With only 6 sales in the first quarter, I had still managed to set yet another all-time record price at Palace Place by having just sold Suite 4305 for $610,000 in only 1-month by the same brokerage.
In February, I had sent a letter to all 05 owners asking for their help and support in setting this new price record. The challenge was that 05 suites at Palace Place had long been undervalued. The highest price ever paid was $545,000, with recent sales under the $500,000 mark. 05 suites listed for the high $500s were just not moving with other realtors.
Local realtors had even mocked my intentions to establish this new record by saying that I had “no chance”.
Well, with the support of 05 owners, we have achieved this amazing goal of $65,000 above the highest price ever paid! This price increase will benefit all owners at Palace Place immensely.
I cannot emphasize this more. Simply listing your suite on MLS is not enough! Listing on MLS alone could cost you thousands of dollars without the added value of strategic advertising and promotion.
Palace Place is better than the local shoebox condominiums that are being sold for up to $600 per square foot. You need a strong voice in the marketplace to demonstrate this clearly. That is what I have been doing since Citibank had finished selling at Palace Place.
In the last year, I had single handedly set the record prices for our 02 suites at $420 per square foot, the 06 suites at $371 and $380 per square foot, the 04 suites at $443 per square foot, and many others. I have been setting record prices at Palace Place since my first listing in 1997.
How to keep setting record prices at Palace Place
If you are considering a move, please consider me.
It is easy to be lured by low commission rates these days by novice realtors. However, is it worth saving $15,000 in commission by sacrificing $60,000 in your ultimate sale price? Is it worth it to trust your biggest investment with someone who has never done a deal at Palace Place?
Of course, it is not!
Look, I am an owner at Palace Place too, and I have been your Palace Place realtor longer than anyone else has. I know how to get record prices. I am on-site and on-call 24/7. I am the only Palace Place realtor that is a Platinum Level Marketer in The Toronto Star, and I have advertised the most in The Globe & Mail. Add my website, homes and condos newsletters, Facebook, and other strategic initiatives, and you will quickly discover why I get the deal done!
Dollar for dollar, I offer the most marketing services for the least commission. Give me a call, or send me an email, for a confidential consultation at no charge or obligation.
As always, I am honored to be considered for your real estate needs. Thank you for your time.
Buyers of new condos will have to pay higher deposits, making resale condos, like Palace Place, far more appealing.
(Above photo is the copyright of Luke Dalinda.)
Canadian banks have tightened lending conditions yet again. This time the focus is on the builders of new condominiums amid fears of a condominium market bubble.
According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, multiple-unit starts in Toronto had more than doubled in January 2012 to 2,999 units compared with January 2011, while starts had risen 4 % in Vancouver to 1,261 units.
Increasing home sales and prices driven by the lowest interest rates in decades have pushed household debt to record levels, leaving many families defenseless to an expected rise in borrowing costs.
To help the market, Canadian banks have begun to demand that a higher percentage of condominium units must be pre-sold and to demand higher deposits, as conditions for financing.
OSFI, the regulator of Canadian banks, has already increased supervision of residential lending practices.
“The Toronto market is dominated by a small number of very powerful developers,” OSFI had stated in June 2011. “Their role in supporting or discouraging pre-sale speculative activities would appear to be very inconsistent, with little transparency,” OSFI had added.
“Less well-established companies may have difficulty getting loans from the top Canadian banks, even if they have pre-sold 70% of the units, collected 20% of the total purchase price in deposits, and can offer 15% of the project’s value in equity,” a top expert had noted.
“There may, for instance, be some vulnerability in the condo markets of Vancouver and Toronto,” Royal Bank CEO Gordon Nixon had said recently.
“The large number of construction cranes crowding Toronto’s skyline is raising concern of an emerging oversupply of high-rise housing,” Bank of Nova Scotia economist Adrienne Warren had said this past week. “Slowing price appreciation should dampen investor demand and new product launches,” she had added.
Surprisingly, Toronto has more skyscrapers and high-rises under construction than any other North American city and almost three times as many as in New York City.
Despite such concern, the World Economic Forum has ranked the Canadian banks as the soundest in the globe.
For Palace Place, this news is good.
Having to pay larger deposits for new construction will make resale condominiums, such as Palace Place, far more appealing to buyers.
This is just yet another of the many benefits of buying at Palace Place.
It may also help to derail some of the many shoebox condominiums going up in the Humber Bay Shores area, which would serve the over developed area well.
This will also encourage better condominium proposals from developers looking for financing. Developers will have to become more creative in demonstrating the market for what they intend to build.
Written by Luke Dalinda, with assistance from Ian Baird, Mobile Mortgage Specialist at TD Canada Trust
They just do not build them like Palace Place. Part 2: Trump Tower Toronto
Glass has fallen yet again from a new condominium in downtown Toronto. This time it has come from Trump Tower.
Police had to close off the intersection of Bay Street and Adelaide Street.
Fortunately, no injuries have been reported.
This incident comes just when Toronto condominium owners have launched a class action lawsuit against the builders of their condominiums for negligence in the use of glass that shatters easily.
Incidents like this just make you appreciate Palace Place that much more.
In fact, I had received a call from an individual who would like me to sell his suite at Trump Tower after closing in favor of purchasing a residence at Palace Place.
This person is of the view that Palace Place just offers more, more views, more security, and more seclusion from the downtown chaos.
Add the fact that because of the hotel component of Trump Tower, residences are treated, and taxed, as commercial properties.
A-list lenders do not finance such properties, and, if they do, the rules are far more strict.
Several buyers have even walked away from deposits in excess of $200,000 at Trump Tower, according to Toronto Star reports.
When you come to Palace Place, buyers also benefit from a proven track record of sound financial management and planning. In fact, some of Bay Street’s elite have been known to applaud the management at Palace Place.
Add the superior construction of Palace Place, and the decision is a no brainer.
Today, condominium buildings are built rapidly with the construction workers and builders focused on the next big project. Palace Place had been built in a very different time and in accordance to the strictest quality standards.
The builders of Palace Place had known that this was not just another condominium building. They had realized that Palace Place would be a landmark that would be a living tribute to their hard work, dedication, and talent that would stand the test of time.
This view of construction has long been lost in our current age of extreme consumption.
Read more about Palace Place’s superior construction in “Palace Place” by Luke Dalinda. https://www.Dalinda.net/PalacePlaceBook
A 01 suite at Palace Place has just been listed.
A 01 suite at Palace Place has just been listed. Contact Luke Dalinda for more information. LDALINDA@DALINDA.NET or Telephone: 416-725-7170