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Vivien’s second niche, working with Boomers and seniors, is deeply personal to her. As a Lifestyle 55+ Master Realtor®, she understands the unique challenges older adults face when transitioning to a new lifestyle, especially when downsizing.
Recent Blogs
2026 Luxury Outlook Report
The latest edition of our report provides insights into trends and developments that affect the global luxury real estate market.
Top-Tier Real Estate: 2025 Mid-Year State of Luxury Report
Deepening Canada-U.S. trade tensions and mounting economic and unemployment uncertainty triggered a nation-wide slowdown in residential sales activity through the first four months of 2025.
Top-Tier Real Estate: Spring 2025 State of Luxury Report*
Apromising rebound in Canadian real estate early at the start of 2025 was swiftly derailed by rising Canada–U.S. trade tensions, the threat and implementation of tariffs and counter-tariffs, and growing macroeconomic volatility.
2025 Insight: The Art Of Living Magazine – The Connection Issue
A person’s success, whether in business or in life, is inextricably tied to the strength of one’s connections. However, it is not simply the number of people you know that will sustain success, but how deeply those ties are cultivated.
How U.S. Tariffs Could Impact Boomers & Seniors in Canada and Why There’s Still Opportunity
The Canadian economy has always been resilient, adapting to changes in global trade, interest rates, and government policies. As the U.S. introduces new tariffs on Canadian goods, many are wondering.
2025 Luxury Outlook Report
As we enter 2025, the global luxury property market remains resilient. Our Luxury Outlook report provides an in-depth analysis of the many indicators that validate PricewaterhouseCoopers’ October 2024 forecast of an impending real estate cycle upturn.
Top-Tier Real Estate: 2024 State of Luxury Annual Report
Canada’s luxury real estate market navigated a tumultuous landscape in 2024, shaped by competing forces. Political and economic uncertainty, housing taxes, sweeping regulatory overhauls, and rising inventory levels weighed on sales activity.
How much home prices are expected to rise across Ontario in 2025
Despite little public faith that Canada's housing market is going to suddenly recuperate following months of meagre sales, one of the nation's biggest real estate organizations has high hopes for 2025.
Top-Tier Real Estate: 2024 Fall State of Luxury Report
Canada’s housing market continues to balance the effects of population growth and declining mortgage rates against a slowing economy, rising geopolitical tensions, and wavering consumer confidence, resulting in a luxury market that remains steady, but reflected limited growth in the third quarter of 2024.
Top-Tier Real Estate: 2024 Mid-Year State of Luxury Report
Unprecedented population gains are dramatically reshaping Canada’s conventional and luxury real estate market, according to Sotheby’s International Realty Canada’s Top-Tier Real Estate: 2024 Mid-Year State of Luxury Report.
2024 Mid-Year Luxury Outlook Report
The 2024 Mid-Year Luxury Outlook℠ report is Sotheby’s International Realty’s first-of-its-kind mid-year report, delving into the pivotal, forward-looking issues shaping luxury residential property markets worldwide.
Top-Tier Real Estate: 2024 Spring State of Luxury Report
Canada’s luxury real estate market eased into spring with modest sales gains across key metropolitan cities, as the dynamic between prospective home sellers and buyers improved, and pricing expectations continued to come into alignment.
Top-Tier Real Estate: 2023 Year in Review
Canada’s metropolitan luxury real estate market evolved over the course of 2023 as buyers emerged from the sidelines with newly altered housing preferences and sharpened priorities.
2024 Luxury Outlook Report
The fourth annual 2024 Luxury Outlook report is an in-depth exploration of the high-end residential markets across the globe.
Top-Tier Real Estate: Fall 2023 State of Luxury Report
As the country’s housing market continued to wrestle with the challenges of elevated mortgage rates, and uneven economic performance Canadians’ unwavering desire to attain home ownership.
Top-Tier Real Estate: Mid Year 2023 State of Luxury Report
As the country’s housing market continued to wrestle with the challenges of elevated mortgage rates, uneven economic performance and intense geopolitical turbulence, reviving luxury single family home sales in the third quarter of the year revealed the relative resilience and adaptability of luxury real estate buyers, as well as Canadians’ unwavering desire to attain home ownership.
2023 Generational Trends Report The Canadian Sentiment
The country’s major metropolitan luxury real estate markets broke consecutive records throughout 2021 as Canadians’ urgent, pandemic-influenced demand for housing mobility and strengthening confidence in the country’s economic recovery drove price gains, eroded inventory and propelled markets to historic highs.
Top-Tier Real Estate: Fall 2022 State of Luxury Report
Canada’s luxury real estate market continued to recede from anomalous historic highs over the third quarter of 2022, as top-tier inventory faded across key metropolitan areas.
Canada’s 2022 Federal Budget: How Can It Impact You?
On April 7, 2022, the Canadian federal government tabled the annual 2022 Federal Budget, including a $10.14 billion housing investment over the next five years.
Insight: The Art Of Living Magazine, The Community Issue
In modern society, the human desire to develop meaningful connections and a sense of belonging has never been stronger, and yet for many, a sense of isolation prevails.