Fremlin & Laing

07/07/2025

My 2025 real estate license renewal is now official. It will be year 38. That's just the way it is. No fuss. No muss.

04/08/2022

Car collides with house? This is the most unusual clause I've ever used in an offer: "The buyer acknowledges that on July 28, 2021 a Black Dodge Durango collided into the subject property causing damage, the full extent of which is still unknown. Notwithstanding this incident, the buyer still agrees to accept the property on an "as is" basis knowing that there may be further issues as a result of this collision which may include but not be limited to issues with home insurance, financing and title insurance. The buyer acknowledges and agrees that the vendor is under no obligation to repair any of the damage described herein, and it is the buyer's responsibility to investigate this matter further should the buyer require further details." The sale closed successfully.

04/04/2022

Realtors work with banks fairly often. Here's my take on why "all banks are not created equal".

Duncan Fremlin, Broker at RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd. in Toronto talks about banks! We hate 'em but need 'em. Compared to many parts of the world, our inst...

01/23/2022

With a bit of help from Malcolm Gladwell, this video describes the inside details of a most unusual transaction. Six Feet Apart Episode #13 is a bit longer than the others but the story includes a collision between a car and a house and a police takedown so more time was needed to tell the story.

Duncan Fremlin, Broker at RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd. in Toronto talks about real estate in downtown Toronto. In this, his 13th video, it is early 2022 and ...

07/17/2021

A unique property occasionally crosses my desk and it's impossible not to take notice. This is the most recent. A large island on a remote lake adjacent to Algonquin Park accessible by float plane or old and difficult logging roads - off the grid. Only one other property on this large lake. Ah, the romance of the north overwhelms some of us. It's only $599,000 but make sure your bank account has a lot of zeros. You'll need to finance all that goes with it. I can't personally show it to you but I'm happy to arrange a showing with someone who can.

11/29/2020

This short summary of our local market was filmed yesterday, November 27, 2020.

As we enter this new and challenging phase of the world order, I thought it would be a good time to bring everyone up to date on the state of the Ontario real estate market. Our industry often represents (at least that's what some economists tell us) a preview of what other segments of our financial world will look like in the months to come.
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Duncan Fremlin, Broker at RE/MAX Hallark Realty Ltd. in Toronto talks about real estate in downtown Toronto. In this, our 7th video, it's late November 2020 ...

11/03/2020

Globe and Mail reporter Rachelle Younglai published this today...."Real estate investors are increasingly trying to get out of closing on their newly built condos in the Toronto region, as rents plummet and banks toughen borrowing qualifications for rental properties.
Selling the right to buy the new condo, also known as assignment sales, has soared during the past few months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Realtors".

I saw this coming months ago. It's a tip of a very large iceberg.

09/28/2020

My friend Mike Baum and fellow Realtor who works in Dorset just listed an amazing property that has been in his family for many years. These don't come along very often. Quite special with access limitations. Kinda pricey but it is nice to dream.

MLS # 40026644 – Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire an incredibly private, unparalleled parcel of land that consists of approx. 2,200 feet of mixed shoreline (granite, smooth rock, long sand...