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Now that is HILARIOUS!

Organized crime elements are helping to fuel Toronto's condo boom by buying up a significant number of units in a condo building in order to compel influence on the condo board so they can hire their own crooked contractors. Tony Soprano would blush at such a scheme.

Any reputable news sources to back up this claim?

Why is it so hard to accept the fact the population and job market in Toronto is growing and that there has been a steady change towards the preference for urban living compared to the suburbs of our parents generation? Not to mention the affordability factor driving condominium construction.

In most other cities, the affordable options for a first time home buyer is in a new subdivision at the fringe of town. In Toronto, new single-family homes can be 3 times the cost of a starter condo.