Rental market insights
What rents are actually achieving by city and unit type across the GTA, updated as our own lease-ups close.
News & insights
Written by managers
who run buildings.
Market updates, regulatory changes and operating guidance for owners and tenants across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
Latest
Owner economics · 6 min read
What property management costs in Ontario — and what should be included
A plain breakdown of management fees, leasing fees and the charges Ontario owners should question before signing a management agreement.
Leasing · 5 min read
The tenant screening checklist we use before recommending any applicant
Credit, employment, references and identity — the verification sequence that keeps arrears and evictions rare.
Operations · 4 min read
How to cut the gap between tenants to days instead of weeks
Vacancy is the most expensive line in a rental portfolio. The fix is scheduling, not marketing spend.
Compliance · 6 min read
An Ontario landlord's core legal obligations, in plain language
Notices, entry rules, maintenance duties and rent increases under the Residential Tenancies Act — the essentials owners must get right.
What we publish
Landlord resources
Practical guidance on screening, arrears, renewals and Ontario tenancy procedure.
Tenant resources
Seasonal care, humidity and heating, appliance use and how to report a repair properly.
Maintenance tips
Preventative work that reliably costs less than the emergency it avoids.
Regulatory updates
Changes to Ontario residential tenancy rules, rent guidelines and municipal requirements.
Aplis news
New mandates, service expansion and announcements from across the Aplis Global platform.
How we write
Sourced from our own portfolio.
Rent figures we publish come from leases our own desk signed, not from listing-site asking prices. An asking rent tells you what an owner hoped for; a signed lease tells you what the market paid, how long it took and what concession closed the deal.
Operating guidance comes from the same source. When we write about turnover cost, arrears recovery or preventative maintenance intervals, the numbers reflect what these items actually cost across the buildings we run in Toronto and the surrounding region this year — including the ones that went badly.
Regulatory posts are reviewed against the current text of the Residential Tenancies Act, Landlord and Tenant Board practice directions and the relevant municipal bylaw before publication, and updated when those change. They are written to help you make an operating decision, and are not a substitute for legal advice on a specific matter.
If you would like our read on something specific — a rent review, a difficult tenancy, a building you are considering buying — ask us directly. We answer owner questions whether or not you are a client.
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