PODS Moving and Storage Blog

Is it a good idea to move to Toronto? We think it’s a no-brainer. It’s obvious that Toronto’s a world-class city. But living in a world-class city comes with a price — Toronto's expensive! Be prepared for higher living expenses and long commutes, depending on where you live. If you’re strategic in your choices, however, building a life in the City of Toronto can be extremely rewarding and fun! Find out more now!

Going from a three-bedroom home to a 180 square foot room — one that’s typically shared with a roommate — is a shift, but it can be an exciting one when you use the right dorm room ideas to style your new space. Check out these tried-and-true tips.

These last couple of years have been crazy for many reasons — not least of all the booming housing market. While things are definitely slowing down, many families are still upgrading to new living quarters, taking advantage of the relatively low interest rates and recently discounted (though still pretty friggin’ high) house prices — cha-ching! So for those of you with impending moves on the horizon, here are another 8 Moving Hacks to make packing easy-breezy — if not altogether fun!

There are several reasons to pack up your life and relocate to a new home — retirement, heading out to college, a new job, a new love. Whatever your reason, moving is a daunting task that requires weeks (or months) of planning, extra money, sweat, and sometimes tears. That’s exactly why we’ve put together this compendium of moving guides. So wherever (and why-ever) you've decided to go, you’ll know how to prepare for moving with confidence.

Following a brief pause in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, the Toronto housing market — buoyed by a combination of low mortgage rates, low inventory, strong immigration, and suspected foreign speculation — continued a long run of precipitous growth. For perspective, if you bought a home in the city of Toronto in 2010, the value of that same home today has increased by at least 150%! A big part of this long-term gain has come most recently as the average sale price of a home in Toronto has increased by a staggering 40% since May 2020.