Toronto Market Watch

We first met Catherine buying a condo in downtown Toronto and worked with her again a few years later selling our condo and purchasing a new home in our dream neighbourhood in Toronto. Buying and selling of a home can be an overwhelming and stressful time but working with Catherine has made it an enjoyable and educational journey. She is one of the hardest working people we have ever met and her dedication and passion for real estate and client relations shines through in everything that she does. She listens to her clients to truly understand what they’re looking for and pursues it with resilience, resourcefulness, and commitment. It was incredibly reassuring for us to have this trust in our relationship when making huge life decisions. Her sharp business acumen paired with expertise in Toronto real estate also gave us a competitive advantage to go to market well-prepared. On top of her exemplary professionalism, she is genuinely kind and lovely to everyone she interacts with. It was through her act of kindness at another listing that we stumbled upon our home before it came on the market. Without her going above and beyond and looking out for our best interests, we would not have found our new home. If you’re looking for a real estate agent in Toronto, we could not recommend Catherine enough!

We have worked with Catherine on both renting one home three years ago, and now on successfully finding and purchasing another home. Catherine is a great listener who focused on our criteria and also showed us other interesting possibilities which allowed us to really consider what we wanted in a home. She has expertise in negotiations and her advice was always spot on. Her understanding of the market is excellent. Perhaps what we appreciated most was her patience and professionalism. When a house wasn't right for us, she was always happy to move on and made herself (or her colleague, Peter) available to find other homes for us to view the moment they were on the market. We are extremely grateful to Catherine and Peter for their calm, expert guidance in helping us to buy our wonderful new home in this tempestuous time.

I have chosen The Russell Team Toronto to sell a residence for me more than once.

When it came to finding another home, The Russell Team helped me survey the options and determine the best neighbourhood for my family. Then they found me the perfect home with all the amenities.

What I like about the Peter and Catherine is that they are accommodating and tailor the process to my family’s needs. They provided advice on readying my home for sale and a talented stager to make the house look like something out of a magazine. Once everything was camera perfect, they marketed my property strategically in print and online.

With their knowledge of the market, and experience, they arrived at a fair market value for my home. Most importantly, when the offers rolled in, they were there to negotiate with the other agents and … close the deal.

Peter and Catherine are the dream team! We purchased our home 20+ years ago with Peter and were delighted to work with him again on the sale. Catherine brings a fresh perspective and attention to detail that was invaluable. They also staged and cleaned our house beautifully. We couldn’t be happier with the outcome!

I purchased a condominium in 2017 during challenging times as a buyer and used Peter and Catherine Russell as my real estate agents. I was very happy with my choice and their level of service.They were very pleasant to work with and helpful throughout the process. They provided good insights into market conditions and all the other factors which made my decision making much easier.I would recommend them without hesitation.

Peter is the most professional real estate agent we have ever met. He is also a gentleman, and a pleasure to be with. Peter's depth of experience and advice were invaluable in our search for a home. He always had our best interests in mind, and knowing he was in our corner was needed reassurance in an extremely challenging market for a buyer.

Peter demonstrated the ‘uncanny’ ability of being able to understand exactly our wants (and needs), and has patiently helped us through buying, selling and renting! He found us our first house 20 years ago and helped us sell it in August. He did an excellent job of marketing the house and it sold on the offer date . . . above asking! He then extended his services to find us the perfect rental – right location, right property, right price.

Many thanks to Peter and his team of professionals.

Catherine is such a pleasure to work with. She makes what would otherwise be a daunting experience of finding a home totally enjoyable and fun. She helped us navigate through some complicated challenges with our contract and always had our best interest at heart. She drops everything to answer questions and help you because she genuinely enjoys what she does. It's like working with a close and trusted friend :) Thank you for everything!!

Peter Russell quarterbacked the sale of my last two homes including recently, my Yorkville condominium.

As the widower of a long time realtor professing to be semi-knowledgeable of the real estate market, I confess to being a classic “difficult client”.

Peter finessed me beautifully with his typical grace, humour and his usual straight-forward, no B.S. manner. He sold my condo setting a building record in the process and I could not be happier.

Peter delivers 100% - 100% of the time!

For over twenty years, Peter has helped me purchase/sell three houses in a variety of areas in Toronto. In addition, Peter sold my mother’s house, and helped her purchase a condo, and as recently as a month ago sold her condo. In every instance he has gone “the extra mile”, been kind, helpful, astute, done his research up-front, been savvy re: timing, and been a good negotiator. We will continue to use and recommend Peter as a realtor.

Peter Russell is the consummate professional. He is knowledgeable about the current real estate market, has many years of experience to draw upon, and most importantly has integrity in his dealings with clients. We trusted Peter’s opinion when it came to making an offer on our new condo because we knew he had our best interests at heart. If ever we decided to sell our new home and move into another one, we’d want to work with Peter again.