Pricing accuracy is the single biggest lever. A home listed close to what comparable sales in the same blocks actually closed for attracts serious offers in the first showings, while an overpriced listing sits and trains buyers to wonder what is wrong with it.
Condition and staging come next, especially in a neighbourhood with the amount of older housing stock Riversdale has seen redeveloped over the last decade. A buyer comparing two similar houses will move fastest on the one that needs the least imagination to picture living in.
Inventory matters too. With months of supply currently at 1.63 citywide, there are simply fewer competing listings pulling attention away from a well-priced home right now than in a slower market. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.