| The Toronto-area real estate trends that have fueled a run-up in prices since the coronavirus pandemic began are likely to intensify in the early months of 2022 with the wave of infection caused by the Omicron variant, agents say. | | Andre Kutyan, a broker with Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., predicts that the first quarter of 2022 will look much like the fourth quarter of 2021 in the carriage trade segment of the market. People who are more inclined to stay home want to do so in comfortable surroundings. |  | | | More stories below advertisement | | | | Justin Tang/The Canadian Press | | Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd. | | Ivan_Sabo/iStockPhoto / Getty Images | | |
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