by Chris Seepe | Sep 28, 2015 | Columnists
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) states that a person who spends more than 30 per cent of their income on shelter can’t sustain their residence. CMHC put 26.4 per cent of Canada’s renters and 6.5 per cent of homeowners in that category in 2011. Costs are...
by Chris Seepe | Sep 11, 2015 | Featured, Guest Columns
What one word uniquely identifies an unethical, self-serving and/or negligent real estate professional? We’ve all met Realtors who we feel should not have been licensed without a more thorough assessment of their propriety and morals. We know they aren’t acting in...
by Chris Seepe | Apr 28, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
How many people in Canada are in the market to buy a 28-room summer home with 1,450 acres of land, 9,000 feet of lakefront, three wet slips, two farms and a modern four-bedroom log cabin? At $12 million, very few, so broadening the buyer field through exposure to a...
by Chris Seepe | Mar 6, 2015 | Featured
Real estate investors must be very careful about purchasing an investment property under a five-per-cent cap rate, at which many retail plazas and multifamily properties are currently trading, with a down payment of 25 per cent or less. Companies with deep pockets...
by Chris Seepe | Feb 4, 2015 | Featured, Guest Columns
Apologies in advance to non-Ontario readers, but maybe this provincial experience has a national ring to it. A Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) news release summarized its recent survey: “… almost half (45 per cent) of first-time buyers and 41 per cent of...
