by Scott Andison | Mar 24, 2025 | Guest Columns
Like everyone living through the housing and cost of living crises in Ontario today, home builders have been struggling. Housing starts were down 16 per cent in Ontario in 2024, and in some municipalities, they were down over 35 per cent. In many cases, projects are...
by MarkWeisleder | Mar 21, 2025 | Guest Columns, Legal Issues
In my experience as a real estate lawyer and speaker, when a real estate brokerage has a proper FINTRAC compliance program, not only do they stay out of trouble with FINTRAC auditors, but they actually close more deals without any negative consequences. However, the...
by Lane MacIntosh | Mar 14, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Community, Guest Columns, Profiles
Growing up in the small, close-knit farming and fishing community of Cascumpec, P.E.I., Noreen Barwise (Bryan), much like another island girl, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s fictional character Anne of Green Gables, believed that life was filled with limitless...
by Reuven Gorsht | Jan 28, 2025 | Guest Columns
I experienced something recently that made me rethink the future of our industry. I used an AI agent app to book a haircut, and while that might seem completely unrelated to selling homes, stay with me—because this technology is about to reshape how real estate agents...
by Brad Jones | Jan 22, 2025 | Guest Columns
The housing industry knows this story all too well: prices are soaring and demand (until recently) has been relentless yet projects are stalling. The blame often falls on high land values or developer greed, but the real culprit is clear to anyone in the sector—it’s...
by Christopher Alexander | Jan 16, 2025 | Guest Columns
What kind of real estate team are you running? Is it one based on ego, or on success? These are important questions, as we find ourselves on the precipice of what could be the next real estate boom. Lower interest rates are attracting sellers and buyers into the...
