by Chris Mac Neil | Jul 7, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns, News
Seller-financed deals—specifically vendor take-back (VTB) mortgages—aren’t just surviving in Canadian real estate. They’re booming. According to CoStar Canada, VTB transaction volume surged from $767 million in 2021 to $3.5 billion by the end of 2023, marking a nearly...
by Seth Scott and Matthew Thornton | Jun 27, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
British Columbia is facing a serious housing affordability challenge, and policy solutions must be focused, evidence-based and responsive to the diverse realities of communities across the province. In 2023, the Government of British Columbia introduced the Short-Term...
by Barry Lebow | Jun 26, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
When real estate professionals talk about “comparable properties,” or “comps,” they’re referring to the backbone of property valuation. Whether you’re preparing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) for a seller or advising a buyer, comps are the essential reference...
by Joel Thompson | Jun 24, 2025 | Guest Columns
We must say it louder for the people in the back: Canada is not in a housing crisis. We are in an infrastructure and policy crisis. Until we start solving the right problems, all the money, headlines, and government promises in the world won’t get us anywhere near...
by Matthew Thornton | Jun 12, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
The dream of a truly mobile Canadian workforce, where a registered professional in one province can easily work in another, is long overdue. In an era of global economic instability exemplified by the ongoing U.S. trade war and rising protectionist policies, labour...
by Brad Mitchell | Jun 6, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
Brad Mitchell is the CEO of the Alberta Real Estate Association, a not-for-profit professional association representing the interests of more than 15,000 Alberta Realtors from 10 local real estate boards/associations. Albertans deserve the confidence that their...
