by Jodi Gilmour | Dec 12, 2023 | Guest Columns
I was sitting on a toilet lid in a walkup in The Annex having my makeup retouched after lunch when my friend, Toronto makeup artist Melanie Sleep, looked at me sideways. “You haven’t touched your latte,” she noted, referencing the pumpkin spice growing tepid on the...
by Karen Yolevski, CEO, Carson Dunlop | Dec 6, 2023 | Guest Columns
Last month, the Government of Canada released its 2023 Fall Economic Statement, an annual fiscal report that provides an update on the state of the Canadian economy and the government’s plans for future spending. This year’s statement had a strong focus on ways to...
by Jesse Galanis | Dec 4, 2023 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Imagine the real estate market as a vibrant masquerade ball, full of energy and excitement. In 2022, the dance floor was alive with flips in Canada generating an average gross profit of over 40 per cent. Try to visualize this not as a mere statistic but as the...
by Jonathan Cooper | Nov 27, 2023 | Guest Columns
Over the last few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke repeatedly about a Canadian housing crisis and the need to “build more homes, faster”. The removal of GST on purpose-built rental buildings was a good step, and a tangible manifestation of the political...
by Cliff Campbell | Nov 24, 2023 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
A lot can go wrong in a home that can be costly to repair – it can also often be dangerous. In the case of electrical issues, they can range in severity from the inconvenience of power disruption to the threat of fire or electric shock. There are several common...
by Ghaz Syed | Nov 24, 2023 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
It has come to our attention that amid the chaos unfolding in the Middle East and concerns over interest rate hikes and additional fees, we seem to have overlooked the fact that it’s already Movember. In the real estate sector, here’s what we’re...