by Cameron Tsoi A Sue | Dec 20, 2022 | Guest Columns, Training
The market is falling. Prices are on the decline. Sales are slowing. Everyone is focusing on what happens to a realtor’s business, and the challenge for brokers/owners has doubled. Not only does your brokerage lose per-transaction revenues due to fewer overall...
by Rachel VanDuzer | Dec 1, 2022 | Guest Columns
I am unsure who to give credit to for coining the phrase “change is the only constant in life,” but as soon as I accepted the expression as a positive notion as opposed to a hindrance, I was all the better for it. When considering today’s real estate...
by Bettianne Hedges | Nov 30, 2022 | Guest Columns
Governments and agencies are inviting the real estate sector into the conversation about the housing crisis across Canada. In order to work with or adjacent to this sector, we need to become familiar with their terminology. We bring our knowledge of housing to the...
by Stacey Evoy & Tim Hudak | Nov 21, 2022 | Guest Columns
When it comes to lobbying for change at Queen’s Park, nothing happens by chance. It takes years of hard work, smart strategy, excellent research, and many resources. The return on the investment that good government relations can deliver is huge, and the last...
by Yousaf Iqbal | Nov 18, 2022 | Guest Columns
Canada’s new foreign buyer ban will take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, with a whisper rather than a bang. Like most experts, at IQI Canada we believe the ban will have only a small effect on transaction volume. When it comes to price trends, the impact will be almost...
by Nick Axford | Nov 8, 2022 | Guest Columns
The Bank of Canada (BoC) has been leading the charge by global central banks in raising interest rates to tackle inflation. Last week, it announced a 50-basis point (bps) increase which took the target rate to 3.75 per cent – well above its estimate of the...
