by John Dowbiggin | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured, Guest Columns
What drives housing prices? Public perception often points the finger at the real estate industry, but industry insiders know there are many other factors at play. Record-low housing inventory, stiff competition, rising prices and COVID-19 have left a disproportionate...
by Mike Montague | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Guest Columns
We’ve become a technology-dependent society. High-speed broadband internet access, which allows us to move larger and larger amounts of data back and forth, is a requirement of a population increasingly dependent on smartphones, watches, TVs, laptops and tablets to...
by Sean Morrison and David Oikle | Feb 9, 2021 | Featured, Guest Columns
The year 2020 was truly remarkable. It demonstrated why we have associations; to help shine a light forward when the path ahead is dark and the future is unclear. There was no playbook for the challenges and obstacles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite it...
by Rick Mayuk | Dec 9, 2020 | Featured, Guest Columns
Many buyers and sellers are viewing properties and having their homes visited in a much different way thanks to COVID-19. The same is true for home inspections. Inspectors have had to adapt processes to strike a balance between meeting safe social distancing needs...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 30, 2020 | Guest Columns
The following was submitted to REM by the Real Estate Regulators of Canada. Whether they realize it or not, real estate professionals regularly engage in conversations about competencies. Every introduction to a new buyer or seller, every advertisement, the answer to...
by Peter G Weeks | Nov 20, 2020 | Featured, Guest Columns
The home inspection industry has greatly evolved from what it was back in the ’70s and ’80s to what it is today. The need and desire for “the inspection” was created by the real estate industry itself. Back then, agents could be great at listing and selling a home but...
