by John DiMichele and Michael Bourque | Mar 26, 2021 | Featured, Guest Columns
The Canadian Real Estate Association, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board and other boards across the country publish extensive resale housing market statistics. We also analyze trends and identify factors driving significant shifts in unique markets across the...
by Derrik Libawski | Mar 25, 2021 | Featured, Guest Columns
The following is an abbreviated timeline of my first development project. There are a lot of details and side stories that have been omitted, but this gives you a good idea of what you’ll need to go through if you want to get into land development. My background: Real...
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...