by Naomi Zener and Amanda Branch | Jun 7, 2021 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
The first quarter of 2021 has been a busy jurisprudential time for the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. In TRREB’s privacy matter, the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed that the proper process to first bring a Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents...
by Kunal Sawhney | Jun 7, 2021 | Columnists
Housing is more a necessity than a luxury; it is more an essential expenditure than an investment option. Houses in Canada are becoming increasingly unaffordable. The trend has defied all predictions. Back in May 2020, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)...
by David Greenspan | Jun 3, 2021 | Columnists
I had a horrible experience this week, when I was sitting in the driveway of a home with my buyers but couldn’t get the listing agent to let us go in. Everyone’s a professional in their own mind…until they’re not. Could be laziness, lack of desire, simply not...
by Yousaf Iqbal | Jun 3, 2021 | Featured, Guest Columns
The experience in my offices in the Toronto area suggests that the housing boom is persuading many Canadians to become real estate agents. Eight of the 32 agents at IQI Canada, or almost one-third, previously worked in other industries. Two trainees are still studying...
by Sharon Posius | May 25, 2021 | Columnists
“So what are your client’s expectations for this property?” the agent asked me. I was taken aback. He was not asking me how much of the asking price they were hoping to achieve, a normal and always expected question from a buyer’s agent. He was asking me how much over...
by Brian Bell | May 20, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
The persistent housing affordability crisis has haunted the dreams of would-be homeowners in major urban markets across the country for decades. In particular, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the perennially hot Vancouver and surrounding Lower Mainland markets have...
