by Seyfi Tomar | Feb 8, 2024 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns, Technology
Smart cities are like modern, high-tech communities. They use digital technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and lots of data to make life in the city better. Think of them as using smart tech to make everything work smoothly — from running buses on time to making...
by Daniel Foch | Feb 7, 2024 | Boards & Associations, Columnists
Last month, the Toronto real estate market apparently decided to give the illusion of a comeback, with sales seeing an uptick compared to the ghost town vibe of January 2023. I expect this theme to continue for much of 2024. Given that 2023 was a record-low year,...
by Justin Konikow | Feb 1, 2024 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
The celebritization of our industry has reached a breaking point. In 2022-2023, many newer agents came into this business with the dreams of Selling Sunset. Now, they’re facing a new reality. The highlight reel of life promised by Instagram comes with some fine...
by MarkWeisleder | Jan 30, 2024 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Because of changing market conditions, buyers who may have been pre-approved for purchase may find out later that, as a result of a low appraisal done before closing, their mortgage loan amount has either been reduced or cancelled and they may not be able to close...
by Christopher Alexander | Jan 29, 2024 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released its housing market statistics for the final month of 2023 last week, closing out a year that can be defined as, if anything, “unpredictable.” According to CREA’s December report, 2023 ended with a jump in sales and...
by Andrew Fogliato | Jan 26, 2024 | Advice for Agents, Publisher's Page
When you sit down with Mark Faris, it doesn’t take long to see why his team has done over 1,700 transactions in a single year. Even in 2023, when the market was down for many, his team still did over 1,000 transactions. Kiran Gandhi and I sat down, over Zoom, with...
