by Allison Mclure | Oct 16, 2023 | Guest Columns, News
Did you know there is more than one MLS System in Ontario? There are actually seven MLS Systems in the province — more than in any other jurisdiction in Canada — and there is different data in each system. Realtors tend to like statistics, so let’s look at some...
by Daniel Foch | Oct 14, 2023 | Boards & Associations, Columnists
House prices have eased as the national home sales declined by 1.9 per cent between August 2023 and September 2023, according to data from the Canadian Real Estate Association. This is now the third month of decrease, and a very atypical and alarming scenario given...
by Ted Greenhough | Oct 11, 2023 | Columnists
In my column last month, I talked about the single most powerful question to initiate meaningful dialogue with prospects: what’s your biggest reason for moving? This question is 10 times more potent than all the others most agents fire off at their prospects. I always...
by Daniel Foch | Oct 5, 2023 | Boards & Associations, Columnists
By September of last year, Toronto’s real estate market had suffered seven months of price declines and one of the slowest September markets we’ve seen on record. The market was largely stabilized up by supply, or rather, the absence of it. We saw a...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 3, 2023 | Publisher's Page
In Star Trek, few challenges are as daunting and legendary as the Kobayashi Maru. For the uninitiated, the Kobayashi Maru is a Starfleet training exercise, a simulation designed to confront cadets with a seemingly unwinnable situation. It’s not about emerging...
by Jonathan Cooper | Sep 22, 2023 | Guest Columns
Topics related to housing affordability prevail in political campaigns, media headlines, and social conversations. This is a manifestation of a long-term challenge facing Canadians: for over two decades, housing costs have been consuming a progressively larger...
