by Todd Shyiak | Dec 14, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
The recent Liberal election promise to ban blind bidding was an appeal to Canadians frustrated with increasingly unaffordable home prices and angered by a lack of buyer-side transparency. At a time when most buyers were forced to enter bidding wars, in many cases...
by John Gregory | Dec 6, 2021 | Columnists
The latest trend in building affordable housing is the Passive House. The certified Passive House is “the simplest, lowest-cost environmental solution to affordable housing,” says Medora Uppal, director of operations at YWCA Hamilton. Uppal helped shepherd the...
by Todd Shyiak | Dec 2, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
In 2016, the B.C. provincial government of the day, responding to numerous ethical violations in the real estate industry, created the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate. In 2017, the Superintendent banned dual agency in the province. Many jurisdictions...
by Kunal Sawhney | Nov 29, 2021 | Columnists
There is a reason why taxes are not popular – they make things costlier for the buyer. But no nation can run without taxes. They are the bedrock of any economy – the government that levies them undertakes infrastructure development, maintenance of law and so on. Now...
by Barry Lebow | Nov 26, 2021 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Too many court cases involving agents are a result of one common denominator – not doing due diligence. Based on cases that I have dealt with over the years, here are some recommendations on how not to get sued by doing a proper job when buying or listing. One that I...
by Aiman Attar | Nov 22, 2021 | Columnists
A question I ask candidates in an interview is, “Why are you interested in a new position?” All too often the candidate responds by saying that they feel over-worked and under-appreciated at their current job and want a new opportunity. I’ve interviewed people whose...
