by Connie Adair | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
Selling a family home after a parent dies can be an emotional and stressful time. Some heirs may be in a hurry to dispose of the property and move on. However, selling a property owned by an estate isn’t a quick or easy process, says lawyer Barry Fish of Fish and...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 6, 2019 | Featured, News
iBuying is the No. 1 real estate trend for 2020, says a new report by California-based research firm T3 Sixty. “The way consumers buy and sell homes is radically changing, and 2020 will be the year that more will recognize these fundamental shifts happening within...
by Natalka Falcomer | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured
The retail industry is in a revolution. Store closures hit a record high of 7,600 and surprising bankruptcies ravaged the retail battlefield in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Once iconic brands died embarrassing deaths at the hands of hungry upstarts – upstarts that understood...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Dec 4, 2019 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Nothing dampens the excitement of a sale like the sudden realization that you’ve made a mistake. In Vandenberg v. Wilken, the Ontario Court of Appeal provides a strong defence against partial summary judgment motions for the enforcement of Agreements of Purchase and...
by Mark Hannah | Dec 3, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
Entering the housing market in Vancouver is, in a word, expensive. Not only do potential homebuyers face high costs of properties, they are also increasingly met with the twin barriers of high interest rates and challenging mortgage stress test levels. As a result,...
by Jeff Stern | Dec 2, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
Tell me if this sounds strange to you. In many professional industries, such as financial planning or insurance sales, the consultant does not simply dash off into the fray after training. They become apprentices, practicing in real time with real clients under the...
