by Connie Adair | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Profiles
Goran Bucan of Sutton Group Vancouver brokered the single largest commercial transaction in the Metro Vancouver area in 2021. Bucan, the self-described middleman and the only broker involved in the deal, brought together property owner QuadReal Property Group and...
by Ted Greenhough | Jan 18, 2022 | Advice for Agents, Featured
I once called a Realtor (let’s call him Joe Sloe) and got this recording, “Hi, this is Joe Sloe. Please leave me a message, and I’ll return your call within two business days.” Ha ha hah! Can you imagine? Joe Sloe is long gone from the industry, by the way. Gosh, I...
by James R.G. Cook | Jan 17, 2022 | Featured, Legal Issues
In some cases, sellers may wish to hedge their bets by accepting a conditional offer that contains a term allowing them to continue to market the property for sale until the deal is firm. Such terms are a matter of negotiation between the buyer and seller, but the...
by Chris Seepe | Jan 14, 2022 | Featured
The affordable housing crisis is incredibly complex and crosses all boundaries and lines of government, political parties, high- to low-income groups, societal demographic groups from millennials to seniors, health-related groups and many other definitions of need....
by Connie Adair | Jan 13, 2022 | Featured
Hiring and training a real estate administrator is a daunting task. Bridget Blue knows this firsthand, after her company tasked her with finding a qualified admin for one of its top teams. The interview process took a couple of months, but rather than grumble and...
by Diane Slawych | Jan 12, 2022 | Featured, Profiles
It was a day in May 2019 that Melanie Chiu, broker at Engel & Völkers Toronto Uptown, won’t easily forget. She was at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto with her four-year-old son Liam, who was receiving treatment for a type of cancer called acute lymphocytic...
