by Chris Chopik | Dec 15, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Featured
The new high-water mark on insurance payouts is flood. For a century fire was the big risk to lenders and homeowners. Today’s changing weather patterns have resulted in a dramatic shift in property risk. Over land and sewer backup are the predominant flood risks for...
by MarkWeisleder | Dec 14, 2017 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Real estate lawyer Mark Weisleder outlines the difference between patent and latent defects, and what needs to be disclosed by the seller when selling a property. He also offers some tips for buyers on ways to tell if the property has a checkered past....
by Ralph Fox | Dec 13, 2017 | Featured, Guest Columns
As people call for greater transparency in the real estate industry and its practices, one of the anomalies that continue to slip beneath the radar is the reporting guidelines surrounding the square footage of a listed property for sale, especially in condominium...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 12, 2017 | Featured
Commercial real estate industry leaders are divided about the potential of new technologies to drive industry-wide change, according to a new report by Altus Group. Based on a global survey of 400 CRE executives at firms with assets under management of at least US...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 11, 2017 | Featured, News
Government policy is contributing to a falling homeownership rate and younger Canadians are being impacted the hardest, says a new report from Mortgage Professionals Canada. It says by the time of the next federal election, 200,000 Canadian families “will have...
by Robin Wilding | Dec 7, 2017 | Featured
Most real estate salespeople either haven’t tried Facebook ads, or have dabbled without much success. Most of them who try Facebook ads do one or more of the following: A listing ad An open house ad A “Hi, I’m a Realtor – call me!” style ad A home evaluation ad. If I...
