by Penelope Graham | Feb 25, 2019 | News
The past year hasn’t been easy for prospective home buyers. Despite some recent year-over-year price softening in the nation’s hottest markets, the national mortgage stress test, combined with various policies at provincial levels, effectively took a bite out of...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 11, 2019 | News
Fifty-two per cent of single Canadians said economic uncertainty and expensive home prices are the biggest factors impacting their decision not to purchase a home on their own, according to a recent Re/Max survey conducted by Leger. Twenty-six per cent of single...
by Ross Wilson | Jan 16, 2019 | Featured
For a neophyte, buying real estate is usually uncharted territory. Worse, realty virgins sometimes suffer from misinformation from unreliable sources. As their trusted representative, it’s your job to educate, to gently coach and coax them into appropriate home...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 8, 2018 | News
Compared to 10 years ago, buying or renting a home has become more of a challenge in both Canada and the United States. But a report by Point2Homes says it’s now much tougher for Canadians. It says the average Canadian has to spend 56 per cent more to buy a home, or...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 16, 2018 | Featured
A new report by PwC Canada and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) says real estate affordability and land supply are the No. 1 concern of developers, lenders and other real estate industry people interviewed for the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. It says...