by Kunal Sawhney | Jan 20, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
Bringing rationality to something cannot be termed as manipulation. Consider this. The primary job of any central bank is to manage the flow of money in the economy. The Bank of Canada meets to decide the quantum of liquidity in the Canadian economy. By tweaking the...
by Kunal Sawhney | Dec 28, 2021 | Columnists
Active, hyper-active or subdued; rally, correction or crash? How might Canada’s housing market look like in 2022? By one measure, it might be just like 2021 – the same pandemic refusing to retreat, mortgage rates sitting at record low, government yet to end wage and...
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 REM Editorial Team | Oct 28, 2021 | Featured, News
A new report from Smart Prosperity Institute, funded by CREA, says that a ban on “blind bidding” wouldn’t have the desired effect of limiting home price increases, and may actually lead to higher prices. During the recent election campaign, the Liberal Party of Canada...
by Kunal Sawhney | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnists
The Canadian snap election is over, and the debate around its need, given the House of Commons remains the same as before, is fading as well. But what is not over and will now knock on the doors of the party forming the government are the aspirations and expectations...
