by Barry Lebow | Dec 29, 2025 | Guest Columns
The rapid rise in housing prices leading up to the late-2021, early-2022 peak is often explained by familiar factors: historically low interest rates, limited supply, pandemic-driven demand and investor activity. All of these played a role. But focusing only on...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 26, 2025 | News
QUICK HITS Thirteen per cent of Canadian adults are working towards their first residential property purchase within the next two years; a majority of them plan to buy in the next 12 to 24 months More than half (53 per cent) of first-time buyers plan to put at least...
by Daniel Foch | Jun 17, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Columnists, News
Don’t miss out—join us online for REM’s monthly market breakdown on June 24 at 2 PM ET. REM, columnist Daniel Foch will analyze CREA’s latest stats, regional variations and what shifting sentiment means for Realtors—register here. After six straight months of...
by Danny Kucharsky | Sep 20, 2024 | Advice for Agents, News
A warming Edmonton housing market has prompted a top agent in the city to be “disruptive” in using list price as a marketing tool — much like agents in Toronto and Vancouver did when their markets were hot. “We’ve been disruptive and changed buyer behaviour,” by...
by Nina Doiron | Mar 19, 2024 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Home staging, while recognized as a powerful tool in selling a property, sometimes causes people to raise their eyebrows over the apparent expense. Let’s demystify the process by breaking down why staging costs what it does, so we can better understand why it’s good...
