by Paul Cowhig | Sep 24, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
Recently my brother Michael (pictured above) invited me to a Rotary luncheon where Jody Wilson-Raybould, MP for the riding of Vancouver Granville, was the guest speaker. The topic was “Ethics in Politics.” How could I resist? As it happened, I shared a table with the...
by Joseph Richer | Sep 20, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Whenever I speak to real estate boards and brokers of record, I like to remind them that consumer protection is a shared responsibility between the provincial real estate regulator and the profession. In Canada’s largest province, the Real Estate Council of Ontario...
by Christine Rae | Sep 9, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
The professional integrity and standard business practices of those working in the real estate industry (agents, lawyers, mortgage brokers, banks, title searchers) are understood to be ethical, honest and fair. Real estate professionals are bound by a strict code of...
by Jeff Stern | May 6, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
There is a wide array of professional services home buyers and sellers use during the buying and selling processes. Lenders and lawyers are the ones people are most familiar with. There are also home inspectors, insurance brokers and home stagers, to name a few....
by Jeff Stern | Oct 31, 2018 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Guest Columns
My clients were selling their house and had received an offer. Right away, I knew something was fishy. The offer itself was fine. It had the typical conditions that most offers have, including the condition that they would buy if financing went through. What was...
