by REM Editorial Team | Oct 23, 2024 | News
Editor’s note, Oct. 24: CREA confirmed that 77.24 per cent of votes were in favour of transitioning Realtor.ca into a wholly-owned taxable subsidiary of CREA. Today, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) held a special general meeting (SGM) in...
by Jonathan Cooper | Sep 5, 2024 | Guest Columns
It was a rainy fall day in October 2015. I was inching through downtown traffic when an agent from one of our offices called me. One of my jobs was to help our agents when they had clients who had real estate needs outside of our service area. “What’s the situation?”...
by Jamie Burke | Aug 12, 2024 | News
25 per cent. That’s the percentage of mortgage applications that Perch, a mortgage brokerage based in Toronto, receives from prospective homeowners who are single. That means about three-quarters of their applicants are coupled up, in some form or another. “People...
by Anthony Marcusa | Feb 12, 2024 | News
The 2024 buying season kicked off early this year, as hopeful homeowners all across Canada looked to take advantage of an opportunistic environment for the first time since the early pandemic. With Bank of Canada interest rates holding for the fourth consecutive time,...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 21, 2023 | News
A study on Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) by Point2 revealed that this age group wants it all. At the top of their priority list are mental health, work-life balance and environmental and financial stability. The study considered metrics that would...