by Jacob Manishevitz | Sep 6, 2019 | Advice for Agents
For many, saving for a down payment is one of the biggest roadblocks to becoming a homeowner. In today’s economic climate, saving money is challenging to say the least. Every month we try to put something away despite our normal expenses and it still seems like there...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Aug 8, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
The spring and summer of 2017 saw one of the hottest real estate housing markets in the Greater Toronto Area. According to the Toronto Real Estate Board, the average year-over-year sale price increased by six per cent. Buyers and sellers scrambled to take advantage of...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 22, 2019 | Boards & Associations, News
The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is calling on the federal government to “reverse detrimental policy changes that deliberately and unnecessarily have made it harder for families to borrow responsibly in order to purchase a home.” “With just under 100 days...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 14, 2019 | Letters to the Editor
I had the opportunity to take the CREA Realtor satisfaction survey the other day and noticed that our national organization seems quite proud of their advocacy and political action efforts on behalf of Realtors. I confess I’m not sure why – for this reason: General...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 21, 2019 | Featured
A Calgary builder is offering buyers a new set of down payment and mortgage incentives at the Matrix in Mission. Matrix is a five-storey condominium project that will provide 67 homes in Calgary’s historic Mission neighbourhood. It’s being built by Harold Sicherman,...
