by Chris Seepe | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured
I’ve been intimately involved in the affordable housing crisis for many years. Recently, I identified 14 causal factors that have led me to conclude that the purchase and rental of affordable housing will never happen until “affordability” is properly defined and the...
by Chris Seepe | Mar 27, 2019 | Featured
Just about everyone believes that residential rental property owners pay the property tax as part of their operating costs. It’s a universal misperception that politicians and municipalities exploit to the detriment of landlords. Every tenant in every municipality in...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 29, 2018 | News
A report by Altus Group says that in eight of the 11 cities surveyed, commercial tax rates are at least double those of residential tax rates. This indicates that a commercial property would incur property taxes more than twice the amount of an equally valued...
by Penelope Graham | Oct 12, 2018 | Featured, News
Housing markets in Alberta are as diverse as they come, from the oil-powered northern community of Fort McMurray to the urban economic centre of Calgary. However, while home price, commute time and even weather conditions often top the list of considerations for...
by Penelope Graham | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
Just as market conditions vary dramatically across Canada’s major urban centres, so too can homeownership carrying costs. While monthly mortgage payments will indisputably take up the largest chunk of a homeowner’s shelter budget, the costs for utilities and property...
