by Ted Greenhough | Oct 15, 2021 | Featured
For as long as I’ve had my real estate licence, I’ve been hearing all about “the next big thing” that’s going to change real estate forever. Mostly it’s been about the internet in one form or another and different technology companies figuring out how to make us...
by Natalka Falcomer | Aug 11, 2021 | Featured, Technology
With a continuing wave of tech investment coming to real estate, all proptech leaders need to ask themselves one important question: “Is my company’s technology useful in boosting the existing homebuying and selling processes, or is it aimed at solely replacing the...
by Brian Bell and Bruce Atyeo | Jul 20, 2021 | Columnists, Featured, Technology
Disruption tools have the potential to dramatically change the face of the real estate industry. Nowhere is there a better example of real estate disruption than Zillow in the United States and their “Zestimate”, an automated property valuation (APV) that has been at...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jul 7, 2021 | Featured, Technology
North American buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants collectively spend billions on commissions when transacting. The collective amount of money flowing to real estate agents and brokers has attracted a variety of entrepreneurs hoping to tap into the vein of this...
by Brian Bell | Apr 16, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
Canadian banks and credit unions have always nurtured a close partnership with real estate brokers who refer mortgage clients to their branches. That partnership has worked well, so there was no reason to disrupt the status quo. Ask a banker today if they intend to...