by Barrett Sprowson | Jul 17, 2024 | Guest Columns
As Vancouver’s housing prices continue their upward trajectory, the real estate landscape is undergoing significant shifts. For younger generations, particularly Generation Z and, soon, Generation Alpha, entering the housing market has become an increasingly...
by Susan Doran | Apr 5, 2024 | News
Good luck, parents and grandparents hoping to get a pat on the back for those tall tales about the challenges you endured growing up. Now it’s millennials and Gen Z receiving all the sympathy for the hurdles they go up against. Fair or not, growing sentiment holds...
by Matthew Thornton | Jan 16, 2024 | Guest Columns
Homeownership in Canada is in retreat. Historically, our nation had one of the highest homeownership rates in the Western world, peaking in 2011 at 69 per cent of Canadian households, as Statistics Canada reports. But, thanks to the housing affordability crisis, the...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 4, 2023 | News
The Canadian housing market has made a remarkable comeback, defying expectations of a housing correction, according to the Desjardins Canadian Residential Real Estate Outlook. Randall Bartlett, senior director of Canadian Economics, and Helene Begin, principal...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 19, 2015 | Featured, News
Statistics Canada recently released a report that says total operating revenue for the real estate agents and brokers industry group was $10.4 billion in 2013. Total operating expenses were $7.7 billion, yielding an operating profit margin of 25.7 per cent. It says...
