In recent years, ongoing legal battles in both the United States and Canada have brought significant attention to the real estate industry, raising questions about traditional commission structures, antitrust regulations and the potential impact on consumers. These...
Power of sale (POS) opportunities are ballooning in the Toronto area and private lenders “are up to their ears in files of defaults,†says a realtor who has handled six cases over the last three months. Power of sales becoming more widespread These types...
Did you know there is more than one MLS System in Ontario? There are actually seven MLS Systems in the province — more than in any other jurisdiction in Canada — and there is different data in each system. Realtors tend to like statistics, so let’s look at some...
Ten Ontario real estate boards have stepped up and called for a special general meeting with the provincial association, citing concerns around the controversial mandatory insurance plan for Ontario realtors slated to be put into effect by the association in a few...
By September of last year, Toronto’s real estate market had suffered seven months of price declines and one of the slowest September markets we’ve seen on record. The market was largely stabilized up by supply, or rather, the absence of it. We saw a...