Our federal body, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), is locking horns with the Competition Bureau about a bunch of nonsense. Sorry to trivialize things… if you want the full take, here’s a release CREA…

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The Toronto Real Estate Board reported record sales in June, while activity in Vancouver, Montreal and other urban centres is also strong. We’ve discussed in earlier posts how the interest rates and affordability are really…

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Psychologist Martin Seligman studies “happiness” (a problematic term that is very hard to define)… and I was reading Tim Ferriss’ blog when I came across Martin’s words, originally published in the most recent issue of the Princeton…

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Many people who are struggling to get mortgages are finding comfort in a growing trend: lease-options. This is a contract that allows renters to lease the property and, at the end of their lease, they…

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When people visit a home they immediately do three things. They look, compare and contrast. In other words, they look to understand what is offered… they compare to make sure what they see satisfies their…

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Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to take action but were afraid of the consequences? You wanted to say something but didn’t… You saw something wrong happening and you did nothing…

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