by Susan Doran | Feb 22, 2024 | News
We’ve reached that dreaded time of year when homeowners are slapped with property tax hikes. It’s hitting particularly hard in this economy when many Canadians are struggling to make ends meet. Post-pandemic, with communities across the country battling high interest...
by Susan Doran | Feb 6, 2024 | Advice for Agents
If you’ve listed a property for a couple locking horns in a hostile divorce, you know it’s not a job for the fainthearted or inexperienced. In some cases, you may merely witness a little bickering. Alternatively, you’ll watch plates fly. One agent describes leaving a...
by Susan Doran | Jan 17, 2024 | News
Like many people, Paul Brooks fled the city for greener pastures during the pandemic. He jokes that now he has a nice rural view to admire while agonizing over why on earth he made the move in the first place. Living amid the forested hills of Hockley Valley north of...
by Susan Doran | Dec 1, 2023 | Boards & Associations, News
Voting at a special general meeting (SGM) on November 29 that could have axed the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA)’s contentious pending insurance plan for all realtors in the province wound up determining that the program will go ahead as planned. It’s a blow —...
by Susan Doran | Nov 14, 2023 | News, Sales & Marketing
Getting a handle on where the current market is headed is like trying to nail jelly to a wall – pretty much impossible. There’s a barometer that you may not have factored in though: open houses. Open houses reflect market conditions, although not always in the ways we...
