In retreospect, that sounds more than a little dramatic. When I say the end is nigh, I don’t mean the end of the world. We all know that the lizard people don’t invade until the summer solstice that coincides with a major earthquake that drops most of the west coast
For a little while now I’ve been talking about the likelihood of the government fiddling with the Ontario housing market again. When it arrives, it will probably be called an intervention or policy change or some other wording that communicates certainty and precision. Make no mistake though, it will be
There is a poem by Robert Frost called “The Road Not Taken” that has the distinction of being the most misread poem in America, according to the Paris Review. I know what you are thinking. Yet another real estate article comparing misinterpretations of classic poetry with property appreciation in the
I’ll get right to the point because the clock is ticking. In 10 days from now, new rules kick in for mortgages. Starting October 17, 2016, all buyers with less than a 20 per cent down payment must qualify based on the five-year benchmark posted rate, which is currently approximately
I’ve worked with some clients this year on the rental side of housing – both landlords renting out their properties as well as tenants looking for a place to rent. A few things struck me in my interactions.
I like a lot of aspects of working in real estate, but if you asked me to narrow it down to my favourites, I would have to say that there are two really great things about my job. The first is that I get to meet great people. People I
In late May, 2016, MPAC started sending out their 2016 Property Assessment Notices. These lovely documents provide an assessed value for your property, based on a secret formula developed by MPAC scientists in a bunker in the wilds of Northern Ontario. That might be a bit of an exaggeration. Truth
Working day in and day out in real estate has its positives and negatives. Often these come as the flip side of the same experience. Here’s what I mean. I get to meet many new and interesting people as I help clients buy and sell properties and any phone call
I’m going to admit right off the bat that I’ve been watching a lot of episodes of the TV show Mad Men lately. Whenever I watch a lot of a particular show or read a particular book series, it tends to influence how I view the world for a brief
