by StoneGate | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Until April 2017 anybody with a flashlight and business card could establish a Canadian home inspection business, The Star wrote that May. This lack of regulation played on buyers’ and sellers’ nerves, although there were some exceptionally fine real estate inspectors...
by StoneGate | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Property taxes are one of those things Canadians scrutinize to the nth degree as they try to balance their cash flow. They may like to gripe when property taxes go up, especially as they never seem to go down. However the reality is they are the beneficiaries of the...
by StoneGate | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
A rental vacancy rate is the percentage of the rental market standing vacant when measured. Vacancy rates are therefore snapshots in time and may or may not be place bound. However, statisticians often express them by property type, and location at city, town, or...
by StoneGate | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mortgage lenders are always on the hunt for new customers. However they also wish to avoid bad debts and costs of foreclosures. They need to be seen as impartial regardless of an applicant’s particular demographic. Their decisions are therefore data-driven and based...
by StoneGate | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has been a measure of professionalism for over four decades. The original Realtor Code appeared in 1913. Then in 1953 members finally approved an ethics code specific to their industry. This ethical Realtor Code has updated...
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