A debate has erupted in a Canadian realtor’s TikTok comments after he made a video that, some believe, empathizes with landlords a bit too much. Vancouver-based real estate agent Hasan Juma has been in the field for seven years and on TikTok for about three years. He creates educational content about the housing market. On…
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US pending home sales rose 2.5% in December. Realtors say the housing market is in recovery mode.
The numbers: US pending-home sales rose 2.5% in December, reversing a six-month losing streak, according to the monthly index released Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Pending home sales were down for six months in a row, as the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates and took off mortgage rates. Pending-home sales beat…
Realtor cuts a deal on the Mayne Island fixer-upper
241 Spinnaker Dr., Mayne Island, BC Asking price: $479,000 (Nov. 3, 2022) selling price: $375,000 (Nov. 13, 2022) Days on market: 10 Taxes (2022): $1,772.07 listing agents: Glen McLeod, Gulfport Realty Buying agents: Ian Watt, Sutton Group West Coast Realty What they got The house was built in 1972.Gulfport Realty This half-acre property is on…
Condo market poised to follow the fall of detached home prices, says the realtor
Breadcrumb Trail Links Real Estate Some owners who used to break even on their condo investments now face a different reality Some owners who used to break even on their condo investments are now facing a different reality, says Steve Saretsky, a Vancouver realtor. Photo by REUTERS/Carlos Osorio Article content As Canada’s real estate market…
A ‘landlord market’ keeping rents high in region: realtor
WATERLOO REGION — Housing prices may be falling but spiking interest rates could keep potential homebuyers as renters a little while longer. That makes the rental market competitive, keeping rents high, said Jim Lafitte, a Waterloo-based real estate agent with Chestnut Park Realty. Monthly rents for a one-bedroom condo in the Waterloo Region range from…
Local realtor Sharon Anderson and colleagues donated 6.5 tons of food to help military families
Five years ago Sharon Anderson set out in her neighborhood to gather a few donations. The first year she collected one small wagon of food. That small wagon has turned into a full-blown operation, according to a news release. Anderson, a local realtor, enlisted the help of her colleagues at Keller Williams Realty Carmel Valley/Del…
‘Not the time to panic,’ said the realtor, as GTA pre-construction buyers worried about closing the deal
As Toronto’s real estate market continues to struggle amid the Bank of Canada’s aggressive campaign to hike interest rates, some agents say that they are increasingly hearing from buyers of pre-construction condos who are worried about closing the deal. Realtor Jordan Scrinko, of precondo.ca, a website portal for pre-construction projects in Canada, said several of…
Paid Medical Surveys – Passive Income MD
A popular discussion topic in our Facebook group, Passive Income Docs, has been medical surveys. If you’ve never participated in one, medical surveys are a great way to make a little extra cash here and there while you’re in line for coffee, in between calls or cases, or whenever you have a little extra time…
OPINION: BC Realtor’s explanation how property assessment increases do not affect taxes
“I just looked at my property assessment and it went way up, way more than what I think selling costs is,” someone wrote on a Facebook group this week. “So I assume taxes will jump again.” And someone else: “No way my house increased in value by $70,000 in the last year. This is a…
Kamloops realtor questioning necessity of BC’s new homebuyer protection period | NL radio
A Kamloops realtor suggests the new homebuyer protection period that took effect Tuesday is coming a bit too late. The new protection period is said to give homebuyers in BC better protection in the real estate market, by giving a mandatory three business day period to homebuyers to allow them to arrange for financing or…