Ford may have a way for us to navigate our cars through rush hour without lifting either arm from our cushy armrests. With many consumers raving about its Active Park Assist feature that can steer a car into a perfect parallel park, Ford is stepping up its game by toying with the idea of branching […]
Interview with Corinne Lyall Broker/Owner of Calgary’s Royal LePage Benchmark Why did you decide to switch transaction management providers? We had been dissatisfied for quite some time with our original document management provider. The system had difficulties integrating with our transaction management/accounting software and we had to almost check every deal to ensure it was […]
Technology and industrialization have played a large role in the past century, carrying humanity to its current state. We have houses as big and creative as we want, with more power and air conditioning units than we could ever need, with fast cars in the driveway…you get the idea. But, every once in a while, amidst this […]
Today, Canada’s housing market took a strange turn that isn’t sitting quite right with some, and appeases others. The changes that took place were that the CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation), who oversee and insure the vast majority of Canadian mortgages, has lowered the maximum amortization period from 30 years, to 25 years. Now, […]
While we’re on the topic of Canada’s ranking amongst the world’s nations, Canada is back in the spotlight. Only this time, instead of being a leader, it is a great, big loser. Given the not-so-honourable title of “Fossil of the Day” at the Rio+20 talks, thousands of world delegates are putting our nation in the […]
Canada’s housing market is one of the top dogs in the world, according to a report released by Scotiabank on Global Real Estate Trends. Although the market demand is getting cooler, it is still outperforming among industrialized nations. The shift is being attributed to income growth, as well as stricter mortgage insurance rules. Global property […]
In most offices, or workplaces in general (referring to those that stick to a more typical M-F 9-5 model) start to dwindle down on their productivity the closer Friday approaches, and by the time Friday afternoon rolls around, everybody starts daydreaming about their weekend, socializing, or deferring tasks until “early next week”, instead of tackling […]
California, being the environmentally progressive state that it is, has approved a new set of building guidelines making it mandatory for all newly built houses to have roofs that are solar-ready roofs. These new construction standards not only encourage positive environmental changes, but also made stricter guidelines for window and housing insulation for the same […]
Real estate seems to be changing with the influx of pre-built homes hitting the market. Sitting outside the Scotiabank plaza in the parking lot sits a pre-built home waiting for interested passerby to peruse the property. During the hockey season when the Senators were in full swing, thousands of game attendees would spot the home, […]
Last week we made the presumption that the real estate industry is on it’s way to recovery, and it turns out that it is…but at what cost? In our previous article we pointed out that Realtors had seen their first increase in salary in over 9 years, with a 2.3% increase. Now, reports are in […]