OpenBids improves the home buying experience by replacing blind bidding with transparency
This story is sponsored by OpenBids. By Rachel Moore
Jun 10, 2021
When it comes to the real estate market, the practices and protocols are yet to embrace technology like many other sectors, including finance and transportation. While you can search for property listings online, the bidding and offer processes are often handled solely offline by realtors. These processes are old-fashioned and often disadvantageous for all parties involved. In order to improve the experience for buyers and sellers, the real estate market desperately needs to start integrating the use of modern technology.
NDP housing critic motions for speculation and vacancy tax
The motion urges the Ford government to use tax policy to deal with record prices in Toronto real estate By Radheyan Simonpillai
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Ontario NDP housing critic Jessica Bell introduced a motion at Queen’s Park for a speculation and vacant home tax bill just as prices in the Toronto real estate market reached the highest levels ever.
For the month of May, the average price for a detached home was $1,716,272 in Toronto and $1,331,176 in the 905, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB). Premier Doug Ford’s majority government will likely defeat the motion, which takes a policy approach to remedying those prices, and stick to using Municipal Zoning Orders, which can override environmental concerns, to fast-track developments.
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It was Easter 2020 when Annabree and Natasha Fairweather hit their breaking point.
They loved their rental, one of three units in a home in East Vancouver, and got along well much of the time with the neighbours they shared the house with. In fact, the families formed a bubble when COVID-19 descended, which helped guard against the pandemic isolation suddenly thrust on so many people.
Guérette moves over on June 1, while Yochim is already learning the ropes at the SRHBA.
Both have a great deal of experience in the housing industry. Guérette was previously chief operating officer of the Association of Saskatchewan Realtors® and has served on various committees with the Canadian Real Estate Association and the Ontario Real Estate Association. Yochim has worked in real estate for 30 years, including with the SRA and a long stint with the Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors® (which was amalgamated into the SRA).
It’s such a Saskatoony, biggish-city-small-town sort of thing to have happen. Meanwhile, the SRHBA is assuring everyone that it’s pretty much business as usual during the transfer.