With a recent spike in multiple offer presentations and bidding wars, how likely are your clients to get involved? A new Canadian survey conducted in March shows that one-in-four would readily take part in a bidding war, and half of this group would bid as much as 110 percent of the asking price. Furthermore, one-in-three [...]
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Court Denies Realtor $11,000 Commission
Sanjay Babbar of Sutton Group – Summit Realty Inc. in Oakville was denied his claim to his $11,000 commission in a small claims court on March 27th, for failing to clearly explain the key terms of the Buyer Agency Agreement to his clients. Sanjay’s claim was that he had spent time explaining everything to Jean [...]
Posted by suttonadmiral on May 3, 2012
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Everything You Need to Know About the MLS HPI
On February 6th, TREB finally released more information about the widely anticipated MLS HPI (MLS Home Price Index). TREB, together with CREA and four other major boards across Canada developed this system together to measure home prices and home price growth in a more elaborate way than simple average. If you’ll recall, our first blog [...]
Posted by suttonadmiral on February 11, 2012
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The ASA Designation and How You Can Earn Yours!
Between the years of 1947 to 1966, Canada (among many other post World War II countries) experienced a baby boom. Canadian census data on age and sex showed that as of May 15, 2001, the median age of Canada’s population reached an all-time high of 37.6 years. It is estimated that, in late 2007, about [...]
Posted by suttonadmiral on October 1, 2011
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