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Real Estate Market Updates – Information Rich & Insight Poor | October 2018
Sometimes you have to look hard to find the positives. This is certainly the case in many of Canada’s largest real estate markets. An overwhelming trend for most of 2018 has been the underperformance of real estate markets in comparison to 2017. The question is: is it a fair comparison? With stress testing, interest rate…
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Real Estate Market Updates – Tripping Over the Truth | September 2018
Year-over-year, in many of the Canadian real estate markets, we are seeing a consistent decrease in home sales for September 2018. Months of Inventory (MOI) in each of the 4 cities I reviewed have all gone up and year-to-date sales, unsurprisingly, have decreased as well. Looking across the country I see one thing in common:…
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Real Estate Market Updates | August 2018
The Canadian real estate market last month brought us a lot of the same news and trends as previous months; shrinking sales, increasing months of inventory and a general concern about the real estate market in Canada. Are things really as worrisome as some people might suggest? I don’t think so. Below are the statistics…
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Bridging the Expectation Gap
Want more referrals and repeat business? First you need to master the Expectation Gap. What it is and how can you leverage it? Let me tell you a story… – Recently, on a speaking tour, I was picking up a rental car from the airport. When I arrived, I was informed that the car I…
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Real Estate Market Updates | July 2018
July 2018 market stats are in for the four major Canadian real estate markets – Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. With only 40% of the year left, now is the time to make the difference in your performance this year. Take a look at the market updates below. Toronto (GTA), ON Toronto’s market has recovered…
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The Power of Simple Pleasures
Life is busy. Dealing with the minutia of the day-to-day and with what seems like endless commitments, it’s easy to get caught up in the chase and the “doing, doing, doing.” As a result, we often forget to slow down long enough to “smell the roses” so to speak and spend time on a few…
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Real Estate Market Updates | June 2018
June 2018 market stats are in for the four major Canadian real estate markets – Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. We are more than half way through 2018 and with Q3 just beginning, we now have substantial historical data to accurately predict where these markets are heading. Take a look at the market updates below….
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Real Estate Market Updates | May 2018
The May 2018 numbers are in for the four major Canadian real estate markets – Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton. For an insightful look at the stats and facts in each of these markets, take a look at the market updates below. Toronto (GTA), ON Welcome to RRI’s May 2018 TREB Real Estate Market Update. There’s…
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Getting the Most Out of a Real Estate Conference
Canada’s brightest minds in real estate gather together for RRI’s Masters Academy Real Estate Sales Conference twice per year. This groundbreaking conference gets to the core of what’s innovative and working in the industry right now and delivers real time, real estate intelligence, at its finest. A conference is an investment in your life, and…
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Seven Sales Lessons I Learned from Star Wars
I am a die-hard Star Wars fan. Before the days of reserved seating at the theatre, I would stand in line for up to 20 hours to catch a midnight showing. I’ve met Carrie Fisher, while dressed as Princess Leia at a convention in 2015, and I have the symbol of The Rebel Alliance tattooed…
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