Share The battle lower real estate fees in Canada has gone up significantly as we see the federal Competition Bureau challenging real estate for what it seems as “anti-competitive” behaviour and restricting consumer choice. The Competition Bureau has made an application to the Competition Tribunal, which will determine if the bureau’s complaints have merit. If [...]
Share A question that many sellers ask themselves is what factors affect the value of a home, especially their own. One of the most important factors that can affect the value of a home would be location. You will hear many real estate agents explain that location will be the biggest factor that affects your [...]
Share You have probably heard real estate agents, friends, and family all giving advice on selling your house. One of the best pieces of information that you can take from all of the advice you hear is that you always have to stage your home. Now the only time someone will not have to stage [...]
Share Continuing from yesterday, we will get into another warning that buyers must know before they decide to purchase a home. Today’s warning will be on grow op houses. As you might already know, a grow op house is a house that people use to grow marijuana. The condition of a house after being used [...]
Share Realtors are lobbying the provincial government to adopt standards for cleaning up houses that were used to grow and manufacture drugs. In a recent report, the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) released guidelines from commissioned experts for air quality in former drug houses. It has been identified that there is no standard in the [...]
