Well, it was quite a year! With the Olympics, HST and general economic concerns, the market faced numerous challenges during 2010. Here are, in my opinion, the big stories that influenced the local real estate industry and that will have implications for the marketplace in the coming years. The Olympics...

The consumer of resort real estate in the ‘new reality’ has a specific profile which sets them apart from the usual purchaser of urban real estate. In particular, the consumer: Still wants a second home but will go about it differently than they used to. Purchasers are educated and perform ...

One of the side effects of the recent financial upheaval was the negative impact on the resort real estate market. As practitioners and advisors, we are always keenly interested with where the business of resort real estate  is today and where it may be going in the future. Although we ...

Recently, the Competition Bureau and the Canadian Real Estate Association entered into an agreement/settlement in regards to access, and use of, the MLS.ca database. Many media stories were written and opinions offered that this will represent significant cost savings in terms of commissions to sellers which could be passed on ...