Andrew's Real Estate Blog

A little while ago I had a call from a homeowner that was not happy.  He had listed his home with an agent but after a month and a half they had only 3 showings.  He wanted to know how to get out of hes agreement, so I told him that the only thing he could do was ask his broker to terminate the a...

Sorry (well not really), this posting has been severely edited.  I typed about 800 word and read through it and though "How dry, clinical and generally boring can a post get?"  So I have hashed it up and will give you the Cole's notes.  There are instances when a Realtor should not make a custome...

Too many people say to themselves "I want to own a home" and then they start looking through papers, searching the Internet and going to open houses.  This is a sure fire way to end up frustrated and demoralized about the home markets. A simple plan will make your job and your Realtors job easier...

I have been thinking about doing this for some time now.  I have moved my real estate license from Century 21 St. Andrew's Realty Inc. in Aurora, ON, to Right At Home Realty based out of Toronto and Mississauga, ON.  Right At Home suits my virtual Office needs better while still having brick and ...

The Ontario, Provincial, Government has finally reacted to public pressure with regards to Real Estate Fraud.  Since Last November homeowners in Ontario were left with a dark cloud over there housing dreams.  A court decission judged that a mortgage filled on a property, by means of fraudulent do...

Over the last ten plus years the real estate industry and society in general have changed dramatically.  One of the biggest factors on how we have changed is the variety of new technologies that are available to us now.  In real estate the the MLS system used to be a set of weekly books that were...

I have been blogging on my York Region Real Estate Blog since November 2005, and I am trying to decide how to make this blog different.  I doubt that I will get into market statistics as there is a good chance that most of the people reading this will be part of Active Rain and therefore in, or i...