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2012
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Seller’s Disclosure: the Rules Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. Real estate professionals are obligated to conduct their own due diligence when taking a listing. That is part of their “professional responsibility”. They owe that obligation to their clients, themselves and the pu...
01/09/2012
ORES Real Estate Index ~ Trends from November to December 2011 Ontario Real Estate Source ORES Index Trend (+ -) November 2011 December Index Residential Real Estate Greater Toronto Area 148.67 139.70 CPI 114.72 114.81 gold 408.18 357.92 oil 228.30 224.82 TSX 132.60 129.8...
01/07/2012
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TREB Review of 2011 and Predictions for 2012 Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. The Toronto Real Estate Board just released its most recent Marketwatch, on 5 January 2012. In essence, it says: 2011 was up 8% 2012 will be up 4% Now, the prediction for 2012 is all guesswork. Everyon...
01/06/2012
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Toronto Market Drops 7.02% in 2011 Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. That should be some good news for the doomsayers! Has the Toronto market finally succumbed to the worldwide decline in housing prices? Let’s have a closer look. The average price paid for a single family home in...
01/06/2012
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ORES Real Estate Index for December 2011 Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. Here is the "ORES REAL ESTATE INDEX" which tracks the average resale prices of single family homes and condominiums in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). It also tracks certain benchmark comparisons such as...
01/05/2012
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The Difference between Clients and Customers Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. The essential difference is “agency”. A client is a principal in an agency relationship. A customer has a non-agency relationship. The duties, obligations, rights and relationship is somewhat different...
01/04/2012
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Clients ~ An Easy to Understand Concept Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. While it may be difficult to understand the “customer” status relationship, no one seems to have difficulty with “clients”. The concept of a client is simple and straightforward. It is the usual name of the...
01/04/2012
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Customers ~ Who are they? Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. No one outside the real estate industry seems to know the difference between clients and customers. In fact, once explained, most seem to think it is absurd, and to say the least a little unfair, and perhaps a “ruse” by ...
01/04/2012
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What’s Happening ~ Toronto Condo Market 2012 Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. Although the world is filled with pessimists and a lot of them see the Toronto condo market going bust, the facts and the figures don’t seem to support that conclusion. There are two major driving forc...
01/03/2012
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Financial Resolutions for Individuals Ontario Real Estate Source By Brian Madigan LL.B. This is the time of the year for Resolutions. I received a some resolutions from a friend and colleague, Mr. David Predovich an Investment Advisor with TD Waterhouse at the Mississauga offices. Naturally, the...
01/03/2012
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