Today, the Canadian Press reported this story about Proprio Direct.
A little Coles’ Notes version of the case: once upon a time, Proprio Direct, a real estate brokerage, employing real estate agents, would sell consumers their real estate services, including a non-refundable “membership” fee of about $1500, charged upfront, or a commission-based payment scheme with an […]
Entries from May 2008
Proprio Direct’s Supreme Court case- what consumers ought to know about choice
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Expanding young minds at space camp
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Space camp. My inner tomboy is having a fit. She is telling me space camp? Why didn’t WE go to space camp back in the ’80s? I try to tell her it probably had to do with the fact that Montreal was too busy nursing its hangover from the ‘76 Olympics, and that the […]
Tags: Check ça...where to go, what to see & do · Chomedey · Not real estate related
Some good news for buyers…
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Today the CMHC issued this press release about the Canadian housing market.
Highlights : the number of housing starts (meaning, new home construction, in units) is set to fall slightly. However, while the number of resale home sales will go down, prices are still beating the inflation rate, with Quebec’s prices increasing moderately by 4.7% in […]
Tags: Crunching Numbers · New Home Construction · mar-vo news