Freda King

When most people picture negotiating on a home, they picture one number: the list price. You offer somewhere under the asking price, the seller counters, you settle in the middle, and whoever gives up...

When most people picture negotiating on a home, they picture one number: the list price. You offer somewhere under the asking price, the seller counters, you settle in the middle, and whoever gives up...

If you’ve spent any time on real estate TikTok in the last few years, you’ve probably seen the house hacking pitch. Buy a property, rent part of it out, let your tenants cover the...

For a long time, multigenerational living had a reputation problem. It was the option families turned to when something had gone wrong — a job loss, a divorce, a health crisis. Moving back in...

The playbook for selling a home has changed fast. Buyers have more options, more leverage, and they are using it.  According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), active listings on Canadian MLS® Systems...

When many new Canadian homebuyers calculate whether they can afford a new home, they focus almost exclusively on one number: the monthly mortgage payment. It’s the figure lenders use for the mortgage stress test,...

Will 2026 be the year Canadian buyers stop waiting? Most major housing forecasters believe activity will finally pick up after two muted years, but expectations vary on how strong that rebound will be and...

Timing isn’t everything in real estate, but it can still be the difference between saving real money or paying a premium, selling in 30 days or sitting for three months, and negotiating from a...

For millions of Canadians, the home-search journey often starts on REALTOR.ca—Canada’s largest real estate platform—and continues across consumer portals and brokerage sites. Along the way, many homeowners encounter online valuation widgets (AVMs) from data...