This Week’s Top Stories: Canadian Real Estate Sellers Pull Listings, & The Capital Flight Crisis

Time for your cheat sheet on this week’s top stories.

Canadian Real Estate

Canadian Economy Hits An Iceberg—Government Spending Soars

It’s too early to use the R-word to describe the Canadian economy, but it seems inevitable. Real GDP contracted 0.4%

Sellers ‘aren’t budging’ as inventory builds up in tariff-saddled B.C. real estate market – BC

Ongoing uncertainty in global markets is having a homegrown effect on British Columbia’s real estate market.

Both sales and prices slumped last month, according to data B.C. Real Estate Association — part of a provincewide trend of sluggish sales activity

Why more home buyers and sellers are turning to flat-fee brokers : NPR

Jim Xiao paid an agent a flat $10,000 fee to help him buy a home in Evans, Ga., last year. Here, Xiao and his children play soccer at their new home.

Jim Xiao


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Jim Xiao

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8 Disclosures Sellers Must Make

When an owner sells a property, they are typically required to disclose information in a written document. The requirements vary based on state and local laws, but failing to meet them can lead to legal trouble.

In general, a disclosure

Real estate agents and insiders expose the secret tactics used to lure buyers and sellers

If you are fortunate enough to try to enter Australia’s property market, you have come across its gatekeepers – real estate agents.

You may have suspected price guides were being lowballed, been promised the world by an agent, or felt