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Real Estate and PropTech: Scott Addison
Rhys Phillips chats with Scott Addison, president, Brokerage Services at Colliers Internationals, about the wide-ranging effects PropTech is having on real estate development.How would you define “PropTech?”In my role we touch…
Real Estate and PropTech: Matthew Boukall
Rhys Phillips chats with Matthew Boukall, vice president, Product Management, Data Solutions at Altus Group, about the wide-ranging effects PropTech is having on real estate development.Given its wide reach, what do you believe are…
The Future is H[app]ening
The biggest challenge when assessing the impact of property technology or “PropTech” on commercial real estate (CRE) is establishing a working definition. For our purposes we start by limiting PropTech to the impacts of the digital…
Vancouver Area Home Prices Fall in August, Number of Sales Up From Year Earlier
The number of homes sold in the Greater Vancouver area was up in August compared with a year ago, but benchmark prices for the major categories of housing was down, the region's real estate board says.The Real Estate Board of…
A Rock in the Fast Lane
Forgive me, but I had to laugh. It happened while I was attending a mock Shark Tank where three PropTech companies presented their tech to a jury of three established industry experts and a room full of real estate professionals (mostly…
Greater Montréal Home Sales Rise 10 Per Cent in August as Prices Also Climb
Greater Montréal home sales in August rose 10 per cent compared with a year ago to hit a record high as prices also rose.The Québec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says the area had 3,527 home sales in August for the…
Toronto Real Estate Board says August Home Sales Up 13.4% Compared With Year Ago
The Toronto Real Estate Board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area in August were up 13.4 per cent compared with a year ago.The board say there were 7,711 home sales through its MLS system in August, up from 6,797 sales…
Bank of Canada holds interest rate as it takes stock of trade war impacts
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada says it's staying put on interest rates as it gauges the extent of the damage that deepening trade conflicts are having on the domestic and global economies.The rate decision Wednesday kept the central bank's…
Calgary and Edmonton Investment Levels Decrease in Q2: Altus Group Report
Altus Group’s latest commercial real estate report in the Calgary and Edmonton market areas reveal low investments for Q2 2019. Uncertainty remains as commercial investment volume in Calgary decreases by 26 per cent in the second quarter,…
SuburbanI(C)Tes
When Amazon selected Toronto as one of the 20 finalists for its new headquarters in 2018, the reputation of the city as a budding tech hub became clear. Suddenly, industry giants like Apple, Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft began setting up…