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Discriminatory real estate ad attracts media attention

June 15, 2009

This post makes the “Too funny” category for the featured video’s surprise ending. If you start the video, please see it through to the end.
By way of Brendan King’s Twitter stream.

As a licensed Asian, I found this particular misunderstanding quite amusing and so did the other Asians in my office, but discriminatory practices are no [...]

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Buyer sues agent for letting them pay too much for a home

January 22, 2008

“Marty Ummel feels she paid too much for her house. So do millions of other people who bought at the peak of the housing boom.

“What makes Ms. Ummel different is that she is suing her agent, saying it was all his fault.”

I came by this story from today’s New York Times by way [...]

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The ethics of “bidding” for Saskatoon real estate

June 2, 2007

I came across an interesting “Letter to the Editor” in yesterday’s Star Phoenix which I wanted to touch on. The letter was submitted by Maureen Shebelski, a Saskatoon resident and mother.

Maureen’s decrial of the current state of the Saskatoon real estate market is a testimonial to her social conscience and it’s obvious that [...]

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Flip This House exposed: The “unreal” side of reality TV

May 16, 2007

This is not exactly important real estate news but I couldn’t resist writing a small snip about this story.

It seems that the popular A&E reality program, “Flip This House” has run a number of episodes which amount to nothing more than a sham. Featuring self proclaimed “real estate developer” Sam Leccima, the episodes represent [...]

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Tenants burned by hot Saskatoon real estate market

March 13, 2007

The front page of today’s Star Phoenix says, “Tenants feel pinch: Heated market driving increases in rental charges.”

The story references the predicament of a Saskatoon woman, Marilyn LePage who faces her third rent increase in the last twelve months. She has written a letter to city council asking, “What can be done to keep [...]

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Who is your real estate agent looking out for?

February 24, 2007

If you’ve visited my blog before, chances are you’ve caught on to the fact that I’m very concerned about a practice which is occurring regularly which I believe is deceptive and hurtful to both buyers and sellers. It goes like this; the agent lists the seller’s property and promises to give the home full exposure [...]

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Making the most of a market on fire: A Saskatoon home seller’s story

February 9, 2007

You may have heard me chirp once, or even twice about a practice which is occurring all too often in this fast moving Saskatoon real estate market. I’m talking about MLS® listings which magically sell before they’re even submitted to the MLS® system. It seems that everyday there are several new listings which [...]

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Little white marketing lies?

January 23, 2007

Sharon, a real estate investor from Calgary, Alberta occasionally visits my blog. If I recall correctly, she contacted me after she read one of my little rants about poor quality images in real estate listings. From time to time, she forwards copies of listed properties which strike her as ridiculous in some way. She has [...]

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Premium Saskatoon houses sell while market is still at work

January 4, 2007

I did a routine search of today’s MLS® listings at about 4:00 pm. There are two new listings showing up in all of Area 1, which for Saskatoon real estate agents includes all neighbourhoods which are East of Circle Drive East. Both of these new listings are in Briarwood. One is priced at [...]

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Jack Grover released from prison

December 16, 2006

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, Friday, acquitted Saskatoon landlord Jack Grover of obstruction of justice and ordered his immediate release from prison. Grover was convicted of obstruction earlier this year and had served three months of the one year sentence imposed on him in September.

The charge resulted from actions Grover allegedly took “to falsify” [...]

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How to get serious buyers lining up at your door

November 16, 2006

In my recent post, “Deceptive Agent Practice Could Costs Sellers Money,” I discussed how some agents seem to go out of their way to try to keep other agents from finding out about their newest listings. I speculated that the underlying motivation is that they want to have an opportunity to try to sell [...]

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