Greg McCarvell on London Ontario Real Estate

In the life of a Realtor, winter is the opportunity to upgrade your skills. This could be technical courses, business system performance tweaking, sales and service training or an great time for a vacation to recharge. It's quite often that people fail to recognize patterns in their life and take...

There have been a lot of changes in the real estate market since my previous posts, mainly in the U.S.A. London has been a nice, steady and strong market consistently for the past couple of years (probably even longer). I am just now starting to see evidence of a market shift from an extreme sell...

You will find many different forms of marketing as you interview real estate agents to sell your home. I thought it would be useful to present the bare minimums that you should be offered. The following marketing tactics are the basics, the most common actions. The "For Sale" Sign I know it seems...

If you ever read statistics on how people choose the Realtor and broker organization it would simply amaze you. Typically a person selects the first Realtor they speak to and rarely do a formal search for qualifications and compatibility. Below is an interesting article outlining this strange tre...

Realtors affiliated with their local boards across Canada are bound to a strict standard of professionalism and competency. The Canadian Real Estate Association Code of Ethics is a document that outlines and specifically addresses certain issues encountered when buying or selling your home. For a...

You will find many different forms of marketing as you interview real estate agents to sell your home. I thought it would be useful to present the bare minimums that you should be offered. The following marketing tactics are the basics, the most common actions. The "For Sale" Sign I know it seems...

If you ever read statistics on how people choose the Realtor and broker organization it would simply amaze you. Typically a person selects the first Realtor they speak to and rarely do a formal search for qualifications and compatibility. Below is an interesting article outlining this strange tre...

Realtors affiliated with their local boards across Canada are bound to a strict standard of professionalism and competency. The Canadian Real Estate Association Code of Ethics is a document that outlines and specifically addresses certain issues encountered when buying or selling your home. For a...

A common question is "how much is my property worth?". Understand the answer to this question can vary greatly. Many times you will get a "shoot from the hip" type answer that is simply inaccurate. While an experienced sales person many times can give you a rough estimate based on recent experien...

The concept of Agency spans far beyond the scope of real estate sales. This area of law is very interesting and detailed in scope. Most people recognize the Agency relationship in a couple of common areas: Listing Agreements and Buyer Agreements. These formalized documents serve a great purpose i...