Hey gang,
I’d like to announce a few more contributors that are going to be sharing their thoughts with us here on Blown Mortgage.  They are Ricardo, Shawn and Graeme.  I’ll let them share their backgrounds with you and more, but I’m excited to have them contributing and know that they’ll continue to add value to […]

Go figure. From the way you would read it in the media these days the only problems on main street have to do with people with “those subprime mortgages.” It seems that the words mortgage and subprime have become inextricably linked together and, we’re told, that’s where the problem is. If I […]

Sorry folks, a busy day over here for yours truly. But lots of important news and notes to catch you up on. Enjoy the link love and check back soon for a more substantial post:

Calculated Risk covers Wells Fargo setting aside $1.4 billion in loan loss reserves for home equity loans.
Paul Jackson at […]

ByTheOwner.com recently passed the 5000 SOLD properties mark in 2007. This is an incredible accomplishment as it is an increase of more than 40% over 2006 results. ByTheOwner.com is on pace to sell more than 1% of all the homes in Canada this year. The sold results also do not include the sold properties from […]

ByTheOwner.com recently appeared in the The Daily News, Halifax, The Province, in Vancouver, and the Montreal Gazette.
The articles all discuss ByTheOwner.com’s unique way of helping people sell their home without using a real estate agent and our success to date. Here are links to each article:
Montreal Vancouver Halifax
www.bytheowner.com

I got a call today from a salesperson at ePERKS. He wanted me to sign up for a program to receive leads off their website. If I bought one zip code, the fee would be $129.95 a month, plus an 18% referral fee back to them for every closed transaction.
Here’s the […]

Just before Thanksgiving, ace Redfin product manager & superblogger Matt Goyer asked for your advice on how we could make it easier for our search site visitors to add filters on stuff like price, bedrooms and bathrooms to their queries. We offered a $250 prize for the best suggestion. One intrepid designer suggested displaying the […]

During a cold winter’s drive over this past holiday weekend I had a chance to reflect on all that I see going on (or NOT going on) in the home staging industry. As I look at WHO we are and WHERE we are… the more I am sure the real estate staging industry is not […]

During a cold winter’s drive over this past holiday weekend I had a chance to reflect on all that I see going on (or NOT going on) in the home staging industry. As I look at WHO we are and WHERE we are… the more I am sure the real estate staging industry is not […]

Even the big fish respect the tide.
Joseph J. Barnicke ruled Canada’s commercial real estate market for nearly 50 years, and knew it was time to sell. Mr. Barnicke has kept his share of secrets in the nearly 50 years he has helped orchestrate commercial real estate transactions across Canada.
When a company wanted to pick up […]