Neil Sharma

Neil Sharma

Neil Sharma

Neil Sharma is the news editor of Mortgage Broker News, Canadian Real Estate Wealth and Real Estate Professional, and has been covering the Canadian real estate market since 2012. Before joining Key Media, he wrote for the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, National Post, Epoch Times, and more.

Published Articles by Neil Sharma

OREA lobbies government for stronger RECO

The Ontario Real Estate Association is lobbying the provincial government to proscribe bully offers and enhance professional standards in an industry that does little to punish misbehaving agents

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Tradespeople shortage contributes to affordability woes

Innumerable delays on construction sites throughout Ontario add onto builders’ overhead costs, which consumers ultimately pay for

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Despite lower prices, Vancouver housing remains out of reach

Vancouver's housing market has slowed considerably, but that doesn’t mean finding housing is any easier for its citizens

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Top team bridges cultural gap

As the Greater Toronto Area grows more diverse by the day, so, too, have the service expectations of local sales agents

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Bully offers conceal money laundering

The federal government has pledged to tackle “snow washing”—the process by which Canadian real estate is used to launder money

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Proposed land transfer tax will hamper housing mobility: TREB

A motion tabled to increase Toronto’s Municipal Land Transfer Tax as a means to fund the Housing Allowance Program has drawn swift rebuke from the Toronto Real Estate Board, with the latter charging that the proposed levy will impede mobili ...

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Agent reinvents himself in depressed market

The decline of Saskatchewan's oil and gas, mining and forestry sectors have depleted the province’s real estate market of its once-buoyant activity, but one agent has reinvented himself to remain a top producer

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OREB, BCREA weigh in on federal budget's housing policies

While pleased the federal government introduced measures in the federal budget to support housing affordability, the Ottawa Real Estate Board nevertheless believes its efforts fell short

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The federal budget's missed opportunity

The federal budget appears to have missed a golden opportunity to address housing shortages in key markets that contribute to Canadians' affordability challenges

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Toronto and Vancouver head in opposite directions

The spring luxury real estate market in Toronto should be a brisk one

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