Real Estate Advocate Pushes for Transparency in British Columbia
Although McCredie's not entirely sure about the label, saying, "I'm not pounding my chest saying I'm going to disrupt anything," he doesn't believe the real estate industry has paid nearly enough attention to properly serving homeowners, potential homeowners, and the people of B.C. "All the business models have been about making money. But we're supposed to be acting in the best interests of our client."
One of his biggest frustrations, for instance, is the dearth of information prospective buyers and sellers can obtain on any property. Canada is probably the worst of any G7 country, he said, for offering the public so little information on such things as the history and past ownership of dwellings. He's working with people like Al-Karim Kara, head of B.C. Land Title authority, to make it possible for the public to access more free property data in the future.
