Archive for June, 2007

Top 100 Fastest Growing Canadian Companies: ByTheOwner.com is #90

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

 

ByTheOwner.com is proud to announce that we have been listed at #90 on Canadian Business Magazine’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies!

 

Canadian Business is Canada’s top magazine for news, opinion and community for business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors. Each year they release a list of the fastest growing Canadian companies over the past 5 years. This is ByTheOwner.com’s first time on the list and it is an honor for us to be ranked among other great Canadian companies such as Research in Motion, WestJet, Workbrain Corp., Garda World Security, etc..

The top 100 list is ranked by calculating a company’s revenues in 2001 and in 2006 and then comparing the rate of growth. ByTheOwner.com had revenues of $306,555 in 2001 and revenues of $2,317,320 in 2006, for a growth rate of 656%. This ranks us as the 90th fastest growing company in Canada. ByTheOwner.com’s employees grew from 5 employees in 2001 to 46 employees in 2006.

It is important to note that this list calculated growth in terms of revenues and not profits. Since we started operations in 1997, ByTheOwner.com has invested all profits back into our business in order to expand our service, and increase the visibility and functionality of our website. During the 5 years, from 2001 to 2006, ByTheOwner.com helped more than 11,500 owners sell privately, resulting in more than $100,000,000 dollars saved in real estate commissions!

A big “Thank-you” to all our customers over the past 5 years. We look forward to helping many more owners sell privately and save!

More info about ByTheOwner.com in the Canada’s Top 100, can be read at Yahoo Finance (Click Here)

www.bytheowner.com

CMHC Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corportation Offers Home Hunting Worksheet

Friday, June 1st, 2007

CMHC, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corportation, has designed at worksheet to help buyers compare 3 different houses. The worksheet can be a great tool to make sure that, as a buyer, you did not overlook any aspect of the home(s) that you are considering purchasing.

The worksheet can be found by clicking here

The worksheet lets you examine the

1) Annual costs

2) Neighbourhood

3) Chattels incuded with the home

4) Exterior attributes

5) Interior attributes

If buyers are using this form to compare potential homes, and you are looking at a home on ByTheOwner.com, be sure to write “OWNER” in the real estate rep section!

www.bytheowner.com