Peering over the Border

Over the years, despite my attempts to assimilate into the American melting pot, the pronunciation of certain words betrays my heritage. No one whose first language is Canadian can say the word “out” without evoking a barely concealed snicker from most Americans. Eh?...

Exceed Analysis

Exceed Analysis is a location intelligence company founded over 25 years ago by Gary Warkentine, one of Canada’s leading experts in solving complex economic problems using statistics and economic models. In the mid-1990s he pioneered a new spatial optimization...

For the Love of Maps

In the last year and a half, we have shown many maps on this blog. As we tell the stories of our data, nothing can do that better than a visual. We have enjoyed creating maps to show the many variables that we have available, including environmental, crime data,...

May Round-Up

At the end of each month, the AGS team takes a look back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from May 2021. The Future of...
Bidding Wars: How Long Can This Continue?

Bidding Wars: How Long Can This Continue?

Realtors across the country are reporting the same thing: There is no inventory and sale prices are regularly going over the asking price. Inman, a real estate news service, recently published an in-depth discussion on the low inventory and crazy bidding wars and...