About Canada.RateYourBuilder.com

Canada.RateYourBuilder.com is a free service that provides consumer ratings of home builders and communities as well as valuable advice and up-to-date news helpful to new home buyers and owners in Canada. The web site is dedicated to the premise that by providing the on-line mechanism to unite the opinions of new home buyers and owners, home buyers will be stronger in their fight to fulfill their dreams. The foundation for RateYourBuilder is consumer-provided ratings of homebuilders and new home communities. While the initial site, rateyourbuilder.info collected home builder ratings since 2001, the new site expands on this concept to now collect ratings on communities as well. We also are seeking to capture feedback from shoppers and buyers as well as owners. Our mission with RateYourBuilder is to shine a bright light on the new home business, where consumers are often ill-informed of their choices. Through better, more complete, and dynamic information, consumers will be able to separate the good builders from the bad builders. To complement the ratings, we have compiled expert advice from recognized experts such as Ilyce Glink, Katherine Salant, Dian Hymer, and Jack Guttentag. We have also expanded the timeliness, quality and depth of our news coverage. RateYourBuilder is independent. Most of the information on the web today regarding new homes is provided by companies who are owned or controlled by new home builders or realtors, two groups who benefit from keeping information limited and as far away from exposing customer opinions as possible. RateYourBuilder is owned and run by consumers, former industry insiders, and market researchers who care about asking the right questions to surface the best information possible. Registration is required in order to post ratings and comments. We require registration in order to ensure the validity of the ratings and comments provided. Registration is easy, as it simply requires having a valid email address. Once registered, users will also benefit from being able to use the home preference tool and have the opportunity to be invited to participate in periodic market research panels where they can receive special incentives to express their opinions and insights. What can you do on RateYourBuilder? If you are shopping for a new home, RateYourBuilder can be your independent advisor to help you better understand your own goals and preferences in buying a home and the choices and tradeoffs inherent in making a decision. By using the site you can be prepared for your visit to new home communities by understanding your priorities and by researching the builders and communities in advance. As you start to make your decision, you can tap into our expert advice on pitfalls to avoid and how to get that home of your dreams without it turning into a nightmare. You will benefit from seeing the ratings of others, especially the ratings of others just like you, and you will enjoy the feeling of sharing your experiences with others and knowing that you are helping others just as they are helping you. Finally, when the home is complete, you will continue to get advice from others on how to handle problems that will inevitably occur with the new home. And we hope you will have a sense of duty to provide feedback on your own experience with your chosen builder—whether good or bad—to contribute to the community of advice that provided you with guidance.