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Toronto Sun
6 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Zown transports AI into home buying process
Rishard Rameez of Zown says that through AI and the amount of data that is available online relating to a real estate transaction, 'we can easily predict the fair market value of properties, how many offers it will get, what will be the price and how much you should offer.' Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Real estate platform uses artificial intelligence to help home buyers move faster and smarter This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Rishard Rameez had no idea how his life would change and for the better four years ago when he hit what would be a low point for anyone – forced to sell a first home only seven months after moving in due to crippling mortgage payments. What made it even worse, he recalls, was the fact he had to pay 'roughly close to $70,000 in real estate commissions', a situation that he complained about in a post on the social media platform Reddit. It read, in part, 'on a single deal, both the agents combined are making almost five per cent of the house value.' Rameez says the reaction he received – a million plus reads and 600 comments in only eight hours – led him to post this the next day: 'After seeing all these comments, I'm seriously giving it a thought to build an app to replace realtors or at least the listing agents and automate most of the process. Not to forget, transparency on the bidding process. Seriously, if comment gets enough votes, I swear, I'll quit my job next week and start working on this.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With a PhD in nanotechnology from the University of Waterloo, he certainly had the technical smarts to do it, which is exactly what happened when after receiving 6,000 messages of support within 60 minutes of posting, he created Zown soon after. It is, he says, a platform designed to make the 'home buying and selling experience more empowering and cost-effective.' Launched in 2021, a Zown fact sheet says the firm uses artificial intelligence (AI) 'to help buyers and sellers move faster and smarter. From predictive pricing to smart property matching and on-demand showings, the platform gives users a clearer picture of their options and what's a fair move to make.' Of note, is that qualified buyers can receive up to $25,000 'upfront toward their home purchase, no repayment required.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Zown, says Rameez, earns commission just like a traditional real estate brokerage might do, but they are far less than the 'crazy two-and-a-half per cent' that is normally paid out by either the home buyer or homeowner. Much of that has to do with automation and with more and more consumers turning to AI. One recent poll found that upwards of 80 per cent of homebuyers using it during their home search, which he says represents a 'clear shift in how people approach one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives, with more clarity, less stress and fewer surprises.' Rameez adds that through AI and the amount of data that is available online relating to a real estate transaction, 'we can easily predict the fair market value of properties. How many offers it will get, what will be the price, how much you should offer.' 'All that information is at a (buyer's) fingertips, rather than having to call a realtor, have them do a comparative market analysis, send you documents in maybe two or three days about what the fair market value is. A lot of buyers are embracing this because it has made information far more accessible.' In the past, Rameez says, realtors were the keepers of all information relating to the purchase or sale of a home, but 'with the availability of AI you are able to find it in a much more accurate and unbiased way.' Toronto & GTA Tennis MMA Toronto & GTA Toronto Maple Leafs
New Straits Times
15-06-2025
- General
- New Straits Times
Namibia's Windhoek Islamic Centre names madrasah after Tuanku Syed Faizuddin
KUALA LUMPUR: The Windhoek Islamic Centre has named its madrasah the Faizuddin Academy for Ilm and Dzikr in honour of Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail. The naming was a culmination of an effort by the Charge d'Affaires of Malaysia to Namibia, Datuk Dr Mohamad Rameez Yahaya, in recognition of the Regent of Perlis' contribution in kind and cash to the Windhoek Islamic Centre, which administers the affairs of the Muslim community in Namibia. Tuanku Syed Faizuddin's two-year contribution included a soup kitchen to the needy after Friday prayers, said Rameez in a statement on Sunday. He said the Raja Muda of Perlis, through Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (UniSIRAJ), would also provide scholarships to Namibian Muslim students to pursue their tertiary studies in Perlis, Malaysia beginning this September. Thus far, four Namibians have been accepted to pursue their Islamic tertiary studies at UniSIRAJ, said Rameez. At the naming ceremony, the chair conveyed a heartfelt gratitude from the Windhoek Islamic Centre to Malaysia - a non-Arab and non-African country - for its assistance since Islam took root in Namibia through its first batch of indigenous Muslim converts in 1979. Rameez hoped that the madrasah would serve as a starting point for the dissemination of Islamic teachings to help the people of Namibia understand Islam's role in creating a united, peaceful, and harmonious society in Namibia. – Bernama
News18
14-05-2025
- News18
Born Together, Died Together: Poonch Twins Killed In Pakistan Shelling
Last Updated: Urba and Zain were among the 27 fatalities, including security personnel, resulting from the intense shelling. Their father, Rameez, sustained grave injuries in the same incident Born just five minutes apart on April 25, 2014, twelve-year-old twins Urba Fatima and Zain Ali from the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir shared an inseparable bond. From their earliest days, the brother and sister were constant companions, navigating life side-by-side. Tragically, in the early hours of May 7, this close connection extended even to their deaths, as they were killed within moments of each other by cross-border shelling from Pakistan. 'They died within minutes of each other," their maternal uncle, Adil Pathan, recounted to The Indian Express. Urba and Zain were among the 27 fatalities, including security personnel, resulting from the intense shelling in Jammu and Kashmir. Their father, Rameez, a teacher, sustained grave injuries in the same incident. The deadly shelling occurred against a backdrop of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, following a terror attack that claimed 26 lives. On the same day as the twins' deaths, May 7, India launched retaliatory strikes targeting terrorist sites in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan. Originally hailing from Kalai village, about 10 km from Poonch town, the twelve-year-old twins Urba and Zain had recently relocated with their parents, Rameez (47) and Ursha Khan (in her 40s), to a rented house in Poonch just two months prior, seeking better educational opportunities at Christ School where they were in Class 4 and had recently celebrated their birthday, according to their uncle Adil. The twins and their father, Rameez, were the first to emerge, Adil recounted. It was at that moment that a shell struck nearby, instantly killing Urba and Zain and severely injuring Rameez. Amidst the chaos of people fleeing for safety, Adil managed to get all three into his vehicle and rushed them to the Poonch district hospital, where the young twins were tragically declared dead. First Published: May 14, 2025, 11:32 IST
Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Indian Express
Twins killed, husband gravely injured – In Poonch, shelling tears family asunder
Ever since they were born five minutes apart on April 25, 2014, twelve-year-old twins Urba Fatima and Zain Ali from Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch had been practically inseparable – always looking out for each other, playing and going to school together. In the early hours of May 7, their lives — always so closely intertwined — were tragically cut short in the cross-border shelling from Pakistan. 'They died within minutes of each other,' their maternal uncle Adil Pathan tells The Indian Express. Urba and Zain were among the 27 – including security personnel — victims of the shelling in Jammu and Kashmir while their father, Rameez – a teacher at Government Higher Secondary School at Mandi in Poonch district — was gravely injured. Of the total number of deaths, Poonch, the district which was the worst-hit by the shelling, accounts for 16. The shelling came amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the terror attack that killed 26 people – mostly tourists but also a local. On May 7, India launched retaliatory strikes on terrorist sites in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan. The firing, according to authorities, has been indiscriminate, hitting not only places of worship but also two madrasas, Zia-ul-Uloom and Anwar-ul-Uloom. Among those killed is a religious teacher. Originally from Kalai village some 10 km from the main district headquarters of Poonch, the twins had moved to a rented accommodation in Poonch two months ago with their parents, father Rameez, 47, and mother Ursha Khan — also in her 40s — for a better school, Adil says. 'The children were studying in Class 4 in Poonch's Christ School and had just celebrated their 12th birthday,' he says. It was Adil who became their first responder. In the early hours of May 7, he got a call that petrified him – it was an SOS call from the twins' calling to ask him to take them away from the town. 'When I got to their rented accommodation at 6.30 am, there was heavy shelling. To save time, I called out to Ursha and her family and asked them to come out,' he says. It was the twins and their father who ran out first, Adil recounts. That was when the shell hit nearby, killing the twins and injuring Rameez. 'Everyone was running for cover. I put all three in my vehicle and took them to the Poonch district hospital, where doctors declared the children dead,' he says. Meanwhile, Rameez's serious injuries prompted doctors at the district hospital to send him to the Government Medical College Hospital at Rajouri — and eventually to Jammu's Government Medical College and Hospital — for specialised treatment. For Ursha, this is a trying time. Having just laid her two children to rest and before she can even fully grieve, she must now attend to Rameez, who regained consciousness on May 10 – the day India and Pakistan reached a ceasefire agreement. 'Rameez still doesn't know about the twins' death. His condition is still serious – there's a shrapnel in his liver,' Adil says. 'Whenever he asks, Ursha tells him that the kids are at their nani's (grandmother's).' Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who visited Poonch town Monday to assess the damage caused by the shelling, admired the spirit of unity and communal harmony in the border town during the crisis. Referring to the expanding threat of cross-border shelling, he said: 'For the first time, even the old quarters of Jammu have been affected. We are now forced to contemplate building bunkers in the city — something previously unimaginable'.
Express Tribune
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Stricter Dubai visa policy troubles Pak bodybuilders
Mr Universe/ Mr World Rameez Ibrahim Khan (L) with Pakistani participant Jawwad Ahmed (C) and a team official at the Global Powerlifting Bodybuilding International in Dubai. PHOTO COURTESY: RIK PAGE Mr Universe/ Mr World Rameez Ibrahim Khan enjoyed a stellar success with his team when all four Pakistani participants won a total of 13 medals at the Global Powerlifting Bodybuilding International in Dubai. Rameez also represented Pakistan at the event, which featured more than 25 countries, as the head judge and a youngest one amongst them too. But the huge success by Pakistani squad including Sumair Ahmed, Furqan Raza, Jawwad Ahmed, and Anjum Warsi also left Rameez wondering how the accolades for Pakistan could be won if all of the contingent got the chance to participate in Dubai. He revealed that there were supposed to be 25 athletes from Pakistan who were to come, but due to stricter visa policy by Dubai authorities, we only got the approval for four, three bodybuilders and one powerlifter. But despite the drawback these four have stunned the world with their performances. "The event went very well with participants with more than 25 countries competing in different events, we were all socialising together, under one umbrella, but Pakistan had a great time both on the field and off it," Rameez told The Express Tribune. "As the youngest international judge I was feeling extremely proud with judges from Italy, Germany, Hungary, India, Egypt, Sri Lanka, when they were judging our athletes I was happy that our boys were impressing them." "But more importantly I was thinking how Pakistan could have completely dominated the event had the rest of the bodybuilders gotten their visas." But regardless of the drawback, Pakistan team won the points trophy too along with individual gold medals by all four participants. He also shared his vision for the future of bodybuilding and powerlifting in the country. "I will also compete in the future too," he explained. "I will take the teams and set Pakistan's history to help the next generation succeed on the international level. I have won many medals on my own, but in the last four years the teams that I have taken abroad to events in different countries, like taking three tours each year, I have gotten 60+ medals in these last 12 tours, most of them are gold and the rest are silver and bronze. No one has won accolades this quickly in bodybuilding, my aim is that athletes from all over Pakistan can get the opportunity to shine."
