by Myles Shane | Jun 15, 2021 | Featured, Profiles
Penny Kander, a real estate agent with Realty Executives Alberta Elite in Red Deer, Alta., has been in the real estate business for more than 40 years and she thought she had seen everything. Then COVID-19 came along. But Kander, who has survived cancer twice, was...
by Myles Shane | Jan 19, 2021 | Technology
Recently my wife and I have been shopping around for a pre-construction condominium. Living in Toronto, our agent has shown us many in the city and just outside of it. For the most part the price has been right but we’ve had a difficult time conceptualizing what the...
by Myles Shane | Dec 7, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Last year Marta Pozniakowski, a broker from Etobicoke, Ont., purchased a laundromat that had been in the neighbourhood for more than four decades. Recently, she opened her new real estate brokerage in that space, with an espresso bar at the front. Why, during the...
by Myles Shane | Feb 7, 2020 | Featured, News
Many millennials believe they may never be able to afford a home unless they have family that can help them out financially. But baby boomers, many of whom are now seniors, are also being significantly affected by the rising costs of living. With no relief in sight...
by Myles Shane | Oct 28, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured
In 2019, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) assessed a 65-per-cent year-over-year increase in gross taxes related to real estate – some $171 million. Penalties totalled more than $57 million, which is more than double the year prior. Recently REM spoke to Mariska Loeppky,...
