by REM Editorial Team | Feb 18, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Don Kottick The real estate industry is being inundated by organizations, groups and individuals promoting or announcing new certifications, accreditations or designations. Do these acronyms at the end of your name accomplish or mean anything? Does the consumer...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 29, 2013 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Guest Columns
By Phil Soper Back in 1967, when Canada was celebrating its centennial, the periodical Industrial Canada compiled a list of the 119 companies that had survived the nation’s first 100 years. While predictably many on that 1967 list have now faded away, a subset of...
by Chris Seepe | Sep 3, 2013 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Guest Columns
By Chris Seepe The Competition Bureau, an independent federal agency responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Competition Act, is at war with Canadian organized real estate. The bureau claims, “The overwhelming majority of real estate transactions in...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 6, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi In my role as a managing broker, it is not unusual to hear complaints from agents about other agents acting “unethically”. On occasion I have to deal with members of the public expressing concerns about one of our associates acting in a manner that...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 28, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Don Kottick The landscape of real estate is changing, and it appears to be changing quickly. The downward pressure on commissions by the consumer, scrutiny by the Competition Bureau, the precarious state of the global economies, the threat of rising interest...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Patricia Verge Mandatory home energy audits are once again in the news thanks to a recent report from Gord Miller, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. In his report, Mr. Miller asserts that homebuyers are hurt by the lack of energy efficiency information in...
