by REM Editorial Team | Nov 9, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
Re: Montreal board will stay with CREA – for now (REM, November). Hmmm, 34 per cent of members voted in Montreal and of the 3,453 that bothered to log on to cast the electronic ballot, 59.7 per cent did NOT pick “leave CREA on Jan. 1”. Based on that, I think their...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 29, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
A recent article in the Ontario Real Estate Association publication The Edge ends with: “To see a discussion among REALTORS® on this topic, visit the OREA LinkedIn group. (You must have or sign up for a LinkedIn account to access this.)” Locking out any member who...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 12, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
Consider this: I am a member of the Toronto Real Estate Board and am aware of the Competition Bureau’s actions against the Board. It costs me approximately $1,300 a year to belong to the board and pay for errors and omissions insurance as well as CREA and OREA fees...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 24, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
The Rate your Realtor program is simply a bad idea. Let’s just look at the results of two large organizations, the California Association of Realtors and the Quebec Federation of Real Estate Boards. Quebec set up a new designation or certification program called...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 5, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
To the president of CREA: In your recent Letter to the Editor in REM, you said: “Given the passionate views about the industry expressed here and elsewhere, I look forward to members’ participation in these forums. It’s your chance to shape the future of our...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2012 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
An interesting real estate story happened at our office recently. I work as an office assistant at L.E. Realty in Regina. One of our agents had a rural property listing but due to an injury was unable to retrieve the sign standard. Our broker, Lucinda Eilers, and I...
