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Clarification

In the article about the London and St. Thomas Real Estate Board’s IDX system (REM, November), a quote of mine was taken out of context. It was, “The IDX doesn’t depend upon mls.ca…” This statement was made in response to a question put to me as follows: “So,...

Why are the builders the bad guys?

After reading your article in the October issue, titled Neighbour’s addition costs English homeowners, I had to make a comment. Why brand the builders, Robert and Lynn, as the bad guys? It appears that they did everything in accordance with the local building bylaws....

Limit listings access to public

I would like to add my concern about the “free” access (for the general public) to information that I as a Realtor sometimes can’t get to because of time constraints.  I feel that limited information should be accessible to the Internet consumer, as well as a fee...

Believing in ourselves

Publishing Alister MacLean’s letter (Letters to the Editor, October REM) was right on, but it failed to draw the natural conclusion of what “could” be mandated in the New Standard of Business Practices. On our business cards and advertisements, the word REALTOR should...

Let’s get rid of outdated terms

Our organized real estate associations have been doing a pretty good job trying to enlighten the public that we “real estate agents” are a group of well educated professionals, but isn’t it time our profession moved with the times and elevated our image still a little...