by REM Editorial Team | Aug 30, 2013 | Advice for Agents, Publisher's Page
There was a time, not that long ago, when the selling price of a good home in the Toronto area was about $60,000. Back then the commission rate charged on most home sales was a standard five per cent with an extra point added on if the property was put on the MLS...
by Tom Arndt | Aug 15, 2013 | Columnists
In 1951 the Supreme Court of Canada restricted the reach of Ontario’s Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA) when it decided that REBBA does not apply to the sale of shares of a business. The Supreme Court found that the legislation was artificial and greatly...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2013 | Publisher's Page
There is no need for me of all people, in this forum of all places to inform anyone about the meaningful life of Nelson Mandela. His life has touched all of us, even those who don’t even know it or think about it. Nelson Mandela stood for and sacrificed most of his...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 28, 2013 | Featured, Publisher's Page
I am not a Stephen Harper supporter. I am troubled by the way he seems to run things as prime minister. His controlling of Conservative party members in government seems wrong to me. His MPs must do as he says or face severe consequences such as being cut off from...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 12, 2013 | Publisher's Page
I have been a parent almost all my life. I can’t say I have done a good job of it. I don’t know anyone who would. I was still in my late teens when I first became a parent and I found myself on my own as a single parent just before I turned 25-years-old. This was...
by REM Editorial Team | May 27, 2013 | Columnists, Featured
By Bill Johnston It was October of 2007 and Helmut Klingel was a happy man. He double-ended a nice country property near Windsor, Ont. with a November closing. Everyone knew that the septic system on the property was under repair, because it had been dug up when the...
