by REM Editorial Team | Oct 5, 2009 | Publisher's Page
I was thinking the other day about how lawyers are licensed to operate in each province. They provide their clients guidance and counsel them through important transactions. Real estate professionals guide clients too. They guide them through the most important...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 23, 2009 | Publisher's Page
By Heino Molls It is an irrefutable fact that there is no better country to live in than Canada. North America is the most highly sought after destination in the world for people who want to leave their country and immigrate to another. I have beaten that drum so many...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 22, 2009 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Gary Little CREA’s Realtor.ca interactive real estate map was a preemie, born a year ago on July 2, 2008, about six months before it should have seen the light of day. As a result, it suffered from a number of birth defects, most of which I chronicled here in the...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 21, 2009 | Publisher's Page
In real estate, the idea of sharing property is hardly an extraordinary thing. Owning a residence or tenure within the same property with other people is a condominium. You have your own place, but you share some broader ownership like entrances, the grounds and the...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I am writing in regards to an article by Erik Pisor of Inman News that appeared in the June 2009 edition of REM: Competition Bureau visits flat-fee U.S. brokers. The article contains inaccurate statements about the Canadian Real Estate Association’s rules. Quoting...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 16, 2009 | Guest Columns
By Jamie MacMaster With the worn peaks of New York State’s Adirondacks quite visible on any clear day, it is difficult for Glengarry, Ont. folks to ignore the presence of our neighbours to the south. But proximity notwithstanding, my forays into “Merica” have been...