by REM Editorial Team | Jan 27, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I always read your paper, as I find there is always something of interest and use to me. I am writing in response to two letters in the last issue. Home energy rating – When this is proposed by people in the energy/insulation business (read self- interest) and...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 21, 2009 | Publisher's Page
There are enough people out there in the media and the blogosphere to tell us that the market is this and the market is that. For every doom and gloom piece there is another that says this is the time of opportunity. Here are the facts. There is a market. There has...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 6, 2009 | Guest Columns
I like to read the headlines of major newspapers. Sometimes I read the comments of gurus, economists, governmental officials and bank presidents when they talk about the economy. I love to listen (and not talk too much) to people I presume know more than I do. Perhaps...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 30, 2008 | Letters to the Editor
With several years as a licensed agent and an extensive business background prior to that, I have come to understand one thing about real estate agents in general. We are lumped at about the same level as used car salesmen, lawyers and politicians when it comes to...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 18, 2008 | Letters to the Editor
If you don’t think we need property rights enshrined in our constitution, think again. Ontario’s proposed Bill 101, the Home Energy Rating Act, will materially affect the rights of property owners to sell their property in the most direct and unencumbered way...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 15, 2008 | Publisher's Page
By Heino Molls When I was a little kid, I used to go to the furniture shop where my dad worked on Saturdays. The people in the shop called me the store helper. As I got a bit older I realized that they were just saying that to make me feel good about having to...