by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2007 | Letters to the Editor
I think we need to inform the government that due to the fine work of their Competition Bureau, there exist a myriad of possibilities for private sellers to get their homes on the MLS system of pretty much any city for a nominal fee through one of our fine “discount...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 9, 2007 | Letters to the Editor
MLS is the backbone of the real estate industry and the best conduit for Realtors to service the buying and selling public. In the last few years, the real estate industry has been moving towards standardized data fields and technology has been the driving force...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 31, 2006 | Guest Columns
By Louise Parker I once listed an abandoned farmhouse in need of a lot of cosmetic work. I advertised it as just that, hoping to appeal to the fixer-upper buyer, but no luck. It was in a pastoral setting, serene, with mature trees and a babbling brook nearby, and I...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 31, 2006 | Publisher's Page
By Heino Molls Sadie Moranis is the founder of well-known Toronto-area real estate brokerage, Prudential Sadie Moranis Realty. She has done well in the real estate business over the years. Sadie was not the first woman to go into the real estate business, but she was...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 18, 2006 | Guest Columns
By Bill Mullen In the mid-1970s, a few savvy entrepreneurs began offering a new service to prospective home buyers. The practitioner would inspect the house being sold and report on its conditions for a small fee. In time, the few grew to be many and a need arose...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 18, 2006 | Letters to the Editor
Re: What’s going on at your Open House? (REM, October): I have enjoyed and looked forward to your paper since its inception. However, I am appalled to read this story. It is totally “sick” and “unprofessional”. I hope the public is unaware of this garbage. Perhaps...
