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The trees they grow so high

When I was a kid in downtown Toronto, my family used to go on Sunday afternoon picnics in High Park. In those days High Park was a forest. There were vast numbers of trees providing cool shade as well as places to play in and explore. All those trees stood guard over...

Preserve our stock in trade

RE: VOWs by Frank Kirschner, Feb. issue I am in total agreement with Mr. Kirschner on this most critical issue. I would like to suggest that we collectively go one step further and ensure that our MLS databases not be made available to non-members at any price, at any...

No one is representing Realtors

I have been in real estate for 12 years. I am currently broker/owner of two real estate offices. I have witnessed a great deal of change in real estate and have concluded that no one is representing the Realtors in the field properly. The Ontario Real Estate...

Sharing information gives us all power

Like so many other people, I have found myself in awe of the new technology that is being introduced today. Many of the products and the software that runs them are truly remarkable. The tools we have that allow us to communicate and provide us with the ability to...

Street corner newspaper boxes

Real estate newspapers — newspapers that contain advertisements of properties for sale as their main content, first began to flourish in the 1970s. They really came into their own during the 1980s. The reason real estate newspapers began publishing, was to...

Real estate agents like to party too

BY RICHARD SILVER   Not that I’m complaining, but I’m constantly amazed by the number of people who stop me in the street at any time in the day or night and assume that “How’s the real estate market?” is another way of saying, “How are you?” or “Wassup?” I’m a...