by REM Editorial Team | Jan 6, 2020 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Bill Madder, CEO of the Association of Saskatchewan Realtors (ASR) for the last 19 years, has retired. On Jan. 1, the association amalgamated with the Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors (SRAR) and the Association of Regina Realtors (ARR) to form a new, single...
by Aiman Attar | Jan 3, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
More and more teams are popping up everywhere. Some are as big as 20 to 30 members, while some are as small as the salesperson and one assistant being dubbed a team. The benefit of building a real estate team is known as the economies of scale. Economies of scale is...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
When acting for both a seller and a buyer, what duties does a real estate agent owe to his or her clients if a property disclosure statement, known as a Seller Property Information Sheet (SPIS) in Ontario, is signed? This was the central issue that the Court of Appeal...
by Catherine Willems | Dec 31, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured
I work with Realtors to help them define and establish a niche for their business. Most Realtors don’t have a niche or at least not a well-defined one. I’ve written previously about the steps to find your niche and how to stand out in a crowded market, but one of the...
by Connie Jeske Crane | Dec 30, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured
In Scarborough, Ont., new condo owner Ricardo Cummings exemplifies a new breed of driver – and one who poses some new challenges for real estate professionals. When he moved into his unit in 2018 (after a pre-construction purchase in 2013), Cummings outfitted his...
by Connie Adair | Dec 27, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Profiles
How do you make your listing stand out? A list of features alone, no matter how impressive, won’t do the trick. It’s the storytelling that draws potential buyers, especially those in the market for houses $5-million and up, says real estate agent Voula Argyropoulos of...
