by Tom Arndt | Jun 1, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
The saga of the contorted definition of “real estate” under the Ontario’s Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA) continues. In 2013 I wrote an article about my win in Geofre v Ki Kit Li. In that case, Li hired Geofre, his accountant, to find a buyer for his two...
by Neil Sharma | May 31, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
There’s much to be gleaned from Stan Albert’s decorated career in real estate. Lasting over five decades, he’s seen markets rise and fall, but what sets him apart is the hawk eye he’s developed for every facet of sales – from houses and neighbourhoods to the agents...
by Kathleen Black | May 30, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
The most popular question circulating about teams is: How do we compensate our team members? We have talented, self-directed, motivated, top people, but how do we make sure we aren’t training the competition? How do we help them to stay? We have admin roles, field...
by Tony Palermo | May 29, 2017 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) CEO Tim Hudak says with consumers becoming more sophisticated and demanding, new technology threatening to tear apart the real estate industry’s business model and pressures from a hot GTA housing market, this is an extremely...
by REM Editorial Team | May 26, 2017 | Featured, News
Nova Scotians struggling to save for a down payment for their first home could soon get an interest-free loan from Housing Nova Scotia. The provincial and federal governments are investing $1.3 million to fund a new one-year Down Payment Assistance Program. The...
by Yvonne Dick | May 25, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Featured
We live in interesting times, as the Chinese proverb goes. The presidential election in the United States shows us the ripple effect that can occur when our neighbours to the south do something a little different with policies and rules. While the Bank of Canada...
