by Diane Slawych | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured, News
It takes a certain type of person to live in one of Rotterdam’s cube houses. First there’s the unusual shape that takes getting used to – each dwelling consists of a tilted cube on a hexagonal column. Then there’s the constant stream of tourists traipsing through the...
by Ross Wilson | Dec 13, 2016 | Columnists, Featured
[quote_box_center]“I keep my ideals because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are good at heart.” – Anne Frank[/quote_box_center] Over the years, I’d occasionally drop into open houses held by my peers, typically to inspect the property on behalf of...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 12, 2016 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
A critical mass vote needed to amalgamate B.C.’s provincial real estate association and several boards into one organization has failed. In a vote held Dec. 6 by six real estate boards, only three reached the required vote threshold either set out by their bylaws (75...
by Vito Campanale | Dec 9, 2016 | Columnists, Featured
Currently most conditional offers are written such that if the condition is not met, the offer becomes null and void and the buyer’s deposit shall be returned to the buyer in full, without interest or deduction. But what happens when the seller, after they have been...
by Ian Grace | Dec 8, 2016 | Columnists, Featured
Hard words, but there is no nice way to say it – real estate advertising is bad, and it’s time for a change. Worldwide, the real estate industry breaks most of the advertising rules, as practised by advertising professionals, when advertising sellers’ properties. Ian...
by Neil Sharma | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured, News
The second and last day of the Competition Tribunal appeal hearing between The Commissioner of Competition and The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) wrapped up expeditiously Tuesday morning, as defence lawyer William Sasso made his closing remarks in a final attempt to...
