by Martin Rumack | Jun 15, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
As most homeowners are aware, mortgage life and default insurance is different from homeowner’s insurance, which provides coverage for loss caused by fire, theft, and in some cases, floods or sewer back-ups. There are primarily two other types of mortgage insurance:...
by Ken Wilder | Jun 12, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
In last month’s edition of REM, I wrote a column entitled The real point of buyer agency. I have since received a wide range of comments and inquiries. I am thrilled that brokers and salespeople from coast to coast are demonstrating such a keen interest on a subject...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 10, 2015 | Featured, News
Vancouver-based Diversified Royalty Corp. has inked a deal with Sutton Group Realty Services to acquire the Canadian and U.S. trademarks and other intellectual property rights for $30.6 million. Immediately following the closing of the acquisition, Diversified Royal...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 9, 2015 | Featured, News
Zoocasa, the Rogers-owned brokerage that began life as a controversial web portal that was successfully sued by Century 21 for scraping listings from its website, and evolved into a referral network of agents, is being shut down. In a statement, the company says,...
by Debbie Hanlon | Jun 9, 2015 | Featured
I came across an interesting statistic recently that really surprised me. The number of sales by For Sale By Owners (FSBOs) has plummeted from 20 per cent to a mere nine per cent in the last decade. I’m surprised because there has been a proliferation of FSBO-based...
by Yvonne Dick | Jun 8, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Getting into the real estate business takes a lot of mental preparation. The same is true for mountain climbing. “To climb a mountain takes lots of mental and physical strengthening,” says Trevor Stuart, an associate with Royal LePage South Country in Lethbridge,...
