by REM Editorial Team | Mar 3, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
By Martin Rumack Most people know that real estate values can be affected by how property that is being sold has been used. One of the more unusual scenarios – and the one most likely to show up on the nightly news – is when a home has been used as a marijuana grow...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 28, 2014 | Featured
Young people in Canada still dream of owning a home. A new poll by Ipsos Reid for the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) says 77 per cent of Generation Y and 79 per cent of Generation X say real estate is important to them. For the purposes of this study, Gen X is...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 26, 2014 | Boards & Associations, Featured, Profiles
By Dennis McCloskey It was Mark Twain who first advised writers to “write what you know,” and judging from Melissa Hardy’s latest novel, Surface Rights, the director of communications for the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors (LSTAR) has taken his counsel...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 24, 2014 | Featured
By Toby Welch The recession that hit almost every corner of the globe in late 2008 impacted countries in different ways. Some countries responded by fiercely slashing interest rates while others tightened mortgage regulations to a staggering degree. Cuba wasn’t...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 20, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Jean Sorensen A B.C. Supreme Court justice has ruled that a mortgage company should be granted relief from forfeiture laws in the case of a seized grow-op, because the company followed standard practices of the day, exercised some due diligence and did not...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 18, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Connie Adair In fairy tales, pumpkins turn into coaches but at Century 21 Summit Realty in Calgary, pumpkins turn into leads. Brokerage owner KaraLee Foat created a full-service marketing plan that includes events and competitions, such as pumpkin carving and...
