by REM Editorial Team | Feb 14, 2014 | Featured
Bay Street in Toronto has the most expensive office rates in the country, followed by Burrard Street in Vancouver and 2nd Street SW in Calgary, says a report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). “Location is everything,” says Brett Miller, president of JLL. “As the Canadian...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 12, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Matthew Collis Real estate is all about relationships. How well you build, grow and maintain them greatly impacts your success in the industry, particularly as it pertains to referrals and repeat business. Using your real estate contact management software, here...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 10, 2014 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Re: Can We Call Ourselves Professionals? (REM, November and December 2013) I have to respond to Lloyd Manning’s December article with a resounding “Harumpf!” First, let’s be clear: I am an old fogey. I am 60. But this story is a classic case of...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 6, 2014 | Featured, Profiles
By Susan Doran A word of caution: If you are new to the real estate business and/or struggling to get where you want to be, sales rep Tav Schembri’s story may cause uncontrollable feelings of envy. There is no point in sugar coating it to spare you. It would appear...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 4, 2014 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
The Competition Bureau’s case against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) is going back to the Competition Tribunal, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled. It allowed an appeal of an April 2013 decision that dismissed the bureau’s complaint against TREB. “The...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2014 | Featured, News
Martin H. Charlwood is the new CEO of the Charlwood Pacific Group’s real estate division, which includes Century 21 Canada, Century 21 Asia-Pacific, Centum Financial Group and Real Canadian Property Management. Don Lawby is retiring from his long-time role as...
