by REM Editorial Team | Nov 27, 2013 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Merry Christmas! Or to my friends in Quebec, Merry Christmas! And to my politically correct friends, Merry Christmas! There, that should just about cover everyone. While I was in Europe in October, I noticed a number of real estate offices scattered around the...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 25, 2013 | Featured
By Connie Adair Real Estate Council of Ontario investigator Dave Tredrea recently received an award from the Council of Licensure Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR) at its annual educational conference in St. Louis. CLEAR is an international resource for the...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 22, 2013 | Advice for Agents, Columnists, Featured
By Vito Campanale Ontario Minister of Consumer Services Tracy MacCharles recently introduced Bill 55 to amend the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 in three basic areas. The proposed amendment will now allow commissions payable to a brokerage to be a...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 21, 2013 | Featured, News
The Condo Game, a documentary airing on CBC Doc Zone tonight (Nov. 21) at 9 pm (9:30 NT) “examines the forces at play behind the fastest moving condo market in North America – Toronto – and discovers that the glittering glass hides a sea of troubles,” say the...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 18, 2013 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News, Profiles
Interview by Jim Adair CREA president Laura Leyser comes from a third-generation family of dairy farmers. She lives with her husband and children on a farm near Stratford, Ont. A sales rep with Re/Max a-b Realty, she has been a Realtor for more than 24 years and was...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 15, 2013 | Featured, News
David Allen, owner and broker of record of Toronto-based Graydon Hill Realty, has been fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to charges brought by the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) relating to the improper disbursements...