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Three Quebec boards ready to leave CREA

By Danny Kucharsky Quebec’s sovereignty movement appears to be picking up – at least on the real estate front – with Quebec’s Federation of Real Estate Boards (QFREB) saying it is ready to leave the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) at the end of the year. In...

Marty Douglas: Tales from the crypt

By the time you read this column it will be August. I’m writing on July 3, suffering with minor post-Canada Day consumption issues. To be fair, it was my birthday too and I was over served on several occasions. Heat and humidity complicated by power outages blanket...

The deep-sea diving Realtor

  By Carrie Brodi Much like selling real estate, deep sea diving is an activity in which nothing ever goes as planned.   Years of training could not have prepared British Columbia-based Realtor Chris Fenton for what he encountered the first time he ventured more...

Anne Squires: East meets West

  By Kelly Putter Ask Anne Squires why all agents aren’t jumping ship and making a beeline to her realty firm, and the real estate captain hints at a mutiny. “We’re working on it,” she says with a tone that indicates she means business despite the humour in her...

The paperless real estate office

  By Toby Welch The paperless realty office is no longer an intangible dream. It can be done and it’s not as challenging as many people believe it is. Robert May operates Rainbow Realty in Lethbridge, Alta. He went completely paperless in 2006 and now helps...