by REM Editorial Team | Jul 5, 2012 | Featured, Profiles
By Susan Doran About a year ago, an email arrived at the REM offices. “The Vancouver real estate market is on fire, and buyers from mainland China are fanning the flames,” it trumpeted. The email then went on to suggest that REM do an interview with John Lichtenwald,...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 3, 2012 | Featured, News
A former real estate sales rep in London, Ont. has been charged with conspiracy to produce marijuana after police allege she was locating and helping purchase properties that would be suitable for setting up marijuana grow operations. The RCMP say they have...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 28, 2012 | Featured, News
Competition Commissioner Melanie Aitken announced today that she will resign on Sept. 21. She will be leaving in the middle of the evidentiary portion of the long-awaited Competition Tribunal hearing between the Competition Bureau and the Toronto Real Estate Board,...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 27, 2012 | Featured, News
By Evgeniy Vorotnikov Real estate services in Russia are undergoing big changes as the national government implements massive reform, with the aim of making real estate transactions closer to Western standards of business conduct. The reform is expected to take place...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 25, 2012 | Featured, Profiles
By Kelly Putter Realtors aren’t necessarily known for singing the blues, though you may have heard colleagues cry a river about a lousy commission split. This pair of Realtors sings for their supper, quite literally. As a sales team with RealtySource in Kingston,...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 22, 2012 | Featured
By Melanie Epp “I’m trying to change the world,” says James Swansburg of Landmax Canada. “This is a big goal.” He wants to revolutionize the world of real estate, one step at a time. Swansburg describes himself as a “computer programmer first and a managing...