by REM Editorial Team | Sep 8, 2011 | Featured
By Lisa Mulka Property trading may seem like a groundbreaking trend, but broker/owner Raymond Maaske of Home Star Realty in Summerland, B.C., says bartering is a historical way of getting things sold. Maaske is currently listing a six-unit investment property for...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 6, 2011 | Featured, Profiles
By Connie Adair Real estate sales reps help people find their dream homes every day, but what about those whose only dream is to have a safe and peaceful place to live without violence? The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation helps them too. Canada’s largest public...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 2, 2011 | Boards & Associations, Featured
The Toronto Real Estate Board’s response to the Competition Bureau’s complaint “offered no defence for its discriminatory treatment of TREB members who wish to operate a VOW (virtual office website), versus those who operate a traditional model,” says the bureau in...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 1, 2011 | Boards & Associations, Featured
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is weighing in for the fight between the Competition Bureau and the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB). CREA has requested leave to intervene in the upcoming hearings before the Competition Tribunal, stating: “The Tribunal’s...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 29, 2011 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
I am once again upset with your publication. (August 2011 edition). The cover story (once again) features a Realtor who works at the business on a somewhat part-time basis. Now I realize in this case he is a volunteer firefighter, but I really believe that continually...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 26, 2011 | Featured
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) Board of Directors has approved a Virtual Office Website (VOW) policy that it says will provide members “the ability to enhance the portfolio of services offered for the benefit of their customers.” It will “allow consumers to...
