by REM Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Ross Kay I am a third generation Realtor, the son of a local legend. My father is the guy people still tell stories about 30 years later. They tell of him knocking on doors in snow storms. His competitors remember when listings were tightly guarded secrets during...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 19, 2011 | Featured
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) filed its official response to the Competition Bureau’s complaint on Friday, requesting that the Competition Tribunal dismiss the application with costs payable to TREB. “We have patiently and tolerantly waited for the opportunity...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 19, 2011 | Featured, Good Works
Re/Max sales associates and support staff across Canada raised more than $180,000 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation through the Re/Max Yard Sale for the Cure event. “Yard Sale for the Cure is an excellent example of how we, as a corporation, use our extensive...
by Bruce Keith | Aug 17, 2011 | Featured
By Bruce Keith Here are some ideas for what to say the next time a price reduction is required on one of your listings. How do you respond when your vendor says, “It’s pretty hard to justify dropping my price when you are not advertising it in the newspaper/having an...
by Stan Albert | Aug 15, 2011 | Featured
By Stan Albert As many of REM’s readers know, I’ve thundered on about using Seller Property Information Statements (SPISs, as they are known in Ontario) from time to time. Toronto lawyer and columnist Bob Aaron has dubbed me the “unofficial ombudsman” for Ontario...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 12, 2011 | Featured
Driven by employment growth, Canadian office vacancy rates have decreased, while rates in the U.S. have stalled relative to one year ago, says Avison Young’s Mid-Year 2011 Canada, U.S. Office Market Report. The annual report covers the office markets in 17 regions:...
