by REM Editorial Team | Jun 10, 2011 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Recently the Alberta Real Estate Foundation (AREF) celebrated 20 years of community service to the industry and to Albertans. The foundation has awarded grants to over 430 industry and community causes in Alberta since 1991. That translates into over $13.1 million....
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 6, 2011 | Featured, Profiles
By Susan Doran Two weeks before his 60th birthday in 2008, after over 30 years as a leader in the real estate industry, Bernie Vogt stepped down as head of Prudential Real Estate’s operations in Canada. He claimed to be retiring. A fixture in the real estate business,...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 3, 2011 | Featured
Brokers/owners from three Re/Max franchises in Ontario-Atlantic Canada were honoured for excellence in leadership at the 2011 Re/Max International Convention in Las Vegas. “These franchise brokers/owners share several common threads,” says Michael Polzler, executive...
by REM Editorial Team | May 31, 2011 | Featured, News
Real Trends has published its second annual list of the 200 Largest Brokers in Canada, and there’s a new No. 1. It’s Sutton Group – West Coast Realty, based in New Westminster, B.C. With 17 offices and 1,690 agents at the time the list was compiled, the brokerage had...
by REM Editorial Team | May 27, 2011 | Featured
The Competition Bureau has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal to stop what it calls “anti-competitive practices by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) that are denying consumer choice and the ability of real estate agents to introduce innovative real...
by REM Editorial Team | May 26, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Bob Aaron If there ever were any doubts about the risks to sellers and real estate agents of using the Seller Property Information Statement (SPIS), a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in May would seem to have put them to rest once and for all. In the case...
