by REM Editorial Team | Nov 15, 2010 | Featured
By Brian Slemming Any day during the summer, you can find a line up of people waiting to buy a ticket for an express elevator ride up 553 metres to take in the spectacular view of Southern Ontario from the CN Tower in Toronto. The tower, opened in 1976, is one of this...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 12, 2010 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Katherine Fawcett The Quealeys look like a typical busy Canadian family. Tom, 8, can’t get enough hockey, Maya, 10, is obsessed with Harry Potter and Ruthie, 4, loves anything to do with ponies or puppies. Kirsten packs a lot of lunches and Pat has become a pro at...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 8, 2010 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi It seems that every few years someone comes along with a concept or a business model to improve on the tried and true compensation method that has worked best for the real estate industry over the last hundred years. The means of compensation paid...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2010 | Featured
There is no place like home, but for many Canadians, buying a home doesn’t mean they plan to stay for long, says a recent TD Canada Trust report. It found one-in-five repeat buyers have owned more than five homes. Twenty-three per cent of those surveyed plan to move...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 3, 2010 | Featured
The average value of farmland in Canada increased by three per cent in the first half of 2010, following gains of 3.6 and 2.9 per cent in the two previous reporting periods, says the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Farmland Values Report. Farmland values remained the same or...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 29, 2010 | Featured, News
The Globe & Mail is reporting that the federal Competition Bureau may not be finished with organized real estate and is still investigating how MLS data is stored. At issue is whether MLS data shared in VOWs (virtual office websites) such as prior sale prices,...
