by REM Editorial Team | Sep 7, 2010 | Featured, Profiles
By Brian Slemming Fans of the Toronto Argos’ football club had little to cheer about in the last two years, but this year, with the team playing much better, they are more optimistic. If the fans are right, much of the credit will belong to a real estate agent. Early...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 3, 2010 | Featured, News
Is Canada’s housing market “an accident waiting to happen” as a recent report suggests, or are Canadian housing policies working well to “mitigate the risk of a massive wave of defaults in the future” as another report suggests? The first report, by David Macdonald of...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 1, 2010 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By David Larock What a roller coaster ride the last two years have been. In the spring of 2009, Canadian house prices fell across the board and transactions slowed as fears of a global economic downturn spread. But then, as if only pausing for breath, Canada’s real...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 30, 2010 | Featured, News, Profiles
By Kathy Bevan It may not be a real estate brand that leaps to mind yet – for Realtors or consumers – but relative newcomer Right At Home is laying claim as the largest and fastest growing brokerage in Canada’s biggest urban centre. In just six years, Right At Home...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 27, 2010 | Boards & Associations, Featured
CREA launched a new national television commercial this week featuring production and editing techniques developed specifically for the project and never before used in Canadian television advertising, the association says. Shot in HD, the new commercial is called...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 25, 2010 | Featured
Homeowners are in the best shape when it comes to financial fitness in Canada, says a new survey. Sixty-five per cent of homeowners pay off their credit card balances each month (vs. 48 per cent of non-homeowners). A quarter of homeowners with mortgages have made a...