by REM Editorial Team | May 14, 2010 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Matthew Brewer The call to our office was simple enough. A client was looking to purchase an older building. As the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. explains in their publication Introduction to Environmental Site Assessments, “Individuals and corporations are,...
by REM Editorial Team | May 12, 2010 | Featured, News
A survey of Royal LePage salespeople and brokers says that 86 per cent of real estate professionals worry that severe deregulation in the real estate industry would erode standards of customer service for Canadians who are buying or selling a home. The online poll of...
by REM Editorial Team | May 10, 2010 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Steve Szentesi On March 12, the last of Canada’s Competition Act amendments came into force. They are the most significant changes to Canadian competition law in 25 years and arguably since Canada adopted competition law in 1889. Included are changes to most of the...
by REM Editorial Team | May 7, 2010 | Featured
By Dan Steward One of the most insidious dangers in the real estate market is the increasing inventory of houses used for production of illegal, toxic substances – notably methamphetamines. Crystal meth use has risen drastically since 2003, with the highest...
by REM Editorial Team | May 5, 2010 | Featured
The full page ad in the March issue of REM from Michael Polzler, executive VP of Re/Max Ontario – Atlantic Canada, caught my eye – hope it did yours. Nothing to do with recruiting, being above the crowd or being better than just about everyone else in the world,...
by REM Editorial Team | May 5, 2010 | Featured
The full page ad in the March issue of REM from Michael Polzler, executive VP of Re/Max Ontario – Atlantic Canada, caught my eye – hope it did yours. Nothing to do with recruiting, being above the crowd or being better than just about everyone else in the world,...