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Two new tools for real estate agents

By Petra Jones Microsoft has introduced two tools that may be of interest to real estate agents – Thumbtack for clipping listings and sharing them with map info, and Photosynth for creating interactive 360 degree tours from digital camera images. Let’s investigate how...

Obituary: George Loades

Long-time real estate professional George Loades, 68, of Calgary died on September 22. Loades made a significant contribution to Alberta’s real estate industry, serving as president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, the Alberta Real Estate Association, and the Real...

Pop goes the sales rep

By Jean Sorensen Pour yourself a cup of smokin’ hot java, kick back into an office chair for a 15-minute break and hit B.C. sales rep Heidi Vincent’s web site (www.heidivincent.com) to hear one of the newest, freshest and most powerful voices hitting the pop rock...

Partnering with your better half

By Lloyd R. Manning Although the husband and wife partnership is an ancient business arrangement that farmers and storekeepers have been doing for centuries, it has only been in recent times that the concept has found its way into selling real estate. In time we will...

Cursed $10.65 million English mansion for sale

By Nigel Burnham An extensively restored 17th-century mansion that comes with its own cricket pitch, fishing rights, Norman cellar – and a spine-chilling curse on whoever owns it – has come on the market in northern England. Howsham Hall, near Malton, North Yorkshire,...