by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Apr 9, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
We all know that an agreement to purchase and sale is a binding legal document that, absent evidence to the contrary, signifies on its face that the parties identified as the buyer and seller are the parties to the bargain. However, in the case where one of those...
by Susan Doran | Apr 8, 2021 | Featured, Profiles
“I can negotiate anything. That’s my forté,” says Realtor Linda Pinizzotto. “I’m a very determined person.” I can’t dispute this, especially after I initially doggedly attempted to convince both myself and Pinizzotto that my interview with her for this article needed...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 7, 2021 | Featured
Re/Max of Western Canada announced its list of top achievers for 2020, who were recognized at the annual Western Canada Awards Celebration that recently took place virtually. Here’s a complete list of those honoured. Top 5 Individuals – Residential Sonia Tarabay,...
by Chris Seepe | Apr 6, 2021 | Featured
Every Realtor and their clients have been touched directly or indirectly by insurance premiums, possibly even as simply a consumer. In early March I received a near exact 30 per cent increase in my small multi-residential rental property insurance premium. I heard...
by Jimmy Cox | Apr 5, 2021 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Real estate markets across the country are on fire! Here in Ottawa, the market pre-COVID was already a strong sellers’ market. Then after the first lockdown was lifted, it was as if rocket fuel was poured on. In such a strong sellers’ market, the positives are brisk...
by James R.G. Cook | Mar 31, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
It is not uncommon for non-lakefront cottage properties in Ontario to have access to the water via a right-of-way (ROW). ROWs may be registered on title or acquired by law (prescription) after an extended period of time. Some ROWs are expressly limited to pedestrian...
