by REM Editorial Team | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured, News
The British Columbia Real Estate Association and the province’s regulatory agencies have developed new guidelines for open houses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Real estate professionals need to rethink their practices to protect themselves, consumers and...
by Naomi Morrison | Jul 8, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured
When Rhonda and Michael Honing discovered an oil tank buried in the garden of their North Vancouver home in 2016, they couldn’t have been more surprised. By that time they had been living in the house for 15 years and had never suspected for a minute that a tank was...
by Sohini Bhattacharya | Jul 7, 2020 | Featured, News, Profiles
For three decades, rural Nova Scotians watched as every year an average of 1,300 young people, aged 20-29, left for urban hubs in Central and Western Canada, in search of better lives and prospects. “Over the years you watch the post office close and the schools...
by Diane Slawych | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Real estate broker Gémma Leggett often produces videos for clients to help sell their homes, but her latest effort has gone above and beyond anything she’s tried before. For a recent listing – a luxury property in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario – she hired actors, a...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jul 3, 2020 | Featured
Bill 192, Protecting Small Business Act, 2020 came into force on June 18. The goal of the act was to strong-arm qualifying landlords into the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program. I say “strong-arm” for a reason; if qualifying landlords don’t...
by Juvan Mariathasan | Jun 30, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
Not many industries were unaffected by the pandemic and the global shutdown that resulted from the rapid spread of COVID-19. Like so many others, the real estate world had to quickly adapt with new measures to keep things operating. When the pandemic began, many...
