by REM Editorial Team | Dec 21, 2016 | Featured, News, Profiles
This has been perhaps the most tumultuous year ever for organized real estate in Canada. Record setting sales and prices in Vancouver led to dozens of negative headlines about the shady practices of real estate salespeople, ultimately resulting in the industry’s loss...
by Susan Doran | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
When the date to move into the Toronto condo apartment she’d purchased pre-construction finally arrived, Jeffrey Kerr’s aunt, who had multiple sclerosis, manoeuvred her wheelchair through the door and looked around with growing alarm. It did not take her long to...
by Kelly Putter | Nov 22, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
You can tell Sally McGarr enjoys telling the story about how at 40 weeks’ pregnant she presented an offer to clients on a beautiful evening in 1991. A few hours later in the early morning hours of May 22, she gave birth to her youngest daughter Raiana. She phoned her...
by Bob Aaron | Nov 1, 2016 | Featured, News, Profiles
An interesting development in Picton, Ont., provides a glimpse into a possible future business model for real estate brokerages across Canada. For the first time that I am aware of, a law firm in Ontario has established its own real estate brokerage to handle the...
by Diane Slawych | Oct 31, 2016 | Columnists, Featured, Profiles
Pssst! Want to learn how to pick a lock? Actually there’s no need to whisper or hide in the shadows, not anymore. Some security experts in Canada are teaching anyone who is interested how to open a variety of locks without using a key. If this is all news to you,...
by Dennis McCloskey | Oct 28, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
When U. Gary Charlwood immigrated to Canada from England 50 years ago as a young man and got a job in the airline business, little did he know he’d end up spending more than four decades enjoying a high-flying career in the Canadian real estate industry. He worked for...
