The Publishers’ Page – In my working life, I have belonged to a union three times. I have been a card-carrying member of the United Auto Workers Union, the Guild of Newspaper Workers and the Brotherhood of Teamsters. I should mention that I did not have a choice in joining these unions, it was a [...]
Re: CREA moves to protect integrity of MLS (June):
I am glad that finally, our leaders in the organized real estates have the courage to say, “we have had enough” to our government.
The saddest thing in our industry is the continued erosion of our hard‑earned commission in the name of competition. If this trend is not [...]
When the mill shut down, many of its workers were unable to find other employment in a small town. One of these was a millworker who had to sell his house when he couldn’t make his mortgage payments. He listed with “Realtor # 1″ of A Realty.
Instead of preparing a written market analysis, this Realtor [...]
BY MARTY DOUGLAS _ The great thing about a successful career in real estate is the freedom to take the holidays when and where you chose. No matter where I am, I’m a news junkie, preferably in print. Three local papers and a New York Times and I’m in heaven.
In Phoenix this spring, a [...]
BY BARRY LEBOW
This article is about me and not a particular real estate topic. I have been asked by readers why I have not written for the past few issues of REM. Well, I had an accident.
In January, I was contracted for my appraisal services by a client who had bought numerous apartment buildings. During [...]
BY KATHY BEVAN
Nova Scotia Real Estate Association’s Al Demings has left his executive officer position and re‑entered his real estate sales career.
Demings spent 13 years in various association management positions, after spending a similar number of years in sales, and oversaw the landmark merger of six of Nova Scotia’s eight boards into the NSREA in [...]
AREA promotes safety for Realtors working alone
BY KATHY BEVAN
The Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) has adapted a set of safety materials designed in the U.S. to help protect Realtors working on their own. AREA’s safety program complies with a new regulation brought in by the Alberta government that sets out the parameters of an employer’s [...]
Former Toronto mayor John Sewell thinks it’s time to put a tax on house price increases. In a recent column in Eye magazine, Sewell wrote: “It’s hard to see who benefits from rising house prices, except for suburban land owners awaiting the opportunity to turn farmland into subdivisions.
“Homeowners don’t really benefit, because when they sell [...]
CREA’s National Commercial Council (NCC) held its 2002 Forum in London, Ont. in early May. Topics discussed by commercial delegates ranged from working with Investment Partnership Canada to help attract foreign investment in Canada, to the redevelopment of brownfields. While the information exchange and networking opportunities were a big draw, the event’s host, London and [...]
Broker Chuck Mulholland of St. Albert, Alta. had his broker’s license suspended until December 2006 and is being barred from working as a real estate agent until the end of August 2002. Mulholland was originally suspended in December 2001 after a routine compliance audit by the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) uncovered funding irregularities [...]
