A home is a place where dreams come true. Homes are places where plans are made on papers that have coffee rings on them. Homes always have well-thumbed maps that are kept near by.
Homes have marks on the walls where children grew, even if the people in the home don’t have children. Homes have [...]

Those of us living on the Wet Coast of Canada believe very little to be admired emanates from Toronto. I’m here to tell you I’ve found something. Unfortunately they had it and threw it out. I’m speaking of an Ontario law that until 1964 allowed parents and other interested parties to jail unmanageable females aged [...]

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Edmonton Real Estate Board (EREB).  At the board’s offices recently, EREB executive vice-president Ron Hutchison talked to REM writer Kathy Bevan about the Edmonton real estate industry today.
 
REM: Last year was a record one for your members – how has your anniversary year measured up against the [...]

BY KATHY BEVAN
 
The Canadian Real Estate Association’s cross‑country consultative sessions in early fall won the support needed to pass amendments to the association’s MLS Rules and Regulations, as well as define its Legal Defence Program and new Extraordinary Litigation Support Policy.
At a special general assembly held in October in Ottawa, members from boards across Canada [...]

The Winnipeg Real Estate Board is the oldest in Canada, and next year celebrates its 100th anniversary. To kick off the festivities, the board held a contest to design a centenary logo. The winner was Lana Steck, daughter of WREB member Gary Steck. Here she’s seen with 2003 WREB president Tom Fulton. Lana and her [...]

A little bit of Christmas cheer came early to members of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, with word from president Patti Flostrand that all members’ dues for the last two months of this year are being paid by the board.
“After reviewing our year‑end financial projections, we have determined that, in spite of the dramatic [...]

Toronto Realtor, appraiser and REM columnist Barry Lebow has acquired the Real Estate Training Institute of Ontario (RETI). With associates Hans Moehring of the Institute of Real Estate Studies and David Thompson, formerly of the Real Estate Institute of Canada, Lebow says RETI will offer more than 20 courses by mid 2003.
“On-line courses are being [...]

Coldwell Banker R.M.R. Real Estate recently announced the appointment of Mary Noakes as director, career development.  Noakes will oversee career, education and recruitment development for the five R.M.R. offices in Whitby, Oshawa, Port Perry, Roseneath and Lindsay, Ont.
Noakes spent the past 10 years with Sutton Group prior to accepting the new role with Coldwell [...]

Patrick Murphy and his wife Arlene Murphy are the brokers/owners of the new Re/Max Orchard Country office Summerland B.C.
Patrick started his real estate career as a member of the Toronto and Mississauga Real Estate Boards in 1988 while his wife worked as an officer with the Toronto drug section of the RCMP, but the couple [...]

Chris Davies, formerly vice-president for Royal LePage’s Eastern Ontario Region, recently returned to residential real estate as an associate broker with Re/Max Rouge River Realty.  Serving Whitby, Brooklin and Oshawa, Ontario, Davies says he is pleased to once again be serving the residents of Durham Region, where he launched his career in real estate.
Davies has [...]