I wonder how many Realtors are aware that at a large number of Vancouver intersections, unobtrusive little red-light, high-tech surveillance cameras have been discreetly installed on the post over or next to the traffic lights. They automatically photograph cars whose drivers run a red light.
A ticket for $144 is sent to the registered owner of [...]

RE:  Disclosure process fails BC condo buyers, says report
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) was pleased that you countered this article on the cover of your August 2003 issue, with a constructive article on page 22. However, we would have appreciated balance on the front page even more.
Nancy Bain’s study presents a fairly [...]

When it comes to profitability, I admit to a little anal retention. Being a direct descendant of a credit union founder, I recall my dad bouncing me on his knee and chanting, “Look after the cents and the dollars will look after themselves.” Or was it Kumbayah? No matter. And casting my lot in with [...]

First, a little background. I was expelled from public school at the ripe age of 10, for smoking behind the school. Good old small-town living. By the time I was 13, I was a pack-a-day smoker and thank goodness for my paper routes to keep me supplied. By my late teens I had a three-pack [...]

Barry Clark of Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty, Ladysmith, B.C.  has been elected as chair of the Real Estate Council of British Columbia. Rosemary Barnes of Park Georgia Realty Ltd., Coquitlam, was elected vice‑chair.
New members elected to the council for a two‑year term are: Marshall Cowe of Royal LePage Coronation West Realty, Coquitlam; Wayne Strandlund of [...]

Toronto-based Realtysellers is offering a new List on MLS for $695 program that the company says is the first of its kind in Canada.

“We believe that people wanting to sell their homes should be able to choose the services they want from a real estate agent to assist them in their efforts,” says Stephen Moranis, [...]

June Piry, director of education with the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA), was elected to the board of directors of the international Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) at its annual conference in Philadelphia recently. She is one of two Canadian directors.
“In Canada, we often look to the United States for trends in education,” [...]

Birgit Nielsen has joined the management team of Re/Max River City in Edmonton, and together with sales manager John Malcolm, will carry out the day-to-day operations of the office, says broker/owner Karen Everall.
Nielsen was member services manager at the Edmonton Real Estate Board for more than 10 years, and prior to that worked with the [...]

Sutton Group -  Country recently opened for business in Bay Roberts, Nfld.  Fred Healey and Keith Rowsell are the brokers and managers of the firm.
Rowsell has been a real estate agent for eight years and has lived in the Bay Roberts area for 10 years. Healey has more than 30 years of experience in the [...]

Diversified Realty/GMAC Real Estate recently opened in Brantford, Ont., under the leadership of owners Darrin Miller and Lyle Sylvester and broker George Caswell. Diversified Realty’s primary markets are Brantford, Simcoe, Hagersville, Waterford, Oakland, Scotland, Burford, Hamilton, Cambridge, Kitchener, St. George, Paris, Jarvis, Delhi, Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Norwich, Ohsweken, Princeton, Lynden, Mount Pleasant, Cayuga and Caledonia.
“When [...]