After reading your article in the October issue, titled Neighbour’s addition costs English homeowners, I had to make a comment. Why brand the builders, Robert and Lynn, as the bad guys? It appears that they did everything in accordance with the local building bylaws. If there is anyone to blame, would it not be the [...]
In the article about the London and St. Thomas Real Estate Board’s IDX system (REM, November), a quote of mine was taken out of context. It was, “The IDX doesn’t depend upon mls.ca…” This statement was made in response to a question put to me as follows: “So, does your IDX solution get its data [...]
By Heino Molls – Mary became a Realtor back in the 1964 when she was 29 years old. At that time she lived in the same Canadian prairie town that she grew up in. It was a place she loved. It was home. For her the prairie sky was magic. The endless horizon stretching out [...]
By Albert R. Teichner – Today was my lucky day! While I was on floor duty at the office sipping a cup of java (the boss is too cheap to spring for cappuccinos), a man phoned and asked if somebody could come out to give him a price on his house. He probably would have [...]
I would like to add my concern about the “free” access (for the general public) to information that I as a Realtor sometimes can’t get to because of time constraints. I feel that limited information should be accessible to the Internet consumer, as well as a fee charged to access any information.
There is nothing [...]
Brian Slemming’s delightful article about the charming Barbara Sterne (REM, September) is an inspiration. A mere 82-years-old and still showing us youngsters how determination and honesty win through.
Slemming does make one error, however, when he talks of the “computer, fax and cell phone, none of which had been invented when she was born.”
The fax machine [...]
Publishing Alister MacLean’s letter (Letters to the Editor, October REM) was right on, but it failed to draw the natural conclusion of what “could” be mandated in the New Standard of Business Practices. On our business cards and advertisements, the word REALTOR should appear under our name, and the under that a description of broker [...]
Metes and Bounds: By Marty Douglas – In the spirit that there’s no such thing as a horse so dead that it doesn’t have one more flog in it: I recently received a letter from a reader of my August column, in which I frankly discussed my attitude toward the non-voter — those of us [...]
By Kathy Bevan
After 60 years in real estate in B.C., Macdonald Realtors is
re-inventing its business model, adding franchising, joint ventures and
auctioneering to its more traditional corporately owned operations.
The company announced its new franchising and joint venture
division this past summer, followed by the launch of MacAuction at the end of
September. Through the former,
Macdonald Realtors hopes [...]
Coldwell
Banker R.M.R. Real Estate has acquired a new office building in Whitby, Ont. The head
office administrative staff and the commercial division of R.M.R. moved from
the former Oshawa
location to the newly acquired building in early October. The Oshawa branch remains open as a real estate
sales office.
Located
in a high-traffic area at the corner of Consumers Drive [...]
