By Heino Molls — About a month ago I found myself in an area of Toronto that was called the “village” many years ago.
If you are familiar with the city, you might know this small neighbourhood. It centres around two streets called Cumberland and Yorkville between Avenue Road and Bay Street, right in the [...]

On timing – The marvelous thing is that you don’t have to wait for January l to come around to resolve to make a fresh start. The best time to decide to improve something is now.
On making decisions – With the accumulation of experience, you tend to make good decisions. Regrettably, experience is often gained [...]

Metes & Bounds – Happy New Year! Bonne Année! (With apologies to those cultures who don’t recognize the Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 to correct the Julian calendar, because, as you know, old Julius had a leap year every four years, which any fool knows won’t work due to the inclination of the earth’s axis [...]

By Jim Adair

An award of more than $174,000 to a broker who sued his franchiser over a dispute involving “exclusive territory” has been reduced to $36,000 by the Ontario Court of Appeal.
 
As reported in REM in December 2003, Mincom Realty Systems Inc. was ordered to pay more than $174,000 to Andrew Ielasi, who operated Mincom [...]

Brokers, sales reps and associates from the Greater Toronto Area met with keynote speaker Ken Thompson, founder of the MinCom Realty System, at their annual convention in Panama, Central America last month. Thompson spoke about new sales marketing techniques and market forecast for year 2005, and how baby boomers are impacting real estate growth.

Two Newfoundland and Labrador Realtors are the first Canadians to be inducted into the Real Estate Buyers Agency Council (REBAC) Hall of Fame. Holders of REBAC’s Accredited Buyer’s Representatives (ABR) designation, Bill Dilny and Denise Brophy of Re/Max Realty Specialists in St. John’s were recognized at a reception during the recent National Association of Realtors [...]

Haliburton real estate salesperson Linda Baumgartner received an Honorary Life Membership from the Ontario Real Estate Association recently. Baumgartner was honoured by OREA for her many years of dedication to the association, including service on several committees and as a member of the MLS interconnectivity committee and the OREA Foundation strategy task force. She most [...]

Betty Fitzpatrick, an associate broker with Royal LePage Gardiner Realty in Fredericton, was elected president of FIABCI-Canada at its Annual General Meeting in Montreal. A long-time participant in FIABCI at the national and international level, she has served as director and president of the New Brunswick Real Estate Association and the Fredericton Real Estate Board. [...]

Moose Jaw GMAC Real Estate in Moose Jaw, Sask. is open for business, under manager Jeff Markewich. The office serves the communities of Moose Jaw, Assiniboa, Bengough, Briercrest, Bushell Park, Caron, Caronport, Central Butte, Chaplin, Coronach, Eyebrow, Gravelbourg, Kincaid, Lafleche, Limerick, Mankota, Marquis, Mortlach, Mossbank, Ormiston, Riverhurst, Rockglen, Tugaske, Willow Bunch and Wood Mountain. The [...]

Century 21 Atria Realty Inc. has opened for business in Richmond Hill, Ont. Stephen Chow, broker/owner of the new office, was on a career path to architecture while studying at Carleton University when he realized that real estate was more suited to his interests.  “When I was 18 years old, I decided to take on real [...]