By Barry Lebow  Buyer brokerage
is one of the fastest growing real estate specialties because more and
more homebuyers want the services of an agent who owes them full
fiduciary responsibilities, duties and loyalty. The buyer’s agent works
for the buyer-client and has the buyer’s best interests in mind.
The Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation is the benchmark of [...]

The Real Estate Institute of Canada (REIC), has announced plans to launch 50th anniversary celebrations, calling itself  “Canada’s original membership organization for professional real estate training and accreditation”.
The launch will commence at REIC’s Annual Meeting on May 25 to 29 in Toronto, with the theme Celebrate Golden Achievements, Embrace a Golden Future. It will [...]

Condominiums and apartments are driving the renaissance of urban areas across the U.S., as both a younger generation and empty nesters seek homes where they can live, work and play, say multifamily housing experts speaking at a recent National Association of Home Builders’ conference. The condo market, in particular, has been thriving from this trend [...]

Canadian-owned and operated HomeLife Realty Services celebrated its 20th anniversary this year by undertaking what CEO and founder Andrew Cimerman calls an “extreme makeover” of the whole organization.  Below, in conversation with REM senior editor Kathy Bevan, Cimerman discusses some of the changes now in place, and HomeLife’s renewed sense of purpose as the company [...]

By Kathy Bevan
One of the most prestigious names in the world of high-end art and antique auctions is targeting Canada’s luxury real estate market.  Sotheby’s, which until this year had only operated in the Canadian marketplace through affiliations with independent real estate companies, is now selling master franchises under its Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates brand.  [...]

Two Re/Max franchise owners have purchased the Re/Max France, Southeast region, making it the 54th country in the continuing global expansion of Re/Max International. Pierre-André Bornet and Steve Groux, will serve as co-region owners and regional directors of the new region in France.  Both have been operating six Re/Max franchises in Switzerland for some time [...]

After 25 years in Kitchener, Ont., Century 21 Add Vantage Realty recently opened an office in Guelph. “We took over an existing office and have eight salespeople in the Guelph office to compliment  the 23 in the Kitchener office,” says broker/owner George Lavallee. “We plan to expand our Guelph operation to at least 12 by [...]

Bruno Gendron recently opened Royal LePage Northern Realty Leaders in Timmins, Ont. Gendron has been in the real estate industry since 1990. He first sold with Century 21 and later with the Re/Max brand. He has been a consistent top producer in his market, and was a Re/Max Hall of Fame Inductee and a Re/Max [...]

Fred R. Lobb recently converted his real estate operation in Clinton, Ont. to Royal LePage Heartland Realty, a member of the Royal LePage Franchise Network. The office previously operated as Prudential Heartland Realty. Lobb has been in the real estate industry for 14 years. He started his career with Culligan Real Estate, earned his broker’s [...]

A Century 21 office in Simcoe, Ont. is under new ownership. Prue Steiner, broker/owner of Century 21 Southcoast Realty Ltd., says, “After being an owner of a 200-slip marina for 19 years, I wanted to get involved in something else.  So I decided to look into real estate.” Steiner started working at the office, which [...]