Throughout all the years that I have watched the real estate industry, I have heard financial experts caution everyone, “If interest rates rise, it will cause the real estate market to slow or crash.”
After all these years I have come to realize that this has never happened. At the risk of sounding like one of [...]

  For many years the private sector has been unable to meet the demand for low-cost rental accommodation, and the three levels of government have failed to take up the challenge. The shortage of affordable rental accommodation is most apparent in the major urban areas. Local politicians seem to have decided that unauthorized secondary suites [...]

I just read Bob Aaron’s article in REM (Making grow home disclosure mandatory, August).
Once again, Bob has hit on an important issue in the marketplace, and his assessment is right on the money.  The ongoing failure on the part of many not to disclose the fact that a property has been used as a grow [...]

By Marty Douglas
 
How about a national debate about the cancellation of listing contracts?  As chairman of the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s Standards of Practice Committee, I have had to deal with a number of consumer complaints on the issue. While I encourage all of you to individually establish the terms under which you list [...]

As president and COO of Century 21 Canada, Don Lawby is one of Canada’s longest-serving real estate executives.  Lawby has been part of Century 21 Canada’s management team, working for company owner and CEO Gary Charlwood, since 1979.  In addition to his position as president and COO of Century 21 Canada, which he has held [...]

Clandestine drug labs have permeated neighbourhoods across Canada and the threat is increasing, says the RCMP.   In a news release, the police force says that during the past five years, methamphetamine labs have represented approximately 60 per cent of all clandestine labs seized in Canada. Clandestine laboratories, particularly those producing methamphetamine, continue to grow [...]

Royal LePage Commercial has been sold to Cushman & Wakefield, the world’s largest privately held real estate services firm, for an undisclosed amount.   The acquisition includes its commercial brokerage operations in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, the Greater Toronto Area and Montreal. The transaction does not include the Royal LePage residential network, managed under the Royal [...]

Independent broker Joseph Bozzo has joined the Century 21 System in Woodbridge, Ont. His company, Realty Centre & Management Corp., will now operate as Century 21 Realty Centre Corp.   A former vice-president of the Toronto Real Estate Board and six-time director, Bozzo’s experience includes commercial and industrial properties, land acquisitions, mortgage financing, new home [...]

Weichert Relocation Resources recently named Terri Oliver and Wade Cuthbertson as client service directors at the company’s Toronto and Calgary offices. They will both report to Bob Croteau, VP, Canada.   Oliver is a 16-year veteran of the relocation and real estate industries. She previously served as international HR and services manager for Siemens Canada [...]

Reg and Myrna Black are the new owners of Century 21 Sun Country Realty in Beausejour, Man. The former owners, Greg and Rosa Crognali, operated the business for more than 10 years.   With offices in Beausejour and Lac du Bonnet, Century 21 Sun Country Realty is the largest real estate company north-east of Winnipeg. [...]