Century 21 Superior Realty Inc. recently opened for business in Thunder Bay, Ont. Owners Ronne and Wendy Ferris, broker and manager respectively, are both former Century 21 sales associates.
“We wanted to be more independent in our business and more in control of our direction. We run a high-tech operation, similar to the Century 21 organization, [...]

Four out of five Canadians expect the prices of homes in their communities to increase over the next year, and slightly more than half believe that now is a good time to buy a home, according to a survey from Genworth Financial Canada. 
The first Genworth Financial Quarterly Tracking Survey found that most Canadians expect [...]

Sara Maclennan, former director of interactive marketing at Coldwell Banker Canada, has left the head office in Toronto and moved to Edmonton to join Coldwell Banker Johnston. Broker Sheldon Johnston says the company is “small but very innovative and well respected.”

Century 21 Moving Real Estate in Merritt, B.C. is under new co-ownership. New owners Doug Beech and Les Hunnie, will soon move the office to a new location on one of Merritt’s major routes.   “Merritt is developing like crazy. Where we had large numbers of rental units last year, this year we have very [...]

Canada ’s housing affordability improved slightly in the third quarter of 2005 due to faster income growth in tightening labour markets and slower house price increases, says the latest Housing Affordability Index released by RBC Economics.   “Housing affordability across Canada improved with income gains and cooling price pressures easing homeownership costs,” says Derek Holt, [...]

The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) says home buyers could be faced with new costs as a result of the new powers for the City of Toronto proposed by the provincial government.   Under Bill 53, Stronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Act, the City of Toronto would be given general authority to [...]

Ontario has passed a bill that will provide new tools for police, utilities and municipalities to help protect Ontario communities from marijuana grow ops.   Amendments to the Municipal Act, 2001, require municipal officials to inspect a property after being notified by police that it had been used to grow marijuana. If municipal officials determine [...]

Holly and Bill Byers are the new partners at Coldwell Banker Temiskaming Realty, formerly a Coldwell Banker Pinnacle Real Estate office in New Liskeard, Ont.   Formerly with Coldwell Banker Pinnacle Real Estate in Hamilton, Bill has been a real estate professional for more than 20 years, achieving top-producing status many times. Holly, Bill’s partner [...]

The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) launched a new magazine for consumers, called Home to Home, on October 28.   For the past 22 years, CREB has produced the weekly Calgary Real Estate News, but editor Bruce Klippenstein says this is the first time the board decided to produce a glossy magazine. The premiere issue [...]

The Greater Montréal Real Estate Board (GMREB) recently launched a $2.2 million, three-year advertising campaign using the slogans “Not Without My Agent” in English and “L’agent fait le bonheur” in French. The objective of the campaign is to clearly state that hiring an agent is an essential part of any real estate transaction.   While [...]