“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, Of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot. And whether pigs have wings.”

– Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

Apparently, I am the Walrus, goo goo g’joob. Better than the egg man, I suppose.
 
So [...]

John Hill, Broker/owner with Re/Max Spirit in Oshawa, Ont., is the recipient of the 2006 Re/Max Courage Award, celebrating the strength of the human spirit.  It is presented to an individual who demonstrates extraordinary will to overcome a significant challenge in life and who serves as an inspiration to others.

In October 2005, Hill was involved [...]

By Ron Rossini

Many buyers divide the renovation tasks of a newly acquired home into remodeling the interior of their house and the exterior landscape. Choices a homeowner makes to develop a personally satisfactory landscape can affect resale potential.
 
There are many popular horticultural styles a homeowner can select, including:
 
1. The Turf Property – [...]

Royal LePage’s luxury home brand, Carriage Trade, recently launched a new luxury listing website, www.carriagetradeproperties.ca.

The site will feature some of Canada’s most exclusive property listings. At press time the site featured a $6.49 million modern mansion in Oakville, a $2.38 million condo in the sky in Vancouver and a $1.9 million home in Glen [...]

Len Rempel, broker/owner of Southland Realty in Swift Current, Sask., has acquired locally based Royal LePage Dynasty and will operate the new company under the Royal LePage banner. The new company will be known as Royal LePage Southland.
Rempel has been in the real estate industry since 1995. His company will increase the Royal LePage [...]

Coldwell Banker Canada is expanding its presence in Ontario’s booming cottage country market with the addition of Coldwell Banker Town & Country, Brokerage, a multi-office operation headquartered in Orillia, with sales offices in Coldwater and Honey Harbour.  The company was formerly known as Royal LePage Town & Country. It will continue to be operated by [...]

Royal LePage Franchise Services Fund announced royalties for the first quarter of 2007 of $6.9 million, a 6.4 per cent increase over the same period of 2006. Operating earnings before management fees for the first quarter increased seven per cent over the same period in 2006 to $6.1 million. Distributable cash in the first quarter [...]

Sherry Chris, COO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation (USA) and Gary Hockey  are among the guest speakers scheduled for the 2007 Best of Australian Real Estate Convention (bARE) to be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland in September.
The second annual convention is designed to showcase the best of Australian and international real estate [...]

Earlier this year, Royal LePage introduced the Royal LePage Apprentice program, in which the chosen candidate(s) receives a Royal LePage scholarship worth approximately $10,000 in coaching, training, marketing and tools.  The program incorporates the systems, tools and support of Royal LePage into their business.
The company says that dozens of exceptional applications from across the [...]

Coldwell Banker offered Canadians an opportunity to “clean up” $5,000 by visiting the Sympatico.MSN Canadian portal and clicking on Coldwell Banker to view listings or enter to win. The contest ran for three weeks. The Coldwell Banker Spring Cleanup Sweepstakes was promoted through advertising on www.sympatico.msn.ca, one of Canada’s most frequently visited web sites.
May is [...]