By Patty Lou Bryant   When I first began my real estate career, I worked with a young couple who wanted to buy a home closer to town. Rebecca had just started a new job and Shawn was working for a local car dealership. Their combined income was more than enough for the houses we [...]

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” – William James 1842-1910   Who of us have never faced a contrary ##@^%$%*(&() in our professional lives?

We’re constantly faced with negative, impatient, overbearing, egotistical and boorish people (did I leave anyone out?) in our business. [...]

I’ve noticed a simple mistake that can cost you a transaction. Do you know which one I’m talking about?

Macdonald Realty Nanaimo opened for business in June 1. The Nanaimo, B.C. office is owned by Joanna Roethel, a business owner and manager for more than five years. Roethel says she prides herself on quality performance and productivity, and says that Macdonald Realty Nanaimo will be “a network of the finest Realtors, offering professional and [...]

Oak Park Royal LePage is now open in the uptown core of Oakville, Ont.
“Oakville has experienced tremendous population growth over the past few years and shows no sign of slowing as North Oakville is expected to expand by 50,000 people by 2021,” says Walt Jurgen, broker/area sales manager. “The town’s real estate market has [...]

Okay. Canada Day is coming up and for all the people who read this column regularly, and I mean both of you, I need not tell you again how much this country means to me. But you know I will.

As an immigrant from 1953 I have benefited enormously from growing up here. I grew [...]

At my age, 62, the obituaries have been carrying familiar names for a few years. Tony Quarless, a dedicated former executive officer of the Victoria Real Estate Board, died recently at the early age of 68. I hadn’t seen Tony for years but he always asked about my mother, who had been a member of [...]

In May, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation (CBREC) announced that it had acquired the master franchise for Coldwell Banker Canada. The Canadian executive team is remaining in place, with Gary Hockey as president and Ron Hunter as COO, now reporting to Sherry Chris, COO of C BREC, based in Parsippany, N.J. Hockey and Hunter, along [...]

The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) recently launched Web Open Houses – online “showings” of homes for sale, ranging from a series of 10 photos to 20 or 40 photos arranged in a slideshow, virtual tours, audio slideshows or video open houses. The products are available for viewing at cren.ca and hometohomecalgary.com.

“We’re the first real [...]

The Winnipeg Realtors Association and the Manitoba Real Estate Association teamed up to sponsor a 2007 provincial leaders forum during the recent provincial election campaign. It was televised live on Shaw Cable throughout the province, and rebroadcast again twice.

Premier Gary Doer referenced real estate and Realtors a few times in his comments during the forum, [...]