Elizabeth Hawkins with Alan Van Wart

The New Brunswick Real Estate Association (NBREA) has bestowed this year’s Dave Hawkins Award on Alan Van Wart of Fredericton, whose achievements span 42 years in the real estate business. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the real estate industry in [...]

Twenty-three year real estate veteran Al Sinclair and his 10-person team, along with Michelle Walker and Mark Richards, are now part of the Re/Max Hallmark team in the Beaches area of Toronto.   Ken McLachlan, broker of record for the firm, says, “Their arrival firmly gives us added presence in The Beach and the surrounding [...]

By Kory Gorgani   The Internet has an immense power to reach individuals of various special interests. Unlike traditional media forms, the Internet has provided an avenue for grassroots participation for various marginal groups and individuals.   You can’t succeed online if you don’t connect with people. The Internet is driven by people like you [...]

Derek Austin, broker/owner of Century 21 Your Realty in Innisfail, Alta., is the 2009 president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association.   “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Derek for over 15 years. Throughout his career, from the role of a sales representative into the role of an owner, he has shown the kind [...]

Real estate boards and associations across the country are lobbying hard to provide relief from land transfer taxes (LTT).   In Winnipeg, the local board says Manitoba has seen its LTT revenues increase from $31 million in 2006 to $44.8 million in 2008, a 44 per cent increase.   The board cited a November 2007 [...]

Bryon Brandle and Brad Marsh
  Bryon Brandle and Brad Marsh, co-broker/owners of the Re/Max offices in the North Okanagan and Shuswap Areas, received the highest broker/owner recognition possible from Re/Max International at its convention in Las Vegas. They won the Broker/Owner of the Year, Multiple Office award. Considering that the Re/Max organization currently has more [...]

Sales rep Christopher Suffel of Right At Home Realty in Toronto, who describes himself as a former frustrated first-time home buyer, recently launched First Home Finders.   “With the purchase of my first home, the intricacies involved in the transaction left me with more questions than answers, and little if any support. I knew there was [...]

Maureen O’Neill first began working for the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) in 1980, as corporate relations manager; this year, she is part-way through her second term as TREB president. She had just begun serving as president-elect in 2007 when the new president accepted a job transfer out of Toronto. O’Neill moved up into the [...]

Louis Cayer, broker/owner at Royal LePage Dynastie, has opened a second location in Mont-Royal, Que.  Royal LePage Dynastie’s existing office in Mont-Royal was ranked second in productivity with approximately 25 per cent of the city’s market share, says Royal LePage.

From left, Douglas Soo, Marjan Mazaheri, John Geha and manager David Wood celebrate the opening of Coldwell Banker City Centre Realty.

  Coldwell Banker City Centre Realty officially opened in Vancouver on March 12 at 1432 West Hastings Street. Owners Douglas Soo and Marjan Mazaheri kicked off the opening with a Success Planning seminar for all [...]