A poll by TD Canada Trust shows that the perceptions of the condo market have improved significantly over 2008 with 44 per cent of urban Canadians believing the current conditions have improved for buying a condo as an investment (versus 21 per cent in 2008).   Respondents say it is a buyers’ market and condo prices [...]

 
Ron Young of Exit Realty Specialists in Saint John, N.B. has opened a new office in the neighbouring town of Rothesay. The new office has 3,200 square feet of office space.
Young opened his Saint John office in the summer of 2006. It now has the No. 1 market share and 67 agents, the most of any [...]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently met with Sarnia-Lambton Real Estate Board president Ralph Flaminio. Harper was in Sarnia obtaining information regarding local economic and border issues from business leaders.

Here’s part of a recent conversation I had with Dr. Zvi Blank, a U.S.- based independent consultant and trainer with extensive experience in environmental issues pertaining to various types of real estate markets.
  Q. What specific environmental issue(s) do you believe residential real estate agents need to know to become successful?   A. The old [...]

How to Become a Better Negotiator, second edition By Richard A. Luecke and James G. Patterson Amacom Books $13.30 at Amazon.ca   This 98-page paperback lists the common characteristics shared by great negotiators and outlines different tactics for handling conflict, and when to use each one. It also includes ways to counteract the tactics of [...]

Bob Cliffe of Sorrento is the president of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board (OMREB) for the 2009-2010 term. He was installed along with 11 directors representing the Central Okanagan, North Okanagan and Shuswap Zones at OMREB’s Annual General Meeting.
A Realtor and managing broker with Re/Max Shuswap Realty for the past 10 years, Cliffe has [...]

Durham Region Association of Realtors (DRAR) members showed their support for Canadian men and women serving overseas in Afghanistan, by wearing red and getting together for a large group photo. The event was organized by Lindsay Smith of Re/Max Spirit.
 
Others in the community who took part in the shoot were Mayor John Gray, and members [...]

The Durham Region Association of Realtors (DRAR) recently presented the 2008 W. Paul Ristow Founder’s Cup award to Joe Bosco of Royal LePage Frank Real Estate, Oshawa.
 
Bosco was 2008 DRAR commercial council chair. Each year, the award is given to a director or committee chair each year, whose commitment and service to the association was [...]

Property management specialist Carole Arbour has joined Avison Young’s Quebec operations as vice-president, management services. She will be based out of Avison Young’s Montreal office.   Arbour practiced law as a partner with Arbour Cordeau for more than 10 years, specializing in commercial, construction and real estate law. During the past 11 years, she has [...]

What a year of anniversaries this is for me. From the first time I delivered a paper route to working at the Toronto Star to Real Estate News and all kinds of stuff in between. I could tell you stories. But not today.   This story is about REM.   Back in 1989 I launched [...]