Weekly Blend: February 28, 2014

The Weekly Blend is your ‘weekly’ source covering real estate news and stories you may have missed. Our hard-at-work Weekly Blend crew scours the web, newsgroups and forums looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to contribute, please post it in our comments section or Tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So, brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories…maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!

Here are my weekly picks:

I’m not hawking anything…I just came across this article and thought it was fun. Torontonians can show some neighbourhood pride with their very own neighbourhood toques.

In the spirit of celebrating neighbourhoods, here’s a story from Comox, BC about a waving elderly woman and a Valentine’s Day High School assembly. Warning – tissues may be required.

BuzzBuzzhome.com offers up a timeline of the condo’s early history in Canada.

Signs, signs, everywhere signs…especially at Edmonton’s Neon Sign Museum.

Is your cottage in need of a comfy bunkie? Daniel Kroft at Toronto’s Giant Container Services is creating instant bunkies built from used shipping containers.

(Video) Snowboarders and those looking to refinance their home might get a kick out of Sage Kotsenburg’s Totally Dope Refi Mortgage.

(Video) House hunting on ‘Crotch Crescent’ in the UK might save you 84,000 pounds (or $140,000). Is it time to get a little innuendo in your address?

Here’s a short article which emphasizes the importance of proof reading your real estate listing.

In early 2000 there was show called ‘8 Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter’. Well, I found an article that I’m calling ‘8 Simple Ways to Modernize a Farmhouse.’

Jonathan Baker, our former Speech Writer, contributed to the development of speeches, advertisements, and communications to our membership. Our staff knew him as the go-to guy at 200 Catherine for some comic relief. Prior to joining CREA, Jon worked in the radio industry in Ottawa. If you meet Jon, be sure to ask him to tell you about his encounters with many famous musicians while volunteering at a local music festival for more than 10 years.


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