Wednesday, October 04, 2006
REALTORS hold Professional Development Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2006
NANAIMO, BC - Nearly 225 REALTORS from the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) jammed Nanaimo's Coast Bastion Inn for the association's annual Professional Development Day October 2nd.
VIREB President Darrell Paysen noted the day demonstrates the commitment of REALTORS to continuing education.
"As an industry, we have mandatory continuing education programs and many ongoing professional development opportunities," he says. "There is a lot of commitment to improving knowledge, which ultimately helps our clients."
Seminars offered through the day included a high powered keynote speaker on changing demographics. Break out sessions were offered on retirement planning, tax strategies, BC housing market trends, foreign buyers, selling tenant occupied properties and a technology presentation on the latest equipment.
Paysen says attendees literally ranged from 30 year real estate veterans, to brand new licensees in the business for less than a month.
"We're trying to give our members all of the tools to stay on atop of an ever changing marketplace," he says.
"For example, it's important for REALTORS to understand the changing demographics of the marketplace as aging boomers begin to retire in larger numbers. This directly affects our industry as we're seeing more retirees moving in from elsewhere in BC and from across Canada."
VIREB represents approximately 1,072 licensed REALTOR members in more than 80 member offices on Vancouver Island (north of Victoria).
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REALTOR is a trademark identifying real estate professionals who are members of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). REALTORS subscribe to a Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Practices as set out by CREA. MLS is a cooperative marketing system used by Canada's real estate boards.
For more information, please contact:
Darrell Paysen, President, 250-748-5000
Drew Harris, Communications, 250-390-4212
October 3, 2006
NANAIMO, BC - Nearly 225 REALTORS from the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) jammed Nanaimo's Coast Bastion Inn for the association's annual Professional Development Day October 2nd.
VIREB President Darrell Paysen noted the day demonstrates the commitment of REALTORS to continuing education.
"As an industry, we have mandatory continuing education programs and many ongoing professional development opportunities," he says. "There is a lot of commitment to improving knowledge, which ultimately helps our clients."
Seminars offered through the day included a high powered keynote speaker on changing demographics. Break out sessions were offered on retirement planning, tax strategies, BC housing market trends, foreign buyers, selling tenant occupied properties and a technology presentation on the latest equipment.
Paysen says attendees literally ranged from 30 year real estate veterans, to brand new licensees in the business for less than a month.
"We're trying to give our members all of the tools to stay on atop of an ever changing marketplace," he says.
"For example, it's important for REALTORS to understand the changing demographics of the marketplace as aging boomers begin to retire in larger numbers. This directly affects our industry as we're seeing more retirees moving in from elsewhere in BC and from across Canada."
VIREB represents approximately 1,072 licensed REALTOR members in more than 80 member offices on Vancouver Island (north of Victoria).
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REALTOR is a trademark identifying real estate professionals who are members of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). REALTORS subscribe to a Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Practices as set out by CREA. MLS is a cooperative marketing system used by Canada's real estate boards.
For more information, please contact:
Darrell Paysen, President, 250-748-5000
Drew Harris, Communications, 250-390-4212
