REM (Real Estate Magazine)
Encyclopedia
REM is a monthly Canadian real estate
trade journal
. It is commonly referred to by its abbreviated title, "REM" .
specialty channel
called Real Estate TV and needed a way to advertise its programs to real estate professionals. At the time, there was no trade journal or magazine for the real estate industry in Canada.
The publication was launched that year as "Real Estate Marketing". Jim Adair, the publication's editor-in-chief, abbreviated this to REM, which remains the acronym of the publication today (though the initials now stand for "Real Estate Magazine").
The first issue of REM was printed in June 1989.
REM regularly features Canadian real estate professionals of note on its front cover, such as singer-songwriters Shauna Sedola and Heidi Vincent, and science-fiction author Rolf Hitzer.
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
trade journal
Trade journal
A trade magazine, also called a professional magazine, is a magazine published with the intention of target marketing to a specific industry or type of trade. The collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press....
. It is commonly referred to by its abbreviated title, "REM" .
History
In 1989, Heino Molls launched a cable televisionCable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
called Real Estate TV and needed a way to advertise its programs to real estate professionals. At the time, there was no trade journal or magazine for the real estate industry in Canada.
The publication was launched that year as "Real Estate Marketing". Jim Adair, the publication's editor-in-chief, abbreviated this to REM, which remains the acronym of the publication today (though the initials now stand for "Real Estate Magazine").
The first issue of REM was printed in June 1989.
Current operations
REM is published 12 times a year, and remains independently owned and operated. It is not formally affiliated with any real estate board or association. It is distributed monthly to real estate professionals in Canada through real estate boards and by subscription.REM regularly features Canadian real estate professionals of note on its front cover, such as singer-songwriters Shauna Sedola and Heidi Vincent, and science-fiction author Rolf Hitzer.