MAILBOX Reader ponders the ethics of the real estate trade Dear Editor: Recent events culminating in yet another prominent politician's res- ignation cause ine to write to your newspaper knowing your policy has always been to place news over your financial gain, it being obvious to your readers that a great percentage of your revenue is obtained from the real estate business. Whilst { must confess i have found several realtors honorable and reliable during the past 35 years, the last four years have revealed a lowering of the stand- ards of right and wrong. I grew up tn the knowledge that a real estate agent was a profes- sion up there with attorney or physician as the very word ‘’real- tor” in the dictionary means that the trade is governed by a body of men and women similar to that of the two other professions already mentioned. Of late my wife and I have been trying to buy a retirement resi- Programs needed for NV youths Dear Editor: With North Vancouver District’s tight budget I am_ sur- prised at the proposed $15,000 tot piayground in Mosquito Creek. Fairmont Park is close by and rarely used. A true need in our community lies with our youth. The youth program at recCentre William Griffin has small facilities. They have a regular attendance of 75 to 80 youths on Saturday nights. { suggest we need an expanded youth centre more than another tot lot when money is scarce. Let’s keep our youth off the street and give them a safe place to go. C.D. Featherstone North Vancouver THIS IS ONE TEST YOU WONT WANT TO. LOW “Araadside screening device could be in the hands of any police officer, any time, anywhere in the province. Wednesday, THE DESIRABLE TRADES ARE AT: Mercedes-Benz Ay dence, but we have met deviousness, lying and = deccit std - much like the used-car business stooped to some time ago. I did discover that a realtor's first loyalty was to the seller, al- though the purchascr should be considered. We found greed over- comes all. When [| complained to the Real Estate Board I was met with derision on the phone and toid that ‘you must write a letter to us and get it notarized before you mail it,’”’ a task that costs the plaintiff money. There are many Canadians that, due to recent events in the real estate market, have lost tens of thousands of dollars. We all know that buying a home is the biggest gamble one can make in a life- time, but even in Las Vegas one can bet knowing that there is some contro! over the casino owners, some ethics even in the gambling business. One does not have to send a letter in and have ‘t in the form of an affidavit to complain of an of- fence. It is high time our real estate laws were looked into and the authority start to withdraw 1375 MARINE DR, N.VAN. 984-9351 DRAPERIES BY S. 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