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Note 11 - Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] |
|  | Commercial Real Estate Services |  |  | Residential Real Estate Services |  |  | Property Services |  |  | Consolidated |
Balance, December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 150,715 |  |  | $ | 158,942 |  |  | $ | 85,830 |  |  | $ | 395,487 |
Goodwill acquired during the period |  |  | 2,667 |  |  |  | 2,074 |  |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | 4,896 |
Other items |  |  | (243 | ) |  |  | (227 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (470 | )
Foreign exchange |  |  | 2,169 |  |  |  | 462 |  |  |  | 101 |  |  |  | 2,732 |
Balance, December 31, 2012 |  |  | 155,308 |  |  |  | 161,251 |  |  |  | 86,086 |  |  |  | 402,645 |
Goodwill acquired during the period |  |  | 65,517 |  |  |  | 3,293 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 68,810 |
Goodwill disposed during the period |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (37,195 | ) |  |  | (37,195 | )
Other items |  |  | - |  |  |  | (217 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (217 | )
Foreign exchange |  |  | (5,116 | ) |  |  | (1,449 | ) |  |  | (300 | ) |  |  | (6,865 | )
Balance, December 31, 2013 |  |  | 215,709 |  |  |  | 162,878 |  |  |  | 48,591 |  |  |  | 427,178 |
Goodwill |  |  | 245,292 |  |  |  | 162,878 |  |  |  | 48,591 |  |  |  | 456,761 |
Accumulated impairment loss |  |  | (29,583 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (29,583 | )
|  | $ | 215,709 |  |  | $ | 162,878 |  |  | $ | 48,591 |  |  | $ | 427,178 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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