Harry DeLeeuw
To celebrate 25 years of serving Canada’s real estate community, REM asked a small group of real estate leaders this question:
“Who had the biggest impact – good or bad – on Canadian real estate in the last 25 years?
This is not a popularity contest or a marketing exercise. We want to know who you think had the biggest impact on the industry in the last 25 years – even if it was, in your opinion, a negative impact. Your choices could include Realtors, company executives, association executive officers, regulators, service company executives….even politicians! Who has had the most impact during the last 25 years in making the industry what it is today?”
REM took those consensus picks and added our own and the results will be revealed on REM online every day until the end of June. Take a look and see if you agree with these choices, and then let us know who we missed. Add your comments below or drop an email to jim@remonline.com.
Harry DeLeeuw
Over the past 30-plus years, Harry DeLeeuw has been at the forefront of organized real estate – serving as president of the Winnipeg Real Estate Board, Manitoba Real Estate Association (MREA) and CREA,” says Bill Madder, CEO of the Association of Saskatchewan Realtors. “Harry also served as a special liaison to CREA for the NAR president for several years and worked hard to establish and maintain strong ties between the two organizations. One of Harry’s proudest achievements is the establishment of the MREA’s Shelter Foundation Manitoba Tipi Mitawa – a program that provides down payment assistance as well as support information to help First Nations families purchase their first homes.”
In a March 2008 article, DeLeeuw says, “When Realtors look at the socioeconomic statistics, we understand the link between a growing urban Aboriginal population and the disparities in the quality of life between First Nations and the rest of the population. We know that an entire community benefits and becomes more stable when everyone has the opportunity to buy a home and watch that home grow in value.”
DeLeeuw was co-founder and managing partner of the largest independent real estate company in Winnipeg, Delbro Real Estate, and a founding member of the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA), which has members in 26 countries. He is currently an associate broker with Shindico Realty in Winnipeg.
