by Courtney Zwicker | Oct 9, 2026 | News
OREA acting CEO Diane Brisebois/contributed. The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is urging the province to put more guardrails around a proposed new system of financial penalties for real estate professionals, pointing to British Columbia as a model for...
by Courtney Zwicker | Oct 8, 2026 | News
Canada’s housing market took a step back in September, with home sales falling across many major markets as trade tensions with the United States and higher long-term interest rates weighed on buyers. Sales declined in Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Calgary, Edmonton,...
by Courtney Zwicker | Oct 8, 2026 | Boards & Associations
Jeff King/contributed Jeff King has left Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR), the organization has confirmed. GVR said its chief corporate development officer, Craig Munn, will serve as interim CEO while the organization searches for a permanent successor. “With...
by Courtney Zwicker | Oct 5, 2026 | News
Paul Chavady and Jerry Hallgrimson/photos: Royal LePage Varsity. Nearly five years after the collapse of Epic Alliance, two Saskatoon real estate agents tied to the $211-million investment scandal have each been fined $100,000 and suspended for six months. In...
by Courtney Zwicker | Oct 2, 2026 | News
Major revisions to Canada’s population estimates have erased two of three previously reported quarters of population decline, challenging one explanation for the recent drop in asking rents. The revisions to previous estimates stretch back nearly five years to the...
