by Jordana Springgay | Jan 16, 2025 | Guest Columns
What kind of real estate team are you running? Is it one based on ego, or on success? These are important questions, as we find ourselves on the precipice of what could be the next real estate boom. Lower interest rates are attracting sellers and buyers into the...
by Jordana Springgay | Jan 16, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
It’s official—Realtor.ca is now a standalone, wholly-owned taxable subsidiary of the Canadian Real Estate Association. On Jan. 6, the entity was legally formed and governance now falls to its transition board of directors. As part of the change, Patrick Pichette,...
by Jordana Springgay | Nov 18, 2024 | Legal Issues
Sunshine Coast, B.C. (Canva) QUICK HITS Two B.C. Realtors were fined over $200,000 for failing to disclose key restrictions in a 2017 waterfront property sale on the Sunshine Coast. Acting as dual agents, they marketed the cabin as “legal...
by Jordana Springgay | Sep 26, 2023 | News
The federal court has given the green light for a class-action lawsuit alleging price-fixing and anti-competitive practices in the GTA’s real estate industry to proceed. The lawsuit, first filed in April 2021 on behalf of Toronto resident Mark Sunderland, names...
by Jordana Springgay | Aug 31, 2023 | News
As Canada grapples with a housing shortage, an underlying factor seems to have gone unnoticed: the true count of non-permanent residents (NPRs) residing in the country. The official numbers, widely quoted and relied upon for policy planning, are underestimating the...
