by Jordana Springgay | Jan 23, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Metro Vancouver’s residential market in 2024 proved to be a mixed bag, falling short of optimistic forecasts set earlier in the year by Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR). While some gains were seen, they didn’t reach expectations, leaving some market watchers...
by Jordana Springgay | Jan 20, 2025 | Legal Issues
Alan Hu/pacificevergreenrealty.com The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered Alan Hu, a Surrey-based Realtor, to surrender his profits from the sale of a $3.35-million property after breaching his fiduciary duty to a client. According to a court decision...
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...
