It’s not a move that you often see in Canada’s real estate industry — a brokerage changing brands. But recently, B.C.-based brokerage Little Oak Realty joined Royal LePage after Re/Max Canada ended their 30-plus year partnership, which began in 1992....
The B.C. Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) has introduced new rules for real estate teams in the province. In a blog post for the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA), Peter Borszcz, lawyer and partner at Montgomery Miles & Stone Law Firm, explains that new...
In British Columbia, the newly-implemented home buyer rescission period, a ‘cooling-off’ period that allows buyers the right to rescind an offer within three business days of an agreement being signed, has not proven to be useful, say a number of real...
It’s a long shot now, but if the Toronto Maple Leafs miraculously stage a playoff comeback and win the Stanley Cup, a team of realtors in Ontario’s Kitchener-Waterloo region says they’ll work for free. The Saunders Tremblay Realty Team put the offer...
The Canadian Real Estate Association’s membership reached record highs in 2022. CREA’s membership, which includes provincially-licensed real estate agents who have joined a local real estate board, ballooned to 160,064 at the end of 2022, representing a...
