by Brandon Reay | Nov 28, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Columnists
The MLS has become one of the most influential institutions in Canadian real estate, but its governance models have not kept pace with the pressures and expectations of today’s market. For decades, the MLS served as the neutral foundation for cooperation among...
by Susan Doran | Nov 27, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
“What a night and what a result!” announced newly elected Yukon Premier Currie Dixon in his victory speech earlier this month. The Yukon’s recent territorial general election on Nov. 3 saw the long-established Liberal party “obliterated” by Dixon’s right-leaning Yukon...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 24, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Luigi Favaro/OREA Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) CEO Luigi Favaro is currently on a leave of absence, nearly three months after stepping into the role. In a letter sent to member board executive officers on Monday, OREA board president Cathy Polan...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 18, 2025 | Announcements, Boards & Associations, News
Royal LePage president and CEO Phil Soper has been elected chair of the board of directors for The Realty Alliance, a network of North America’s largest full-service real estate brokerages. Soper is the only Canadian on the board, according to a press release from the...
by Daniel Foch | Nov 17, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
The October housing data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has arrived at a moment when the country is searching for direction. After more than a year of turbulence marked by rate whiplash, population recalibration, labour softness, and an uneasy global...
by Courtney Zwicker | Nov 17, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues
New revelations have come to light that fill gaps in what may be 2025’s biggest Canadian real estate story, the $10-million iPro Realty Ltd. trust account scandal. Equally studied and scrutinized as the trust fund fraud itself has been the handling of it by the Real...