by REM Editorial Team | Sep 11, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is sounding the alarm about Ontario’s rental market, which it says is leaving families, students, and seniors struggling to find safe, affordable housing. A new report from OREA warns that without urgent reforms, the provincial...
by Daniel Foch | Sep 5, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Columnists
For much of this year, the Greater Toronto Area’s housing market appeared to be holding onto a fragile recovery. That narrative cracked in August. Sales clocked in at 5,211, slightly higher than last year, but on a seasonally adjusted basis, it was the first monthly...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 5, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Buyers are taking advantage of softening house prices in Vancouver, with August sales up nearly three per cent year-over-year. According to Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR), residential sales in the region totalled 1,959 last month. While that’s 55 sales more than...
by Mario Toneguzzi | Sep 4, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
The real estate industry in Canada is facing a profound reputational challenge in the wake of two high-profile scandals involving iPro Realty Ltd. in Ontario and Re/Max Real Estate (Central) in Calgary. These incidents have not only shaken consumer confidence but...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 3, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Realtors across the province have sent a clear message calling for more oversight of the Real Estate Council of Ontario. On Wednesday, Ontario’s nine largest Realtor boards and associations, representing more than 95,000 of the 100,000 Realtors in Ontario, sent a...
by Mario Toneguzzi | Sep 3, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Cathy Polan, president of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), said the organization applauds the provincial government’s decision to review the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) in the wake of the iPro Realty Ltd. scandal. In a statement provided to Real...
