by Matthew Thornton | Jun 12, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
The dream of a truly mobile Canadian workforce, where a registered professional in one province can easily work in another, is long overdue. In an era of global economic instability exemplified by the ongoing U.S. trade war and rising protectionist policies, labour...
by Brad Mitchell | Jun 6, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
Brad Mitchell is the CEO of the Alberta Real Estate Association, a not-for-profit professional association representing the interests of more than 15,000 Alberta Realtors from 10 local real estate boards/associations. Albertans deserve the confidence that their...
by Suze Cumming | Jun 6, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Suze Cumming, founder of The Nature of Real Estate and Canada’s Real Estate Negotiation guru, answers Realtors’ questions on the first Friday of the month about negotiation tactics and working through tricky situations. Have a question for Suze? Send her an...
by Trevor Hargreaves | Jun 4, 2025 | Columnists, Guest Columns
Each month, a BCREA leader shares their insights in an exclusive column for Real Estate Magazine. Interested in contributing? Send us an email. Few current Canadian politicians have the credentials of newly-appointed Minister of Housing and Infrastructure...
by Keaton Bessey | May 27, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
“Don’t worry, your Realtor knows what they’re doing.” That reassurance didn’t age well. Our clients had rented their home for a few years before planning to sell. Aside from a couple of parking bylaw infractions and routine inspections, the tenancy had been uneventful...
by Brandon Reay | May 14, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
Realtors aren’t tuning out. They’re walking away. And not because they don’t care, but because their boards stopped being relevant. What we’re witnessing isn’t an engagement problem. It’s a structural failure decades in the making. In a recent column, BCREA CEO,...
