by Joseph Richer | Jul 19, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) is a modern regulator, and modern regulation is all about preventing problems from occurring in the first place. RECO can’t oversee every single transaction, so one prevention strategy is to educate consumers and real estate...
by Karen Cox | Jul 10, 2019 | Guest Columns
Our mission at the Ontario Real Estate Association is to help all 78,000 members succeed in building stronger communities. We do that by providing products and services that make a difference to the business success of Ontario Realtors. OREA’s more than 200 Standard...
by Joseph Richer | Jun 18, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Everyone agrees that consumers have more information about real estate transactions at their disposal than ever before, and that has led to higher expectations for brokers and salespeople, and for the Real Estate Council of Ontario as the industry’s Ontario regulator....
by Christopher Alexander | Jun 11, 2019 | Guest Columns, Sponsored
The following is sponsored, promotional content. This content is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of REM. It’s a golden age for consumers, with information at their fingertips and convenience being the ultimate hot commodity. The retail,...
by Kevin Dunklee | May 24, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
As we transition in Ontario from OREA as the designated provider for real estate education, there is a lot of uncertainty for students. The Real Estate Council of Ontario has published sparse information about the new course of study and the only thing that seems...
by Anthony Hitt | May 22, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Agents who do not focus on specialization will not survive. In fact, agents who operate as generalists are the most vulnerable to being replaced – whether by technology, or more likely, another agent who has developed a specialty niche in the market for themselves....