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 Natalka Falcomer | Jul 16, 2019 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Maybe it’s the new flight service by Porter Airlines to Muskoka or maybe it’s the smog that’s prompting Torontonians to move from the hustle and bustle of the city to set up a life in cottage country. Or maybe (and more likely) it’s the cost of a home in the city....
by Bill Johnston | Jul 15, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
Until April 1974, Ontario didn’t have a land transfer tax. Then our (Conservative) government of the day gently introduced LTT to property buyers. April 10, 1974: 0.3 per cent up to $35,000 and 0.6 per cent on the balance Average house price was $52,806 Average LTT...
by George Wauchope | Jul 12, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
The Cayman Islands are currently undergoing a real estate boom. The financial services and tourism industries are the backbone of the Cayman Islands economy, and growth of these two industries has meant a steady increase in the number of transfers of freehold...
by Ari Lahdekorpi | Jul 11, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
It is a genetically proven fact that chimpanzee and homo sapiens DNA differs very little. But despite this similarity, chimps do not act in the same communal way that people do. I recently attended a concert at a large hockey arena. If it had been chimpanzees...
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...
