by Joseph Richer | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
In November 2019, the Ontario government introduced the Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2019, a bill proposing changes to the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (REBBA), Ontario’s real estate consumer protection legislation, administered by the Real Estate...
by Natalka Falcomer | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
I often hear “it’s not like the old days” when a person’s word was as good as an ironclad written contract. Unfortunately, Health Quest Inc. v. Arizona Heat Inc. reminds us that the “good old days” are far behind us. The case provides several important lessons about...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 19, 2020 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
Real estate brokers, Realtors, sales reps and other industry stakeholders are understandably concerned about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Below is a compiled list of statements and resources from across the Canadian real estate industry regarding the ongoing...
by David Greenspan | Mar 18, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured
This is a crazy time we’re living in right now. No one really knows how to deal with it all, yet somehow we’re all doctors in our minds because of Google and social media. I believe we need to continue to communicate in order to help each other get through this. Your...
by Sue Styles | Mar 17, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Brett Wilson is one of Canada’s favourite dragons from the CBC show Dragon’s Den. He wrote a book called Redefining Success after he lost his family in the pursuit of business and riches. I have it here on my shelf. One excerpt says, “Along the path to business...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 16, 2020 | Featured, Technology
Canadian real estate companies have been slow to embrace property technology, or proptech, putting them at risk of losing market share or falling behind their global peers, says a new KPMG in Canada report. It says only 36 per cent of companies surveyed have a digital...
