by REM Editorial Team | Aug 29, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
Ontario’s five largest Realtor associations have banded together in support of the Ford government’s decision to intervene in the review of the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) following the iPro Realty Ltd. investigation. “Our associations welcome a...
by Brett Surbey | Aug 29, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues, News
On Aug. 7, a five-year-long legal battle between the Cowichan Tribes and the Attorney General, the City of Richmond, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and other First Nations groups ended in a monumental decision handed down from the B.C. Supreme Court. For the first...
by Courtney Zwicker | Aug 26, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues, News
As pressure from the public and real estate community mounts on Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) to take action in the iPro Realty. Ltd. fiasco, the industry watchdog has frozen the defunct brokerage’s account and undertaken an independent audit. RECO’s board...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 19, 2025 | Legal Issues, News
As Mississauga-based iPro Realty. Ltd. shuttered its 17 branches on Tuesday after being found to have mishandled millions of dollars, Real Estate Council of Ontario issued an update to address some of the many questions stemming from the shocking events affecting...
by Courtney Zwicker | Aug 14, 2025 | Legal Issues, News
A recent B.C. Supreme Court decision stacks Indigenous land claims against private property rights, and Vancouver lawyer Thomas Isaac lawyer says the ruling could have real implications for private property owners in that province. A decision was delivered on Aug. 7...
by Courtney Zwicker | Aug 13, 2025 | Legal Issues, News
A decision has been delivered following the longest trial in Canadian history, awarding title of a piece of land in Richmond, B.C. to the Cowichan Nation, but the saga over Aboriginal land claims may not be over yet. On Aug. 7, the B.C. Supreme Court released a...
