by REM Editorial Team | May 7, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
Last month, MLS listings in Metro Vancouver were up 42 per cent year-over-year to over 12,000, Greater Vancouver Realtors (GVR) reports. The region hasn’t seen levels like this since the summer of 2020. Sales in April reached 2,831, which was 3.3 per cent higher than...
by REM Editorial Team | May 6, 2024 | News
Despite high interest rates, Canadians are taking advantage of buyer’s markets across Canada that are showing up for the first time since the pandemic, a Zolo survey of 800 homeowners who bought in 2023 found. Much of the trends were a result of higher interest...
by REM Editorial Team | May 6, 2024 | Announcements
Last Tuesday, the Amalgamation Task Force (ATF) for the Cornerstone Association of Realtors (Cornerstone) announced the election of Julie Sergi as inaugural chair of its 2024/2025 board of directors. Sergi will begin her role on July 1, 2024. With 9,000 members,...
by REM Editorial Team | May 3, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
Calgary residential sales last month rose by seven per cent (to 2,881 units) compared to last year, the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) reports. Although growth pace has slowed from earlier this year, sales are still 37 per cent higher than long-term trends for...
by Emma Caplan-Fisher | May 2, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) has launched a case against two Ontario realtors, and two additional (unknown) defendants. Court documents provided to REM state that the defendants — Sandra Maher and Penny Dutkowski, who are not TRREB members, along...
by REM Editorial Team | May 1, 2024 | News
Last week, the Competition Bureau announced it has entered into a consent agreement with the Yukon Real Estate Association (YREA) to address concerns with its membership practices in the sector. A similar consent agreement was also recently reached with the Northwest...
