by Courtney Zwicker | Apr 27, 2026 | Legal Issues, News
A Winnipeg-area real estate agent and the office where he works are seeking to have a disgruntled homebuyer’s lawsuit dismissed, denying allegations that they grossly mispresented the square footage of a home they listed last spring. Chantal Desjardins purchased a...
by Courtney Zwicker | Apr 24, 2026 | Boards & Associations, News
Alberta’s real estate regulator fields roughly 1,350 complaints a year against licensed professionals, and has no standard for how long any of them should take to resolve. An independent review by Deloitte has found that the Real Estate Council of Albera (RECA)...
by Kate Teves | Apr 23, 2026 | News
Every month, Kate Teves, HR consultant, recruiter and founder of The HR Pro, answers Realtors’ questions about anything and everything related to human resources. Have a question for Kate? Send her an email. Q: How should real estate business leaders respond to the...
by Courtney Zwicker | Apr 23, 2026 | Legal Issues, News
A Cape Breton, N.S. woman who purchased a home only to discover the sellers had carved off a portion of the lot before closing has been awarded her missing acre of land. On Nov. 1, 2024, Renee Baron agreed to pay Louis and Michelle Ferguson $330,000 for a house in...
by Courtney Zwicker | Apr 22, 2026 | News
The B.C. Financial Services Authority has sanctioned a Vancouver real estate agent and ordered him to complete mandatory education after he sent a hateful message to a Jewish Toronto restaurant. BCFSA says Nima Alizadeh-Gharib, a licensed agent since 2011 who worked...
by Courtney Zwicker | Apr 21, 2026 | News
In Saskatchewan, a housing market long defined by space and affordability continues to tighten, with buyers steadily outpacing new listings and no real signs of a slowdown. In Saskatoon and Regina, there are well under two months of supply available, meaning that if...
