by Emma Caplan-Fisher | Jan 4, 2024 | News
Yesterday, the Realtor Cooperation policy became effective. Created by the Realtor Code’s Duty of Cooperation (Article 30), the policy’s amendment will limit how exclusive listings can be marketed. It’s intended to improve professionalism and collaboration in Canadian...
by Daniel Foch | Apr 17, 2023 | Boards & Associations, Columnists, News
For the first time in over a year, the primary measure of Canadian house prices has stopped falling. When measured by the aggregate composite house price index (HPI), the average Canadian house price is $686,371, 13.7 per cent below March of last year but up since...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 3, 2023 | News
Spring has arrived in Canada, and the country’s real estate markets are showing mixed trends as we head into April and what’s historically been the industry’s busiest time of the year. The past year’s aggressive rate hike campaign by the Bank...
by Jordana Springgay | Dec 1, 2022 | News
QUICK HITS Ontario’s auditor general found RECO to be ineffective in regulating the province’s real estate industry and protecting consumers. The report highlights several key findings, including RECO’s failure to track complaints and follow...
by Kunal Sawhney | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnists
Canadians know these are not the best times. In the domestic economy, 200,000 jobs were lost in January this year, taking the unemployment rate to 6.5 per cent. What was notable is that a hike in joblessness was recorded for the first time since April 2021, defying...
