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 Mario Toneguzzi | Feb 12, 2026 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
A Calgary agent has launched a petition calling on Alberta’s major real estate organizations to halt ongoing legal battles and return to the negotiating table, arguing the disputes are costly, damaging and ultimately borne by members themselves. Robyn Moser, a sales...
by Courtney Zwicker | Jul 7, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
The fallout of the multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme by former Calgary Realtor Eric Drinkwater continues to unfold, with new developments relating to the fraudster’s one-time bosses and the brokerage he worked for. Drinkwater’s scheme centred around falsified bridge...
by Stacy Paquin | Jun 10, 2025 | Columnists
The following was submitted in response to a recent opinion piece written by Alberta Real Estate Association CEO Brad Mitchell. Contrary to the Alberta Real Estate Association’s disappointing and ill-informed assertions published in the Real Estate Magazine,...
by Brad Mitchell | Jun 6, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
Brad Mitchell is the CEO of the Alberta Real Estate Association, a not-for-profit professional association representing the interests of more than 15,000 Alberta Realtors from 10 local real estate boards/associations. Albertans deserve the confidence that their...
