by Trevor Koot | Dec 4, 2024 | Boards & Associations, Columnists
BCREA contributes a monthly column to REM, published on the first Wednesday of each month. Interested in contributing to REM? We’d love to hear from you! Email us at editor@realestatemagzine.ca. There are around 26,500 Realtors in British Columbia, give or take. As...
by Jamie Burke | Dec 2, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
The never-ending battle between supply and demand is a story well-known to those in real estate. And when it comes to the condo markets in Canada’s two largest cities, scales are heavily favouring buyers. According to a CIBC report, Ontario and B.C. are the biggest...
by Trevor Hargreaves | Oct 10, 2024 | Columnists
A challenge in the world of government relations is that it’s inherently a long game. Here in British Columbia, the provincial government has been hearing the desperate voice of the electorate to restore affordability as quickly as possible. This has manifested into a...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 2, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is calling for significant amendments to British Columbia’s short-term rental laws to mitigate the disruption they’ve caused for specific business and tourism sectors across the province, the association...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 29, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
The BC Real Estate Association (BCREA) and the Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association — British Columbia (CMBA-BC) are asking the B.C. Government to amend and refine recent changes to the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA). Changes laid out in Bill 14, which amends the RTA...
