by Jordana Springgay | Jan 20, 2025 | Legal Issues
Alan Hu/pacificevergreenrealty.com The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered Alan Hu, a Surrey-based Realtor, to surrender his profits from the sale of a $3.35-million property after breaching his fiduciary duty to a client. According to a court decision...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 12, 2024 | News
Real estate services dominated consumer complaints in British Columbia last fiscal year, according to the inaugural Consumer Complaints and Investigations Report 2023-2024 from the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA). Real estate services complaints by the...
by Seth Scott | Dec 9, 2024 | Guest Columns
After last year’s particularly dismal ski season, the promise of a snowy, La Nina-kissed winter has skiers across the province excited to hit the slopes. While the weather forecast might be promising, for some of the major ski resorts in B.C.’s interior, the financial...
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 Jordana Springgay | Nov 18, 2024 | Legal Issues
Sunshine Coast, B.C. (Canva) QUICK HITS Two B.C. Realtors were fined over $200,000 for failing to disclose key restrictions in a 2017 waterfront property sale on the Sunshine Coast. Acting as dual agents, they marketed the cabin as “legal...
