by REM Editorial Team | Feb 19, 2020 | Boards & Associations
Gregory Klump, CREA’s chief economist, has retired after 28 years at the association. Klump joined CREA in 1992, serving as staff economist. Promoted to chief economist in 2005, he grew CREA’s economic and data team into a much-quoted source of Canadian real estate...
by Jim Adair | Jan 27, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
At a time when government relations skills are increasingly important for organized real estate, Jason Stephen’s background is serving him well. Shortly after earning his degree in history and political science, Stephen left his home in Saint John, N.B. to spend a...
by Jim Adair | Jan 13, 2020 | Featured, News
In a column published by the National Post in December, CREA CEO Michael Bourque wrote that government bears much of the blame for the housing market imbalance of rising prices and lagging supply. “A narrow focus on suppressing household debt has dominated the policy...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 9, 2019 | Boards & Associations
Altus Group is partnering with CREA and several large real estate boards to expand the Home Price Index nationally. Altus Group developed the technology that powers the MLS Home Price Index in 2009. It analyzes all of the sales data from a board or association’s MLS...
by Jim Adair | Jun 26, 2019 | Featured, News
The evolution of real estate marketing online. New brokerage models, from discount to flat fee to cloud-based. Buyer brokerage. Part-time versus full-time agents. FINTRAC. FSBOs. Real estate regulation and education. The future of organized real estate. All of the...
