by Joane Leroux | Apr 9, 2018 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
I would like to respond to Jorge Branca’s letter to the editor, FINTRAC: The nemesis of our forest? by highlighting how Canadian businesses, FINTRAC and police and national security agencies all have a role to play in creating a hostile environment for those who seek...
by Jorge Branca | Feb 23, 2018 | Letters to the Editor
I’m writing this letter hoping that some people from FINTRAC can help me (and maybe other Realtors) understand why we are still filling forms and collecting private information from our clients. It would be fantastic if they could give us their answers to the...
by Danny Kucharsky | Mar 27, 2017 | Featured, News
Sutton Group Realty Services has its eyes on the Ontario market, where the brand is currently under-represented, says its president and CEO Drew Keddy. Ontario, where the company has a market share of five or six per cent, is a priority, he says. By comparison, in...
by MarkWeisleder | Feb 6, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
We have already witnessed the federal government targeting the real estate industry when it comes to money laundering and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) compliance. Large fines have been levied against brokerage firms that have...
by Tony Palermo | Jan 31, 2017 | Featured, News
In spring 2016, a spokesperson for the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC), Canada’s financial intelligence unit, told REM that significant deficiencies in how some real estate salespeople and brokerages in the Vancouver area were handling...
