by Joseph Richer | Nov 14, 2019 | Guest Columns
As the year comes to an end, I can’t help but to reflect on 2019 and what an exciting year it has been for Canada’s real estate professionals and their provincial regulators. The world is rapidly changing and we must do our best to keep up with new standards by...
by Joseph Richer | Jul 19, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) is a modern regulator, and modern regulation is all about preventing problems from occurring in the first place. RECO can’t oversee every single transaction, so one prevention strategy is to educate consumers and real estate...
by Joseph Richer | Jun 18, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Everyone agrees that consumers have more information about real estate transactions at their disposal than ever before, and that has led to higher expectations for brokers and salespeople, and for the Real Estate Council of Ontario as the industry’s Ontario regulator....
by Joseph Richer | Mar 29, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
It’s shaping up to be a busy spring at the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO). The upcoming launch of the Real Estate Salesperson Program, a review of our Mandatory Continuing Education program, and preparations for our May 16 AGM are all top-of-mind issues at...
by Joseph Richer | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Last fall, my colleagues from the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) and I crisscrossed the province to meet with industry leaders in a series of town hall events we held in Cambridge, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Orillia, Windsor, Ajax and Vaughan. We arranged this round...
