by Bita Di Lisi | Sep 25, 2026 | Guest Columns, Legal Issues
A seller wants to move back into their rental unit. A buyer wants the tenant out by closing. The two situations sound alike, but under Ontario’s newly amended tenancy rules, they are not treated the same way. For Realtors, knowing the difference can decide...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 11, 2025 | Boards & Associations, News
Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) is sounding the alarm about Ontario’s rental market, which it says is leaving families, students, and seniors struggling to find safe, affordable housing. A new report from OREA warns that without urgent reforms, the provincial...
by Chris Seepe | Mar 15, 2022 | News
I finally received a reply from the AGI Unit of the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) in Ontario on February 02, 2022, after receiving no reply to seven emails between November 2021 and February 2022, regarding an Above Guideline Increase (AGI) that I filed on December...
by Chris Seepe | Feb 22, 2022 | News
Persistent rain-producing low-level nimbus (Latin: “rain”) clouds are thick and dark enough to block out the sun, and often bring torrential rains or snow. NIMBYs (not in my back yard) are ad hoc groups of residents who band together to oppose real estate developments...
by Chris Seepe | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured
While the Ontario Real Estate Association’s proposal to end exclusionary zoning and create as-of-right zoning for alternative housing is a good first step in ending community and political NIMBYism towards affordable housing alternatives, these suggestions address...
