by Courtney Zwicker | Apr 27, 2026 | Legal Issues, News
A Winnipeg-area real estate agent and the office where he works are seeking to have a disgruntled homebuyer’s lawsuit dismissed, denying allegations that they grossly mispresented the square footage of a home they listed last spring. Chantal Desjardins purchased a...
by Courtney Zwicker | Mar 25, 2026 | Legal Issues, News
A Manitoba homeowner is taking the listing agent who sold her a property and his brokerage to court, alleging the home was substantially misrepresented in size, advertised at nearly three times its actual square footage. In a statement of claim filed in the Court of...
by Courtney Zwicker | Jun 2, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s lawsuit against the leaders of an online opposition to the Ontario Realtor Wellness Program was heard in court last week, with both sides of the controversial decision going before a judge.~ On Thursday, the case against...
by Emma Caplan-Fisher | May 2, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) has launched a case against two Ontario realtors, and two additional (unknown) defendants. Court documents provided to REM state that the defendants — Sandra Maher and Penny Dutkowski, who are not TRREB members, along...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 26, 2024 | Legal Issues, News
The real estate industry is in for another lawsuit very soon. This new case pulls on similar legal claims made in the Sunderland case, which alleges price-fixing conspiracy among industry players. You can learn more about it here and here. Find out more next week, as...
