by REM Editorial Team | Aug 29, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
Ontario’s five largest Realtor associations have banded together in support of the Ford government’s decision to intervene in the review of the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) following the iPro Realty Ltd. investigation. “Our associations welcome a...
by Brett Surbey | Aug 29, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues, News
On Aug. 7, a five-year-long legal battle between the Cowichan Tribes and the Attorney General, the City of Richmond, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and other First Nations groups ended in a monumental decision handed down from the B.C. Supreme Court. For the first...
by Daniel Kreines | Aug 27, 2025 | Guest Columns
For over 65,000 people across British Columbia, manufactured home parks (commonly called mobile home parks or trailer parks) represent one of the last paths to affordable homeownership. In smaller and more rural communities, these home parks can account for as much...
by Courtney Zwicker | Aug 26, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues, News
As pressure from the public and real estate community mounts on Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) to take action in the iPro Realty. Ltd. fiasco, the industry watchdog has frozen the defunct brokerage’s account and undertaken an independent audit. RECO’s board...
by Courtney Zwicker | Aug 22, 2025 | News
The fallout of the iPro Realty Ltd. continues as the Real Estate Council of Ontario confirms registrar Joseph Richer is out of the organization. In a statement to Real Estate Magazine, RECO CEO Brenda Buchanan said: “With the support of RECO’s board of...
