by Mario Toneguzzi | Jun 28, 2021 | Featured, News
More than 14,000 real estate professionals have completed mandatory training provided by the Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ) on their ethical obligations regarding the overheated housing market in the province. The regulatory...
by Callum James | Mar 9, 2017 | Featured, Guest Columns
The delay by the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) in announcing the winner of its initial licence training Request for Proposal should ring alarm bells. RECO may be about to attempt its biggest cash grab since it required that all registrants buy their E&O...
by Tony Palermo | Jan 30, 2017 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) has lost a bid to continue providing Ontario real estate licensing education after 2020, sources tell REM. The news comes, according to industry insiders, after the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) selected another...
by Heino Molls | Sep 23, 2016 | Publisher's Page
When I was boy back in the 1950s, licensed tradespeople had badges. If you wanted to know if the plumber or electrician who came to your house was licensed and therefore could be trusted and was competent, you could just glance at his badge. Most tradesmen carried...
by Heino Molls | Jul 24, 2015 | Publisher's Page
If you want to operate a taxi in a big city, you have to have a license issued by the government. I am therefore confused that there are people without taxi licenses who give people rides for money, just like a taxi, and they can do so legally. I am told they can do...
