by Bob Van de Vrande | Feb 28, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
What will it take? Having been an advocate of comprehensive data sharing for more than 20 years, this is a question I have often asked myself. For many years I, perhaps naively, thought that when the directors of real estate boards and associations realized that for...
by Susan Doran | Dec 13, 2021 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Not long ago, Information Technology Systems Ontario (ITSO) marked the one-year anniversary of its move to oversee the professional standards complaints and arbitration of some of its member boards and associations, rather than simply functioning as an MLS provider....
by Gareth R. Jones | Sep 16, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
Imagine each province having one MLS operator Imagine being able to practice real estate effectively for the province that we are licensed in “Imagine all the people living for today” Imagine the hundreds of millions of dollars currently retained by boards and...
by Jim Adair | Jul 23, 2021 | Featured, News
It’s not the most popular position to take, but Kevin Crigger, president of the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, is unapologetic. TRREB wants the boards surrounding it and beyond to become partner boards as the country’s largest real estate board prepares to launch...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 21, 2021 | Letters to the Editor
Why do out-of-town Realtors list some properties only on their board and not the local board where the property physically exists? Last week I was out showing houses in beautiful Brantford, Ont. As I was trying to get the lockbox to sync with my phone (a...
