by REM Editorial Team | May 16, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
Last week, the City of Ottawa’s Planning and Housing Committee proposed to raise the fees it charges developers building new homes by 11 per cent. These development charges are collected by municipalities to cover infrastructure costs and provide new housing services...
by REM Editorial Team | May 14, 2024 | Announcements
Real North Strategies, a public affairs and communications firm specializing in supporting real estate boards and associations, recently announced Asha Holland as its new vice president of policy & research. Holland was previously senior manager of policy &...
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 | Apr 23, 2024 | Announcements
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada recently announced that Ken Mazurek, regional managing broker, Southwestern Ontario, has been awarded the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA)’s Young Professionals Network (YPN) Leadership Award. The award is given annually to...
by Emma Caplan-Fisher | Apr 18, 2024 | News
On April 12, the federal government announced its new housing plan. The plan will be supported by investments from Budget 2024, announced Tuesday. “Canada can and will solve the housing crisis, and we’re going to do it by getting every home builder,...
