by Mario Toneguzzi | Jun 9, 2021 | Featured, News
A new survey conducted by Leger for Re/Max says that while 41 per cent of Canadians say they aren’t knowledgeable when it comes to buying or selling real estate, half of those surveyed expressed interest in buying or selling a home using a DIY buying and selling...
by Jeff Mowatt | Jun 8, 2021 | Advice for Agents
Ever borrow something and then realize weeks or months later that you forgot to return it? Since they haven’t mentioned it, you might assume they’ve probably forgotten about it. So, you decide to hang on to it. If they do bring it up, you can feign innocence, claim...
by David Greenspan | Jun 3, 2021 | Columnists
I had a horrible experience this week, when I was sitting in the driveway of a home with my buyers but couldn’t get the listing agent to let us go in. Everyone’s a professional in their own mind…until they’re not. Could be laziness, lack of desire, simply not...
by Joseph Richer | Jan 7, 2020 | Guest Columns
When buying or selling a home, we know that working with a regulated real estate professional is in the consumer’s best interest. That message has always been central to the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) consumer outreach efforts. From the consumer’s...
by Joseph Richer | Sep 20, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Whenever I speak to real estate boards and brokers of record, I like to remind them that consumer protection is a shared responsibility between the provincial real estate regulator and the profession. In Canada’s largest province, the Real Estate Council of Ontario...
