by REM Editorial Team | Jan 15, 2019 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Bill Harrington, general counsel at CREA, recently announced that he will retire in April. “April will be the 26th anniversary of my employment with CREA. It will also represent the 40th anniversary of when I started practising law,” wrote Harrington. “After having...
by Jim Adair | Dec 17, 2018 | Boards & Associations, Featured, Profiles
Michael Bourque, CEO of the Canadian Real Estate Association, doesn’t like the term “organized real estate”. He says the staff at CREA’s Ottawa offices no longer use it, because they know he doesn’t like it. “You’ve got organized labour and organized crime and I don’t...
by Chris Seepe | Nov 16, 2018 | Columnists, Featured
Several Canadian real estate industry pundits recently said that we won’t recognize the Realtor five years from now. None of them said why. Here’s why. High-tech companies are pouring billions into next-generation technologies for real estate. Do an Internet search on...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 7, 2018 | Boards & Associations
CREA recently hosted 77 developers and programmers for a Realtor.ca “hackathon” to seek ideas that will improve the website. “Amazing things can happen when talented and passionate people come together with a common goal,” says Barb Sukkau, president of CREA. “CREA...
by Barb Sukkau | Oct 22, 2018 | Guest Columns
You take pride in the things you own. Look no further than your house; you want people to be impressed the minute they walk in the front door. After all, you worked hard to get it and you work even harder at maintaining it. Well, CREA has given you a reason to be...
