by Jim Adair | Jun 26, 2019 | Featured, News
The evolution of real estate marketing online. New brokerage models, from discount to flat fee to cloud-based. Buyer brokerage. Part-time versus full-time agents. FINTRAC. FSBOs. Real estate regulation and education. The future of organized real estate. All of the...
by Jim Adair | Jun 3, 2019 | Boards & Associations, Featured
When Toronto Real Estate Board CEO John DiMichele was working as a manager for Royal LePage in the late 1990s, the board had about 17,000 members. “Now, our numbers are staggering,” says DiMichele. “There are over 54,000 members, and if you bring in our partner...
by REM Editorial Team | May 23, 2019 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
Some of you may have read my letter to the editor, regarding the stress (me out) test and CREA’s advocacy efforts to change it. It received some commentary from across the country, including some directly to my email. The opinions of the commenters ran roughly like...
by Matthew Boswell | Nov 12, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
Legal counsel for the Toronto Real Estate Board recently wrote that the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to not hear TREB’s appeal “leaves open many legal questions”, particularly regarding consumer privacy. I would like to set the record straight. The truth is that...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 9, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
The outcome of the Competition Bureau’s case against the Toronto Real Estate Board has attracted significant media attention. The case, given its complexity, has been largely misunderstood. It’s important to note that TREB, though criticized for doing so, was...
