by REM Editorial Team | Aug 23, 2018 | Featured, News
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the Toronto Real Estate Board’s appeal of the decision to uphold the Competition Tribunal’s ruling that the board, by not including sold and other data in its virtual office website (VOW) feed, had engaged in anti-competitive...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 1, 2017 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
After almost a year of deliberations, the Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed the Toronto Real Estate Board’s appeal in its long-running legal battle with the Competition Bureau. In a June 2016 ruling, the Competition Tribunal found that TREB, by not including sold...
by Neil Sharma | Mar 1, 2017 | Featured, News
The issue of permitting virtual office websites (VOWs) to publicly display sold data – a property’s purchase history – is still before the courts, a years-long litigation between the Toronto Real Estate Board, CREA and the federal competition bureau. But with finality...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 21, 2016 | Featured, News, Profiles
This has been perhaps the most tumultuous year ever for organized real estate in Canada. Record setting sales and prices in Vancouver led to dozens of negative headlines about the shady practices of real estate salespeople, ultimately resulting in the industry’s loss...
by Neil Sharma | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured, News
The second and last day of the Competition Tribunal appeal hearing between The Commissioner of Competition and The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) wrapped up expeditiously Tuesday morning, as defence lawyer William Sasso made his closing remarks in a final attempt to...
