by REM Editorial Team | Oct 5, 2020 | News
After years of lobbying for the right to incorporate, Realtors in Ontario will now be permitted to operate their business through a personal real estate corporation (PREC). “Today is a historic day for Ontario’s 80,000 Realtors. We are thrilled that our members can...
by Sean Morrison | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured, Guest Columns
The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) exists to help our members succeed in building stronger communities. We are always looking to improve our product offering to members and we have an incredible opportunity before us at OREA to invest in new member services....
by Susan Doran | Jul 15, 2020 | Featured, News
“You are about to write one of the most important news articles in the history of real estate in Ontario,” Toronto-based financier James Zaza tells me when I call to interview him for this article. He’s referring to the news about personal real estate corporations...
by Joseph Richer | Mar 23, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
In November 2019, the Ontario government introduced the Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2019, a bill proposing changes to the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (REBBA), Ontario’s real estate consumer protection legislation, administered by the Real Estate...
by Tim Hudak | Dec 16, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
This year, half a million Ontarians will buy and sell a home in our province. The overwhelming majority of them will put their trust in the hands of a Realtor. With so much on the line, Ontario home buyers and sellers have a right to expect that the Realtor by their...
