Helga Wendt is the new franchise and broker services co-ordinator for the Franchise Division, Macdonald Realty Group. During the past 24 months, the Vancouver-based firm has expanded to include 16 franchise offices as well as several new corporately owned offices, bringing the company to 26 offices throughout British Columbia and Alberta.
 
Prior to her affiliation [...]

The Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) has launched a new online open house service. The site, www.openhouses.ca, is designed to complement the local print media by including a variety of value-added features appealing to both association members and consumers.
 
“OpenHouses.ca is a great service for our members and they have really embraced it at the [...]

A new survey by Century 21 Canada says that executives working in the downtown business districts of Canada’s hottest real estate markets, such as Vancouver and Calgary, experience house prices and daily commute times that rank with those in the world’s major financial centres of London, England, New York, Paris and Seoul.
 
The survey of typical [...]

Total operating revenues reported by real estate agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate industries increased by 10 per cent in 2005 to $9.8 billion, reports Statistics Canada. The agency says the real estate industry grew by 37 per cent during the three years up to 2005, the most recent term for which statistics are available, reflecting an increase in volume [...]

Royal LePage Real Estate Services says Canada’s housing market “got off to a surprisingly strong start in 2007” with average house prices rising in all major markets surveyed in the company’s first quarter report. The combination of resilient consumer confidence, moderately low interest rates and improved affordability across most of the country led to greater [...]

April Fools’ Day.  How did that turn out for you? Do you remember that kid’s game for the first of the month?  It involved being the first to recite a mantra of “Pinch and a punch, first of the month, no backsies!” as you pinch and punch your best friend before noon on the first [...]

Prudential Real Estate Affiliates has appointed four regional presidents as part of a new operating structure. The four new presidents are Bernie Vogt (Canadian), Ray Gronowski (Northern), Lisa Mackey (Southern), and Keith Smith (Central).
 
“I am pleased to welcome Ray, Lisa, Keith and Bernie in their new roles and I am certain that their expertise will [...]

The Canadian Real Estate Association has approved a series of  “interpretations” of its MLS Rules & Regulations, after the federal Competition Bureau formally launched an investigation to determine if the interpretations raise concerns about competition issues.
 

In a court filing, Jean-Pierre Bornais, a senior competition law officer, said, “Information obtained from industry participants indicates that rules enacted by [...]

When Steve Morris launched Exit in Canada in the fall of 1996, he introduced a new real estate concept – single-level residuals.  Exit sales reps could earn 10 per cent of the broker’s portion of the commissions earned by a salesperson they had introduced (“sponsored”) into the Exit system, for as long as those sponsored [...]

On the eve of the Canadian Real Estate Association's Annual General Meeting, the federal Competition Bureau has served CREA with a court order that seeks documents and answers as a part of a formal investigation.
“We have opened an inquiry into CREA,” Pamela Wong, a spokesperson for the Competition Bureau, told Inman News. “We are gathering our [...]