Formal meetings are not the only way to interact with politicians and other government officials, as demonstrated by the Toronto Real Estate Board’s Civic Connections: Working Together reception.  The reception, an annual event intended to help build relationships with government officials, was attended by more than 40 politicians and senior government officials from across the [...]

Shelby Furber, 15, the daughter of Keller-Williams Canada’s regional director, John Furber, was crowned Ford Supermodel of Canada on a television special in June. She will now compete in the Ford Supermodel of the World competition in January, with a chance to win a $250,000 (US) contract with Ford Models. Shelby had no modeling experience [...]

Nancy Thorne, broker/owner of Century River-Valley Realty in Saint John, N.B., was recently recognized with The Harvey Webber Commemorative Award by the Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce (APCC).   Thorne accepted the award during a special presentation at the annual Big Splash on the Waterfront event hosted by the Saint John Board of Trade.  “The [...]

A business development trip to China will be the first step in helping to promote international relations after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Real Estate Institute of Canada (REIC) and the Brawman International Group.   REIC Executive Director Maura McLaren and Joyce S.S. Zhou of the Brawman International Group signed the [...]

The York Region Real Estate Board, which served a large geographic area just north of Toronto for 51 years, has been dissolved.   The board had 265 members, who are also members of the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), from which they receive their MLS services. TREB has agreed to honour the commitment of the [...]

Commercial real estate firm Avison Young has appointed Mark E. Rose to the newly created position of chief executive officer. Rose most recently served as CEO of Grubb & Ellis Company  and previously, as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the Americas with Jones Lang LaSalle. The appointment follows a comprehensive review by [...]

As a licensed Realtor, I must protest. The requirements I now have to work under are bad enough. Now FINTRAC is adding another responsibility that I should not have to comply with.
   Yes, money laundering and terrorism is a concern for everyone, but do you really think that a terrorist or a drug dealer can’t [...]

PMI Mortgage Insurance Company Canada (PMI Canada) says it would like to see the government examine how competition could be increased in the Canadian mortgage insurance market and consider how Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s mortgage insurance business could be restructured “to best ensure an active and competitive mortgage insurance market”.   The company says [...]

W. Hugh Shortill, president of CREA in 1954 and the Toronto Real Estate Board in 1959, died peacefully at home on July 3. At the age of 102, Hugh had been the oldest living CREA past-president.   Hugh Shortill was born in Ganonoque, Ont. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University in [...]

Although we are hearing some gloom about the economy in America, there is much economic development around the world. There are some remarkable things happening across the oceans. India is rolling out a new cricket league with a lot of hype similar to the glitz of NFL football.   They even imported cheerleaders from the [...]