by Gerald Tostowaryk | Jan 29, 2025 | Columnists
I set out to write an article on the contradictions and complexities of dual agency (sometimes referred to as double ending a deal) in real estate but in reviewing the different court cases and literature, I soon had so many thoughts on paper that I decided to make it...
by Barry Lebow | Dec 14, 2022 | Columnists
I start this article with a simple analogy. Most of us possess a driver’s licence to drive an automobile or small truck. Just having that license is not adequate for us to drive a big rig – an 18-wheeler or heavy equipment. One has to train to do so, to be...
by Sohini Bhattacharya | Sep 8, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
In 2018, British Columbia passed legislation to restrict dual agency – a practice that allows a single agent to represent both the buyer and seller in a real estate transaction, or two agents from one brokerage to represent the buyer and seller. In Ontario, it’s still...
by Danny Kucharsky | Feb 14, 2018 | Featured, News
British Columbia has backtracked on part of its proposed dual agency ban that would have forced Realtors in the province to recuse themselves from representing both home buyers and sellers in certain cases. New rules that would originally have come into effect on...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 25, 2018 | Letters to the Editor
In response to “CREA president Andrew Peck on the state of the real estate industry”: I might suggest you re-interview Andrew Peck. Andrew Peck says, “There are a few (Realtors) who will chirp and say this is terrible and I don’t think they...
