RAHB Waives Two Months MLS® Service Fees for Members

As a result of a review of projected income and expenses for year-end 2020, the RAHB Board of Directors has waived the November and December Monthly MLS® Service Fee for members.

This credit will be reflected on your December invoice which will be sent in January.

The RAHB Board of Directors made the decision at their meeting on December 10th as part of an annual review, as required by policy, of the forecasted year-end surplus or deficit.

Electronic Lockboxes are Here!

The Realty Shoppe is offering a new option for your lockbox needs! Available now is the MasterLock® Vault Enterprise Electronic Lock Box.

With this device, you can open and manage your lockboxes by a variety of means – including your Smartphone app.  Use this electronic lockbox for property access as a stand-alone unit with access or integrate with either BrokerBay or ShowingTime® scheduling platforms.

Please note that only the Vault Enterprise model 5440ENT (not the Vault e-lock model) has the required software to integrate with the scheduling platforms.

 

Learn more!

Click Here For MasterLocks Inventory of Instructional Videos

Click Here for Instruction Guide 

 

*All applicable taxes are extra. Pre-arranged orders for curbside pick-up only.
E-mail realtyshoppe@rahb.ca or call 905.529.5979
NEW! Online @ store.rahb.ca

RAHB Dues Deadline December 31, 2019

The first quarter for 2020 RAHB dues have been billed and e-mailed to you as part of your November monthly invoice.  Please note that dues are payable no later than December 31, 2019.

Full Member

$125.00 – RAHB dues (January – March 2020)
$28.75 – OREA dues (January – March 2020)
$77.50 – CREA dues (January – March 2020)
$30.06 – HST

$261.31 – Total

Acceptable methods of Payment are:

In Person: Visa, MasterCard, Interac, cash or cheque
By Phone: Visa or MasterCard
Online through Matrix: Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Visa Debit   http://my.rahb.ca
Online: CIBC/PC Financial, Royal Bank, Scotia Bank, TD Canada Trust – for assistance to set-up, please contact Karin at 905.529.8101 x 258 or karinc@rahb.ca

A reminder about notifying RAHB of terminations in your office

Brokerages are responsible for notifying RAHB when members in their office resign or otherwise leave.  Notice must be received by RAHB within seven business days of the member leaving.  If notice is delayed beyond the seven business days, the Brokerage will be assessed a penalty of $50 per incident. (RAHB Bylaw, Article 4, Section 1.02.

Updated/Amended RAHB Rules and Regulations

On May 9, 2019 the Board of Directors approved the following amendment to the RAHB Rules and Regulations Section 3 – 3.01 and 3.02 as follows:

3.01         An MLS® Listing may be suspended from the Association’s MLS® System before its expiration date provided that a copy of the OREA Association’s standard form entitled “Suspension of Listing Agreement” has been submitted to the Association or processed through Broker Load through the Association’s MLS® System within two (2) Association business days immediately following the date the Suspension of Listing Agreement is signed by the Seller who signed the original Listing Agreement or by his/her/their lawfully authorized representative and by the Broker of Record or Manager of the Listing Brokerage. Such Suspension of Listing Agreement shall not constitute a cancellation of the terms and conditions of the original Listing Agreement. The Listing Brokerage shall be responsible for all Suspension of Listing Agreements submitted or processed through Broker Load regardless of who submits or Broker Loads such forms on its behalf, including, but not limited to, by the Broker of Record, the Manager, or other Registrants or persons employed by the Listing Brokerage.

3.02          An MLS® Listing may be cancelled by completing OREA’s filing the Association’s standard form entitled “Cancellation of Listing Agreement” signed by the Seller who signed the original Listing Agreement or the Seller’s lawfully authorized representative and by the Broker of Record or manager of the Listing Brokerage and a copy of such Cancellation of Listing Agreement shall be submitted to the Association or processed through Broker Load through the Association’s MLS® System within two (2) Association business days immediately following the date the Cancellation of Listing Agreement is signed by all such parties. The Listing Brokerage shall be responsible for all Cancellation of Listing Agreements submitted or processed through Broker Load regardless of who submits or broker loads such forms on its behalf, including, but not limited to, by the Broker of Record, the Manager, or other Registrants or persons employed by the Listing Brokerage.

RAHB dues deadline March 31

RAHB dues deadline March 31, 2019

The second quarter for 2019 RAHB dues have been billed and e-mailed to you as part of your February monthly invoice.  Please note that dues are payable no later than March 31, 2019.  

Full Member
$125.00 – RAHB dues (April – June 2019)
$28.75 – OREA dues (April – June 2019)
$77.50 – CREA dues (April to June 2019)
$30.06 – HST
$261.31 – Total

Acceptable methods of Payment are:

In Person: Visa, MasterCard, Interac, cash or cheque
By Phone: Visa or MasterCard
Online through Matrix: Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Visa Debit   http://my.rahb.ca
Online: CIBC/PC Financial, Royal Bank, Scotia Bank, TD Canada Trust – for assistance to set-up, please contact Karin at 905.529.8101 x 258 or karinc@rahb.ca

A reminder about notifying RAHB of terminations in your office

Brokerages are responsible for notifying RAHB when members in their office resign or otherwise leave.  Notice must be received by RAHB within seven business days of the member leaving. If notice is delayed beyond the seven business days, the Brokerage will be assessed a penalty of $50 per incident. (RAHB Bylaw, Article 4, Section 1.02.)

To learn how to pay your invoice online, please watch the video below.

Notice to RAHB Members Conducting Business in Oakville

There have been some recent changes to the sign by-laws in Oakville.

The *NEW* Oakville Sign By-Law pertaining to real estate directional signs came into effect on January 1, 2019.

The Sign By-Law permits the placement of up to five (5) real estate signs between 9 .a.m and 9 p.m.  If an officer finds that there are more than five (5) open house signs directing traffic to a specific home, then all signs would be retrieved. On occasion, the sign owners may become aware of the retrieval if they personally see the officer retrieve the signs, and will try discuss the situation on-site. If the officer does not come into contact with the sign owner on that day, then the process is undertaken to contact the sign owner. This is done the next business day after the sign pick up, where the officer will provide an explanation about the enforcement that has taken place as well as the pick-up process.

 

The pick-up process is as follows: appointments can be made with the Town of Oakville on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. The cost to retrieve the signs is set at $59 per sign, as set out in the Rates and Fees Schedule, under the section of Retrieval of Unauthorized Items and Signs. An appointment to retrieve the signs along with the associated payment must be made within seven (7) days of the sign retrieval date.  If an appointment and payment is not made during this time, then the sign owner is blacklisted and is not permitted to advertise in the Town of Oakville until all signs are picked up and all associated fees and/or fines are paid. If signs are found on the road after the 8th day, the sign owner would be subject to additional escalating fines associated with contravening the Sign By-Law.

 

To avoid fees, here are some easy “best practices” when posting Open House signage in the Town of Oakville:

  • REALTORS® are allowed up to FIVE (5) signs per Open House.
  • Signage can only be displayed between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on the day of your Open House.
  • Signage must not block main traffic arteries or be distracting to drivers on the road.
  • For Sale signs must be on private property ONLY and must be removed FOURTEEN (14) days after the sale of a property.

 

Realty Shoppe Update

February Special – RAHB Maps on Sale!

Price Reduced 10%
Customized with RAHB’s District and Neighbourhood codes
Attach your business card for a marketing campaign

Burlington Folded paper Map

$1.10  Now $0.99 ea.

Burlington Laminated Map

$3.90 Now $3.51 ea.

Hamilton Folded paper Map

$2.50  Now $2.25 ea.

Hamilton Laminated Map

$7.60  Now $6.84 ea.

Outlying Area folded Map

$2.50  Now $2.25 ea.

Outlying Areas Laminated Map

$4.60  Now $4.14 ea.

Member Appreciation Day: Congratulations to our Winners!

Debra Murphy (Aldo DeSantis Realty Inc. Brokerage) won a gift basket valued at $50

 

Diane Mageau (Sutton Group – About Town Realty Inc. Brokerage)
And
Mark Togmus (Re/Max Escarpment Realty Inc. Brokerage)
EACH won
2 tickets to a Hamilton Bulldogs Regular Season game!

Light refreshments, give aways and a 10% sale were enjoyed by all who dropped by the Realty Shoppe on January 30, 2019 to join in the celebration.

Have You Moved Recently?

When you move it’s important that your new address is updated with RAHB.
Why? 
Members have experienced issues when they use their credit card to pay their RAHB account, and the address on their account (which comes from their membership records) does not match the address the credit card company has on file. Unfortunately payment is declined because of this.
To avoid this happening to you, please ensure your address is up-to-date with RAHB. You can contact one of our corporate services staff, or log in to the Member Portal (sign in to my.rahb.ca and click on RAHB Education/Account Services) and update your member profile.

Welcome New Members

We extend a warm welcome to RAHB’s newest members who joined our Association between November 28, 2018 and December 21, 2018.

Lionet Hasbury
Century 21 Dreams Inc.

Valentina Shayba
Century 21 Heritage Group Ltd.

Vlad Andriuca
City Brokerage

Jonas Martin
Coldwell Banker Momentum Realty

Hassan Rasul
Grand Victoria Realty Inc.

Rohit Luthra
Ranjit Samra
Keller Williams Complete Realty

May Sukru
Keller Williams Edge Realty

Sonya Arndt
Patricia Williams
RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

Mark Bullen
RE/MAX Escarpment Frank Realty

Veronika Tisson
Right At Home Realty Inc.

Dominic Pine
Kelly Buckminster
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services

Vanessa Moreno
Sutton Group About Town Realty Inc.

Gaelen Patrick
Sutton Group Realty Systems