Scholarships in Memory of Karan Barker are presented each year to students who are children or grandchildren of RAHB members or RAHB staff. All recipients are attending or will be attending university, college or trade school. These young people have demonstrated academic excellence and a high level of involvement in their school or the community – often both.
We are awarding four scholarships of $1,500 each, totaling $6,000 for this year. We began awarding these scholarships in 2001, and with this year’s awards, we have helped 82 students with $118,500 in total scholarship money.
Please see below some information on each of our recipients.
Our first recipient is SOPHIE HUGHES, daughter of Honor Hughes from Homelife Professionals Realty. She is a graduate of Ancaster High School and is currently enrolled at the University of Guelph, majoring in Theatre Studies.
Sophie has received several awards for drama, including the 2020 Theatre Ancaster Drama Award, the 2019 Ancaster High School Musical Theatre Award, and the 2017 Ancaster High School Drama Award. So, I believe it is safe to say that Sophie is in a very appropriate program at Guelph.
Our second recipient is TARA LEWYCKYJ, daughter of Ron Lewyckyj from Re/Max Escarpment Realty. She is a graduate of Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School and is currently enrolled at Brock University in the Bachelor of Kinesiology program.
Among the many things discovered through her studies in the Kinesiology program, Tarahas learned about different concepts of the human body and understands how the body works during different day-to-day activities. She has also played, as well as coached, soccer and this has made her realize her passion for helping others through physical activity
Our third recipient is MARK MADDOX, son of Andrea Harley-Maddox from Re/Max Escarpment Realty. Mark is a graduate of Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School and is currently enrolled at Trent University completing a Bachelor of Science in Health – Biology.
Mark has many educational experiences working with wildlife, including: collecting terrestrial and wetland plants throughout Ontario; assisting a project investigating the breeding ecology of Canvasbacks in Southwestern Manitoba; live-trapping and handling Striped skunks, Red foxes, Raccoons, and Virginia opossums with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; and working within the Aquatic Toxicology Unit for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
Our fourth and final recipient is JACK PHIBBS, son of Tanya Clark and grandson of Bruce MacDonald both from Royal LePage G. Bruce MacDonald. He is a graduate of Cayuga High School and is currently enrolled at the University of Waterloo in the Applied Health Sciences program.
Jack played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Flint FireBirds Hockey Club, and while there participated in many community events – such as helping serve food at a homeless shelter, engaging with children living at a local foster care facility, and meeting with fans of allages at local hospitals. This donation of his time and the impact he made in the greater-Flint community made him the mostdeserving player of Humanitarian of the Year for the 2018-19 season for the Flint Firebirds team.
Congratulations to all of our very deserving recipients.
As part of Teranet’s mandate to continuously provide solutions that meet the needs of the industry, they are excited to announce a new partnership they have entered into with Protect Your Boundaries (PYB). This partnership will allow members to purchase PYB’s Buyer’s Reports, Seller’s Reports and Easement Reports in the GeoWarehouse e-Store. Additionally, through the input of our Teranet Insighters community members, they have identified the need for two additional Property Insights Reports that will be available in the e-Store.
Effective, Saturday December 5, 2020, GeoWarehouse users will have access to:
An Easement Indicator that will alert you to the presence and number of easements on a property’s title
The Property Insights Report which provides a trusted valuation when making listing/bidding price decisions and authoritative title check data that will alert you to potential fraud and encumbrances on title
The Enhanced Comparable Report which contains all AVM and title check data included in the Property Insights Report, in addition to mapping, address, sales and area data for up to six automatically generated comparable properties
And more enhancements to the GeoWarehouse platform!
To help you become more familiar with the new Teranet reports offered in the GeoWarehouse e-Store we’ve created sample reports. Click on the links below to access these brochures:
These new reports were developed after we received feedback from our Teranet Insighters community members. This online customer insight community allows members to provide regular feedback through monthly activities. As a member you’ll have the opportunity to weigh in on enhancements that will impact your business – like the new reports we’re offering! If this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of click here to complete a brief recruitment survey, and become a member today!
The enhancements will take place during a scheduled downtime from Friday, December 4, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST. During this window, GeoWarehouse will be unavailable, but all platform functionality will resume immediately after.
If you have any questions about these enhancements, please do not hesitate to contact the GeoWarehouse Customer Experience team at 1.866.237.5937 or via email at geowarehousefeedback@teranet.ca.
For years, REALTOR.ca DDF® has made it easier for REALTORS® to showcase listings on their personal website through data feeds.
Due to the technical nature of setting up these data feeds, most REALTORS® enlist a technology provider’s help to set up and maintain the data feeds on their website. More than 500 technology providers currently work with REALTORS® across Canada and have access to data feeds, and supporting services, with no associated fees.
To ensure CREA continues to offer the best—and only—national data feeds to members, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is introducing a tiered pricing model for technology providers to access feeds and supporting services. The pricing model is structured to allow technology providers of all sizes to continue to provide their services to REALTORS® without interruption. This pricing model also better aligns with current market standards for data services and will allow CREA to provide REALTOR.ca DDF® data feeds for the long term. This new fee structure for technology providers will come into effect on April 1, 2021.
Please note: data feeds are still and always will be free for members. Charges will only be applied to technology providers, as per the new pricing model.
By introducing new charges to technology providers, CREA understands members may be impacted through increased service prices or technology providers choosing not to provide service anymore.
In the rare case of disruptions or rate increases, a complete list of technology providers who can ensure websites can continue receiving listings from REALTOR.ca DDF® has been provided.
As of Monday, November 16 at 12:01 a.m., Hamilton and Burlington (Halton) will be moving into the COVID-19 Red Zone (Control), as is outlined in the Province’s newly updated COVID-19 Response Framework.
As per the Framework, the Government of Ontario has officially prohibited the hosting of in-person open houses in these Red Zone areas. Real estate brokerages, brokers and salespeople must cease hosting and attending open houses in Hamilton and Burlington. Members can continue to submit virtual open houses through Matrix.
The (in-person) Open Houses feature in Matrix will be disabled for all RAHB areas as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, November 16, as we are unable to limit by geographic regions at this time. RAHB will continue to work with Corelogic to separate out the various RAHB areas. Members can continue to submit virtual open houses for all RAHB areas through Matrix.
To view the Framework and level by region, please click the below button.
*Please Note – Although in-person open houses are still permitted in Haldimand (Yellow Zone) and Niagara (Orange Zone), RAHB and OREA strongly urge Members to use virtual means to show properties.
While, under normal circumstances, in-person open houses would be an effective tool for marketing a home, there are many options available to view properties which pose less health and safety risk to Members and clients. We will continue to advise Members against hosting in-person open houses until the pandemic is under better control in Ontario.
For further information, please visit the OREA website by clicking the button below.
We have BIG NEWS to share! RAHB is very excited to announce that we are partnering with BrokerBay to make their full brokerage / agent ecosystem available to all Members as a value-added core service through the RAHB MLS® in early 2021. As a result of adding this unique and highly popular enhancement to RAHB’s suite of MLS® services, ShowingTime will be discontinued as of February 5, 2021.
In the below video BrokerBay’s Co-founder Costa Ntoukas gives an overview of his company’s new partnership with RAHB.
For more information about BrokerBay’s advanced, user-friendly features, functions and benefits, please visit www.brokerbay.ca.
Additional information will be provided to RAHB Members in the coming weeks – including how to sign up, what training is available, and how existing BrokerBay contracts with brokerages will be transitioned. So, please stay tuned!
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Thank you for your support as we continue to increase value-added member services that empower you – the RAHB REALTOR® – to succeed.
*Please note* Some Burlington documents within the November 3 Market Statistics release have been updated as of November 5. An error was discovered showing Burlington sales at 376; however, the sales number should have been 374. This error has been corrected.
The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) will discontinue the Legacy version of WEBForms® as of December 17, 2020.
There are some members who use CREA WEBForms® Legacy to download or view older transactions and files. To ensure nothing is lost, CREA will communicate with members through e-mail, social media and online, encouraging them to download all the files from the Legacy version they need and migrate their kits to the new CREA WEBForms® as soon as possible.
The new CREA WEBForms® is a complete transaction management system offering REALTORS® the ability to do everything without leaving the platform, including sharing documents and templates with everyone in their office.
Training resources and support articles are available to all members on CREA’s Learning Hub.
CREA will send a reminder notice later this year to ensure members download or transfer all the information they need from the Legacy version before it’s discontinued.
If you have any questions, contact Member Support by phone at 1-888-237-7945 or email at [email protected].
Extended Member Support team hours for CREA WEBForms®:
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to midnight (EST)
Saturday and Sunday: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (EST)
*Please note* Some Burlington documents below have been updated as of November 5. An error was discovered showing Burlington sales at 376; however, the sales number should have been 374. This error has been corrected.
The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported 1,615 sales of residential properties located within the RAHB market area were processed through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System in October 2020. Sales were down 7.6 per cent over last month and up 23.7 per cent over October of last year. New listings were down 12.8 per cent over September 2020 and up 5.5 per cent over last October. The average price for residential properties was $721,523, which was up 0.02 per cent from last month and up 19.8 per cent from October 2019. The number of active listings available at the end of the month was 39.8 per cent lower compared to the previous year.
RAHB is recognizing November as First-Time Home Buyers’ Month, and has developed several resources – such as social media graphics and messaging – that Members can share on their social media accounts. RAHB will send e-mails to Members each Sunday that include easily sharable content for First-Time Home Buyers’ Month that may be beneficial to your clients, potential clients and the general public.
These e-mails will have social share buttons that will post automatically to your Facebook, Twitter and/or LinkedIn accounts when clicked. There will also be the option to share via e-mail.
Here you will find graphics and captions that are to be shared on social media. The e-mail dates and topics are as follows:
Please note that there is not the option to share via Instagram directly through the e-mails. Below are social media posts that can be used for Instagram.
You can automatically download all the graphics by clicking the button below:
The Week of November 8: What is the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive?
How to share on social media:
To share the resource, please download the social media graphic by clicking on it and then right clicking and select “save image as” to download the graphic to your computer.
Below the graphic is a sample social media message. Please cut and paste the messages directly into your social media channel, and post the accompanying graphic.
Please copy the below message and paste it to your social media channel – and include the graphic.
For Social Media:
November is First-Time Home Buyers’ Month! Check out the #RAHB website for a podcast & resources on the FTHB Incentive #RealEstate #FTHB2020 #HamOnt #Burlington #Haldimand #Niagara #REALTORS https://www.rahb.ca/fthb-first-time-home-buyer-incentive/
Week of November 15: The First Meeting (With a Mortgage Specialist)
How to share on social media:
To share the resource, please download the social media graphic by clicking on it and then right clicking and select “save image as” to download the graphic to your computer.
Below the graphic is a sample social media message. Please cut and paste the messages directly into your social media channel, and post the accompanying graphic.
Please copy the below message and paste it to your social media channel – and include the graphic.
For Social Media:
November is First-Time Home Buyers’ Month! What do you do at the first meeting with a mortgage specialist? #RAHB has info & resources to prepare #RealEstate #FTHB2020 #HamOnt #Burlington #Haldimand #Niagara #REALTORS https://www.rahb.ca/the-first-meeting/
Week of November 22: Essential Key Terms for First-Time Home Buyers
How to share on social media:
To share the resource, please download the social media graphic by clicking on it and then right clicking and select “save image as” to download the graphic to your computer.
Below the graphic is a sample social media message. Please cut and paste the messages directly into your social media channel, and post the accompanying graphic.
Please copy the below message and paste it to your social media channel – and include the graphic.
For Social Media:
November is First-Time Home Buyers’ Month! There are essential key terms every FTHB must know. For a list, visit the #RAHB website #RealEstate #FTHB2020 #HamOnt #Burlington #Haldimand #Niagara #REALTORS https://www.rahb.ca/key-terms-to-know-and-understand/
The Realty Shoppe has now expanded in-person shopping to Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. – Noon, and 1 – 4 p.m. Please note that for the safety of all, adherence to COVID protocols is required. We look forward to seeing you again!
Shopping Options:
In-person (Updated!): Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. – Noon, and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Online: store.rahb.ca
Call or email: [email protected] or 905.529.5979
Our first recipient is SOPHIE HUGHES, daughter of Honor Hughes from Homelife Professionals Realty. She is a graduate of Ancaster High School and is currently enrolled at the University of Guelph, majoring in Theatre Studies.
