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The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updated its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2014 and 2015.
With mortgage rates remaining at historic lows since the summer, activity has remained stronger for longer than previously expected and has yet to show clear signs of fading.
Read more.
According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity edged higher on a month-over-month basis in October 2014.
Highlights:
The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of Canadian real estate
Boards and Associations edged up 0.7 per cent in October 2014 compared to September.
This marks the sixth consecutive month of stronger resale housing activity compared to a quiet start to the year, and the strongest activity for the month of October since 2009.
Read the full report.
The Ontario Real Estate Association has six openings on its Board of Directors: two Directors-at-Large and four Provincial Directors (one each from Centre, Western, Northern and Eastern Ontario). The election will take place March 11, 2015 at the Ontario Real Estate Association Annual General Meeting. (more…)
According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity in September 2014 was down from the previous month.
Highlights:
The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations fell by 1.4 per cent on a month-over-month basis in September 2014, marking the first monthly decline since January of this year.
Read the entire report.
Social media – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube – is increasingly used by members who want to know how, or if, they can use CREA’s trademarks including REALTOR®, REALTORS®, MLS® and Multiple Listing Service® in social media. Here is the CREA’s advice: (more…)
OREA has become aware that some members have received promotional literature from organizations offering “OREA members” special programs, which suggests the organization has a relationship with OREA and the service is part of the OREA Affinity Program. This happens most often in the health benefits sector.
OREA has only a limited number of partners in its Affinity Program: Corporate Benefit Analysts (CBA) (health benefits provider), Rogers, AERO Insurance, TD Home and Auto Insurance, Rent Check Corp and MBNA. No other organizations are part of the program.
If you have any questions about the OREA Affinity Program or the partners in the program, contact OREA.
Have you paid your RECO insurance premiums yet? Here’s a message from RECO: (more…)
After receiving a lot of attention several years ago, CREA’s Data Distribution Facility, or DDF®, is up and running and being used by brokers and salespeople across Canada. (more…)
CREA recently introduced document and transaction management options to its suite of WEBForms® services. These add-on services will provide members with additional flexibility when working with past and present transaction kits and give members the ability to manage their transaction kits wherever they are. (more…)
Have you registered for OREA’s EMERGE event yet?
~~ St. Catharines – Thursday, October 9, 2014 ~~
Early bird pricing (3 weeks before the event)
Members: $59 +Tax Non-members: $89 +Tax
Regular pricing
Members: $79 +Tax Non-members: $109 +Tax
For more information on EMERGE, go to www.orea.com/emerge or contact OREA at [email protected].
According to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national home sales activity edged up almost one per cent on a month-over-month basis in June 2014.
Highlights:
The number of home sales processed through the MLS® Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations rose 0.8 per cent on a month-over-month basis in June 2014, marking the fifth consecutive monthly increase and the highest level for sales since March 2010.
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