Please welcome your seven new Directors who were elected this morning at the Annual Election Meeting:
They will be joining the following Directors to form the 2021 Board of Directors.
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.
**See the list of Technology Providers**
Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
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.
Ontario COVID-19 Response Framework
*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.
OREA Information on Framework and Open Houses
For resources on hosting a virtual open house / live stream, please click the below button:
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.
We extend a warm welcome to RAHB’s newest members who joined our association between September 23 and November 3, 2020!
Meagan Anderson
Ambitious Realty Advisors Inc.
John Burns
Blair Blanchard Stapleton Ltd.
Heidi Rocheleau
CBRE Ltd.
Codruta Smith
Coldwell Banker Commercial Integrity Real Estate
Vendy Volac
EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
Kris Dennis
Greater Property Group
Vivien Chan
Gulf Lake Realty Inc.
Darren Do
IPRO Realty Ltd.
Rita Desfosses
Tanya Idzanovic
Emily Johnson
Lise Ledoux
Kyle Miles
Alexander Piccinin
Katelynn Sutton
Jyotsha Verma
Keller Williams Complete Realty
Alok Chadha
Kyrsten Feere
Zack Snider
Robert Veevers
Emily Victory
Linda Volaric
Keller Williams Edge Realty
Gina Milki
PureRealty
Debra Varey
Purplebricks
Harrison Stewart
Realty Network: 100 Inc.
Steven Kempf
Mariana Makramalla
RE/MAX Escarpment Realty
Christopher Ingram
RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty
Joravar Bains
John Berezowski
Naefel Fadel
Brook Fillma
Naim Demolli
Simona Sarkoziova
RE/MAX Real Estate Centre
Dean Serravalle
Revel Realty Inc.
Adaline John
Pabhdeep Kaur
Maisie King
Vlado Njezic
Randy Padda
Steve Stolte
Right At Home Realty
Nancy Cormack
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
Taylor Brisebois
Crystal Verescak
Royal LePage State Realty
Muniba Gul
Sutton Group – Summit Realty Inc.
Jason Baker
Sutton Group Quantum Realty Inc.
Jarod Brandon
Three Pillars Realty Inc.
Sumi Bonyun
Andrea Ramsay
Zoocasa Realty Inc.
Jagraj Sarai
Zolo Realty
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.
To do so members will need to log in to CREA WEBForms®.
Members can learn how to migrate their transaction kits by watching our step by step how-to video: Migrate transactions from CREA WEBForms® Legacy. They can also register for a free CREA WEBForms® webinar with one of our experts.
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.
*The news release will be posted to www.rahb.ca/market-stats/ on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.*
Follow the links below for:
Burlington
Halidmand
Hamilton
Niagara North
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:
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.
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/
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.
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/
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.
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
The Board of Directors recently approved a change to RAHB’s Residential and Commercial Property Information forms, specifically the Seller’s Instructions under “Permission to Contact”. The “Permission to Contact” field allows the Seller to check and initial whether they consent to be contacted after the listing expires.
The Seller Instruction, Permission to Contact after Expiry, has now been changed to “Permission to Contact after Expiry, Cancellation or Termination”, which will now be consistent with the wording on OREA’s Form #200, as shown below:
The change will be reflected on RAHB’s Residential and Commercial Property Information Forms in WEBForms™ on October 22.
Should you have any questions, please contact the MLS® Help Desk at 905.667.4650 or e-mail [email protected]
