Share The Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) has been recognized as a “Consumer Champion” by Service Alberta. RECA received a Service Alberta Consumer Champion Award of Distinction for its consumer tools, which include online and print materials to help consumers make decisions about working with real estate industry members, and with buying and selling [...]
Share The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) says the provincial government’s plan to harmonize the GST and PST will add over $2,000 to the cost of a real estate transaction, hurting the resale home market and prolonging the housing industry’s recovery from the current economic downturn. “Now is not the time to be erecting barriers [...]
Share Government-imposed costs on new single-detached houses in Calgary remain among the lowest across the country as a percentage of the selling price. The latest numbers, released in a report by Altus Group Economic Consulting, commissioned for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, reveal that Calgarians pay 7.9% of the cost of their new home to [...]
Share Moose Jaw’s Western Development Museum will be benefiting from more than $18,000 in funding to build an elevator in the Snowbirds Gallery. This announcement was made at the Moose Jaw’s Western Development Museum on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 by Ray Boughen, MP for Palliser, on behalf of James Moore, Minister of Canadian heritage and [...]
