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MLS rules and CREA will go before a Competition Tribunal

February 9, 2010
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Competition Commissioner Melanie Aitken has moved to bring the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) before a Competition Tribunal to seek a ruling that would force CREA to change MLS rules that she believes limit competition and harm consumers.
Following a lengthy investigation, the Competition Bureau announced in early November that they believed some of CREA’s rules [...]

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Flaherty raises some specific actions he could take to cool Canadian housing

December 21, 2009
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For the first time since he initially acknowledged concern over a potential bubble in Canadian housing markets, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has openly indicated in an interview for CTV’s Question Period that higher down payments and shorter amortization periods are both on the table “if” there is further evidence of a bubble.
“If we see further [...]

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Discriminatory real estate ad attracts media attention

June 15, 2009

This post makes the “Too funny” category for the featured video’s surprise ending. If you start the video, please see it through to the end.
By way of Brendan King’s Twitter stream.

As a licensed Asian, I found this particular misunderstanding quite amusing and so did the other Asians in my office, but discriminatory practices are no [...]

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