Industry Profiles

Op-Ed: What We Approve Is As Important As How Much We Approve When It Comes To Housing Affordability

At a time when we have perhaps the fewest skilled labour jobs in our history (certainly true relative to population) the buildings we are seeking to construct are more complicated and are taking more labour hours per square foot than ever before.

Industry Profiles

Is Agricultural Urbanism The Solution To Destructive Sprawl?

The planning theory of Agricultural Urbanism emerged nearly 30 years ago, with a focus on organically containing urban sprawl.

Insiders

Op-Ed: Time For Toronto To Turn Down the Tax Temperature

It’s high time we re-balance the property tax burden so that those who are lucky enough to own their own home (from which tax-free capital gains accrue) proportionately fund our municipal services.

Insiders

Toronto's Bumpy Path To Missing Middle Housing Needs To Be Smoothed Over

Amid Toronto's soaring prices and climbing interest rates, we must rethink what homeownership looks like, and that includes ramping up missing middle housing.

Industry Profiles

Op-Ed: How OREA Is Offering A Safety Net For The Self-Employed

At a Special Meeting of OREA in June, nominees of Member Boards from across Ontario voted to approve the Ontario REALTOR® Wellness Program. 

Industry Profiles

Op Ed: Ontario is Heading Toward the Highest Real Estate Professional Standards in North America

OREA President David Oikle says the province has some of the highest professional standards in any marketplace across North America.

Industry Profiles

Opinion: We Have to Stop Seeing the Housing Crisis as a "Federal Issue"

As the federal government does not have direct control of housing supply, it cannot have a leading role in solving the housing crisis.