Information Bulletins

• Advertising and Incentives (May 2017)       pdf | 174kb
• Advertising as a Professional Corporation (November 2012)       pdf | 155kb
• Advertising Requirements (February 2017)       pdf | 153kb
• Advertising Sold Property (May 2014)       pdf | 175kb
• Expiry of Authorization to Advertise a Property for Sale (February 2019)       pdf | 118kb
• Coming Soon Advertising (November 2015)       pdf | 191kb
• Listing a Property That is Part of an Estate (June 2019)       pdf |166kb
• Manipulating Images Used in Advertising (February 2019)       pdf | 115kb
• What Registrants Need to Know About Advertising (Summer 2021)       pdf | 156kb
• Common Advertising Issues (Summer 2022)       pdf | 150kb

Brokerage Management

• Broker & Branch Manager Responsibilities (November 2019)       pdf | 75kb
• Brokerage Annual Financial Reports (February 2017)       pdf | 455kb
• Brokerage Audits (2017)       pdf | 530kb
• Brokerage Compliance Audits – 10 Common Issues (November 2019)       pdf | 209kb
• Brokerage Ownership (May 2012)       pdf | 423kb
• Deposit Insurance on Trust Accounts – Who is covered and for how much? (November 2011)       pdf | 234kb
• Electronic Banking & Trust Accounts (Fall 2021)       pdf | 119kb
• Is Someone Covering Your Files? (November 2016)       pdf | 183kb
• The Broker Bubble – The Need for Succession Planning (February 2012)       pdf | 194kb
• Trust Accounts and Reporting (February 2017)       pdf | 232kb
• Who is Watching Your Brokerage? (February 2012)       pdf | 78kb
• You Might be a Branch Office if… (May 2016)       pdf | 169kb
• Brokers May Designate an Alternate Signing Authority (Summer 2022)       pdf | 144kb

Practicing Tips

• Amendments to the Real Estate Act (July 2020)       pdf | 162kb
• Brokerage Audits, Common Issues (2018)       pdf | 189kb
• Buyer’s Brokerage Commission (November 2014)       pdf | 422kb
• Buying and Selling Revenue Properties (November 2015)       pdf | 186kb
• Bylaw 723 Notification Requirements (February 2015)       pdf | 324kb
• Can Registrants Take a Leave of Absence (August 2017)       pdf | 242kb
• Cash Back Clauses and Mortgage Fraud (November 2014)       pdf | 192kb
• Changes to Your Registration (May 2017)       pdf | 189kb
• Collecting Commission on FSBO Transactions (June 2019)       pdf | 230kb
• Dealing With Difficult Clients (July 2020)       pdf | 119kb
• Dealing With Multiple Offers (Winter 2020)       pdf | 118kb
• Disclosure (August 2012)       pdf | 171kb
• Electronic Signatures (Winter 2020)       pdf | 126kb
• Escalation Clauses (April 2025)       pdf | 182kb
• Evaluating New Business Models (March 2020)       pdf | 115kb
• Fraud Notice! Be Aware (August 2019)       pdf | 155kb
• Foreign Ownership & Trades – Dealing with Non-Residents (May 2012)       pdf | 114kb
• GST on the Purchase and Sale of Real Property (February 2012)       pdf | 171kb
• Handling Multiple Offers (August 2017)       pdf | 250kb
• Implications of a Non-cooperating In-House Listing Agreement (November 2019)       pdf | 131kb
• Notification Requirements of Bylaw 723 (June 2021)       pdf | 164kb
• Modular Homes (February 2013)       pdf | 172kb
• Practice Tips & Reminders (July 2020)       pdf | 80kb
• Practice Tips & Reminders (Fall 2020)       pdf | 121kb
• Practice Tips & Reminders (Winter 2020)       pdf | 125kb
• Practice Tips & Reminders (Summer 2021)       pdf | 165kb
• Practice Tips & Reminders (Winter 2021)       pdf | 181kb
• Practice Tips & Reminders (Spring 2022)       pdf | 181kb
• Practice Tips from the Compliance Department (August 2019)       pdf | 160kb
• Real Estate Scams (June 2019)       pdf | 185kb
• Requesting Use of a Nickname (Fall 2021)       pdf | 73kb
• Showing a Property Responsibly (August 2016)       pdf | 241kb
• Taking a Leave of Absence (August 2019)       pdf | 75kb
• Telephone Solicitation (August 2015)       pdf | 155kb
• The Importance of Legibility (August 2017)       pdf | 157kb
• The Time Needed to Close (July 2020)       pdf | 114kb
• Trades Involving Stigmatized Properties (August 2013)       pdf | 198kb
• Trading in the Name on your Certificate of Registration (May 2012)       pdf | 148kb
• Understanding Mandatory Education (May 2016)       pdf | 225kb
• Unregistered Real Estate Assistants (August 2019)       pdf | 131kb
• Using a Direction on Offers (June 2024)       pdf | 176kb
• Use of Power-of-Attorney Prohibited (August 2013)       pdf | 171kb
• Withdrawing Offers is a Matter of Communication (May 2015)       pdf | 159kb
• Registrants Trading in Their Own Real Estate (Summer 2022)       pdf | 128kb
• Electronic Signatures (Winter 2023)       pdf | 117kb

Professionalism

• Accuracy of Information (May 2017)       pdf | 244kb
• Being Professional in all Situations (March 2020)       pdf | 159kb
• Professional Conduct (May 2016)       pdf | 154kb
• Professional Courtesy and Civility, Bylaw 702.1 (November 2016)       pdf | 161kb
• Professionalism (August 2016)       pdf | 221kb

Professional Corporations

• Professional Corporations – Common Issues (February 2017)       pdf | 156kb

Use of Forms

• Counter Offer and Schedule (May 2016)       pdf | 169kb
• Finding Mandatory Forms (August 2017)       pdf | 305kb
• How to Deal with Rented Furnaces or Water Heaters on an Offer to Purchase (February 2018)       pdf | 139kb
• Offers to Purchase Obtained by a Registrant (August 2010)       pdf | 74kb
• Property Management Disclosures for a Registrant Trading in Real Estate Owned by the Registrant (August 2010)       pdf | 182kb
• Real Estate Contracts – Who are the Contracting Parties (February 2011)       pdf | 265kb
• Signing the Ancillary Services Waiver (November 2016)       pdf | 152kb
• The Witness Requirement (May 2015)       pdf | 151kb
• Using the Notice to Remove Conditions Form Correctly (August 2016)       pdf | 180kb
• Using the Notice to Remove Conditions Form (Fall 2021)       pdf | 123kb
• Summary of Amendments to the Residential Contract of Purchase and Sale (October 2022)       pdf | 561kb