Sunday, October 24, 2010

CREA members approve MLS deal with Competition Bureau

The winds of change were blowing outside a St. John’s hotel Sunday afternoon, as representatives of the country’s 101 real estate boards voted 97 per cent in favour of a deal that some warned could mean the end of the Canadian Real Estate Association.

At the very least, it will change the current face of the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

The controversy began earlier this year when Competition Bureau Commissioner Melanie Aitkin announced she was investigating complaints of anticompetitive behaviour, including concerns CREA kept its members from offering services that would lower costs for consumers.
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1 comment:

  1. Finally, so now let's just get back to doing what we do best. Selling homes with excelelnt service. Therre will always be those who want to sell their own property. This will not change that fact.

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