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Ottawa, ON, November 3, 2011 – The President of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), Gary Morse, today welcomed the decision of the Competition Tribunal to grant CREA leave to intervene in the proceedings the Commissioner of Competition has brought against the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB).

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CREA Welcomes Decision of Competition Tribunal

Ottawa, ON – June 9, 2011 – Last night, The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) won an IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Ottawa Excel Award of Merit for its fall 2010 advertising campaign.

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The Canadian Real Estate Association wins advertising award at the IABC Ottawa Excel Awards

OTTAWA – May 9, 2011 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has revised its forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service ® (MLS ® ) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations for 2011 and 2012. National sales activity is now expected to reach 441,100 units in 2011, a decline of 1.3 per cent from 2010

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CREA Updates Resale Housing Forecast

OTTAWA – February 8, 2011 – The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has revised its 2011 forecast for home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service ® (MLS ® ) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards and Associations, and extended it to 2012.

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CREA Boosts Annual Resale Housing Forecast

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released a new report today indicating that home prices will stabilize, and will remain stable for some time. This means that Canadian homeowners are unlikely to experience a U.S.-style decline in the value of their homes. “The relationship between average price and income has recently been cited as portending a U.S.-style correction in Canadian home prices,” said Gregory Klump, Chief Economist, CREA.

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U.S.-Style Home Price Correction Unlikely in Canada

Ottawa – February 1, 2010 – On behalf of Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane Finley, Rob Moore, Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, joined today with Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) CEO Pierre Beauchamp to announce that self-employed REALTORS® can now participate in the Employment Insurance (EI) program. “From coast-to-coast-coast, a large majority of REALTORS® are self-employed,” says Mr. Beauchamp.

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REALTORS® welcome EI benefits for Self-Employed

OTTAWA – Tax policy discourages the sale of income property and impedes a chain reaction of economic stimulus and job creation – elements that could greatly contribute to a commercial real estate market recovery and community redevelopment. A new Altus Group economic study prepared for The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) found that income property sales generate sizeable economic activity in a number of industries, and support job creation

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New Economic Study Underscores Need to Remove Tax Barriers to Property Reinvestment

DRAR in co-operation with the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) launch Fall Advertising radio commercials. Durham REALTORS®, We Work Where You Live . To contact a local Durham REALTOR® or find an Open House in the Durham Region and surrounding area visit: http://www.DurhamRealEstate.org .

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Contact a Durham REALTOR® or Search Open Houses at www.DurhamRealEstate.org