REALinfo - March 2014 by RAHB News

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REALinfo Updates

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Ethics

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Statistics

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Maps

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News

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Community

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Events

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In Brief

News and Information Resource for MEMBERS

Upcoming Events

REALTOR® CONNECTIONS 2014 Thursday, March 27, 2014

RAHB Dues Deadline – page 2

Hamilton Convention Centre 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton Registration 7:30 a.m.

RAHB Invoices for Taxes

Commercial Summit

– page 2

Ethics Corner – page 4

Celebrate YOUR Community Cayuga – page 5

RCC Commercial Summit – page 6

MLS ® Updates – page 7

Statistics Update/Area Maps – pages 8 and 9

Realty Shoppe – page 10

Welcome New Members – page 10

Day Timer – page 11

CREA News – page 12

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Royal Botanical Gardens 680 Plains Road West, Burlington Registration 7:30 a.m.

Broker of Record/Manager Meeting Friday, April 25, 2014

RAHB Office Lower Level McCullough Rooms Registration 8:30 a.m.

General Membership Meeting Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Michelangelo Events & Conference Centre 1555 Upper Ottawa, Hamilton Registration 8:30 a.m.

REALTOR ® CONNECTIONS 2014 Schedule of the Day – page 3

Empowering REALTORS ® to Succeed

Established in 1921, the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) represents more than 2,600 real estate brokers and salespersons from Hamilton, Burlington, and surrounding areas. Members of the association may use the REALTOR® trademark, which identifies them as real estate professionals who  subscribe to a strict code of ethics. The Association operates the local Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System and provides ongoing professional education courses for its members. In addition, RAHB is an active  participant in the Home Ownership Affordability Partnership (HOAP) and holds an annual auction in support of local charities. Advertisements of local MLS® property listings and information about the services provided by a REALTOR® can be found at www.REALTOR.ca. More information about RAHB is available at www.rahb.ca.

Mission Statement Empowering REALTORS® to Succeed

President

Tim Mattioli 905.575.5478 President-Elect Donna Bacher

905.574.4600

Vice-President Sean Morrison

905.662.6666

Immediate Past President Bruce Moran 905.522.6001 Directors Kim Alvarez 905.335.3042 Rochelle Edwards 905.639.3300 Gary Herron 905.388.1110 Bill Lawson 905.338.9000 Paul Martindale 905.572.9465 Dave Nichols 905.634.7755 Gloria Payton 905.574.9889 Lou Piriano 905.628.6625

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Realinfo is published monthly by the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington(RAHB)

505 York Boulevard, Hamilton ON L8R 3K4 T.: 905.529.8101 F.: 905.529.4349 MLS® F.: 905.529.6636 Help Desk T.: 905.667.4650 Realty Shoppe: T.: 905.529.5979 F.: 905.529.7109 Email: info@rahb.ca Web site: www.rahb.ca Intranet site: www.realtorlink.ca Editor: Valerie Webster Editorial Assistant: Sheila Sferrazza Design: Maggie Inglis In-house Products: RAHB Print Services

Services RAHB

RAHB dues deadline March 31, 2013

he quarterly RAHB dues have been billed and emailed to you as part of your February monthly invoice. Please note that dues are due and payable no later than March 31, 2014. If payment is not received, suspension will be immediate as per RAHB Bylaw Article 4, Section 3, Sub-Section 3.01. 125.00 28.75 61.50 16.00 30.06 $ 261.31 $

Full Member – RAHB dues (April - June) – OREA dues (April - June) – CREA dues (April - June) – CREA Tech (April - June) – HST Total

Senior Member* 75.00 28.75 61.50 16.00 23.56 $ 204.81 $

– RAHB dues (April - June) – OREA dues (April - June) – CREA dues (April - June) – CREA Tech (April - June) – HST Total

Acceptable methods of payment: In Person: Visa, MasterCard, Interac, Cash or Cheque By Phone: Visa or MasterCard Online through Fusion: Visa, MasterCard or AMEX Online: CIBC/PC Financial, Royal Bank, Scotiabank, TD Canada Trust – for assistance in set-up, please call Karin at 905.529.8101 x258. Pre-Authorized payment subscribers will be processed on Friday, March 21, 2014.

* To meet the Senior Membership criteria, you must be 65 years of age and a 25-year RAHB member. If you meet the criteria please contact Camryn in the Membership Department with proof of age (e.g. driver’s license) – camrynh@rahb.ca or by fax to 905.529.4349.

Membership Terminations: Article 4 – Section 1, 1.02

It shall be the Brokerage’s responsibility to ensure that notice of all Membership resignations and/or other Membership terminations for Members registered with such Brokerage are received at the Association office within seven (7) business days of such termination. Notice of any resignation and/or other Membership termination received after such date, shall be subject to a penalty in the amount of $50.00 per incident, which sum shall be payable by the Brokerage to the Association.

Print your RAHB invoices for your tax return Tax time is here! Here’s how to print off your RAHB invoice • Log into the Fusion Homepage. • In the Resource section select Smartlinks – from the drop down menu select Education/Account Services • This will open a new window – select Print Members statement. • Enter date parameters of your choice. Example: If you wanted to create a copy of your 2013 invoices you would enter a start date of 01/01/2013 and an end date of 12/31/2013 • Select Run statement, Print. ** If you get a printer error, go to select a format (found above the RAHB logo) select Acrobat Adobe PDF, export, print.**

Event RAHB

2014

REALT R CONNECTI NS ®

Thursday, March 27, 2014 Hamilton Convention Centre

7:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

Have you registered yet for REALTOR® CONNECTIONS? It's going to be a great day!

Registration Opens – Main floor Hot breakfast available Annual General Meeting Exhibit Hall opens – Third Floor Workshop: Building Relationships Through Facebook/Working by Referral with Amie Ferris Workshop: The Paperless Office with Richard Silver CE-credit Course: Fusion Lunch – Exhibit Hall Panel: YPN vs OPN – facilitated by Amie Ferris Keynote Address: Succeeding Against the Odds – MICHAEL “PINBALL” CLEMONS

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Registrar Joe Richer on RECO’s new educational requirements (at the AGM) “REALTOR® Central” will offer specials, prizes and giveaways Chat with RAHB’s President and CEO at the Member Services booth Come out and see what else has been planned for you!

Registration $30 plus HST  Register

online today at http://registration.rahb.ca/MainList.aspx or contact sheilas@rahb.ca or 905.529.8101 x234.

 For

more information, go to our website www.rahb.ca/eventssponsors/realtor-connections

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And that's not all!

Ethicscorner

Investment Property Listings and Sales – Avoid Misrepresentation

any RAHB members have encountered a situation where they are listing, showing or selling a multi-residential property – a duplex, triplex or property with up to six or eight individual rental units. Some properties conform to local zoning bylaws and some – many, in Hamilton – do not. Members must be very cautious when dealing with these properties because it can be easy to misrepresent the property as something it is not. Just because a property has three units and is generating income from those three units, for example, does not mean it is legally allowed to be used as a three-unit dwelling.

So how do you show caution?

The obvious answer is that the listing salesperson or broker should verify the zoning on the property. Make sure it is zoned for its current use. If it isn’t, then the listing should note what the zoning is and then say how it’s currently being used. For example, you could say “property zoned single family; currently used a three-unit dwelling”, or something along that line. It then becomes the buyer’s responsibility to decide if they want to deal with an illegal use. Where a salesperson is working with a buyer and nothing is said about the zoning on the listing, that salesperson should verify the zoning and pass the information on to the buyer. If it’s improperly used, the buyer can make the choice of whether to go ahead with a purchase.

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It’s all about disclosure of pertinent facts and avoiding misrepresentation. Just because a multi-residential property contains a certain number of units, don’t assume they are all legal. The REALTOR® must be diligent in verifying the information and ensuring that all pertinent facts are known and disclosed.

All registrants in the province of Ontario are required, under REBBA 2002 and the Code of Ethics, to ensure they do not misrepresent, deceive or deal fraudulently in any trade in real estate. There are numerous parts of REBBA 2002 and the Code of Ethics that apply when listing properties. Here’s a partial list: Code of Ethics – Section 3 3. A registrant shall treat every person the registrant deals with in the course of a trade in real estate fairly, honestly and with integrity.

REBBA 2002 Section 35 35. No registrant shall furnish, assist in furnishing or induce or counsel another person to furnish or assist in furnishing any false or deceptive information or documents relating to a trade in real estate. Code of Ethics – Material Facts (A material fact is defined as any fact that would affect a reasonable person’s decision to acquire or dispose of an interest in real estate.) 21. (1) A broker or salesperson who has a client in respect of the acquisition or disposition of a particular interest in real estate shall take reasonable steps to determine the material facts relating to the acquisition or disposition and, at the earliest practicable opportunity, shall disclose the material facts to the client (2) A broker or salesperson who has a customer in respect of the acquisition or disposition of a particular interest in real estate shall, at the earliest practicable opportunity, disclose to the customer the material facts relating to the acquisition or disposition that are known by or ought to be known by the broker or salesperson Code of Ethics – Misrepresentation 37 – Inaccurate Representations (1) A registrant shall not knowingly make an inaccurate representation in respect of a trade in real estate 38. A registrant shall use the registrant’s best efforts to prevent error, misrepresentation, fraud or any unethical practice in respect of a trade in real estate. Code of Ethics – Conscientious and Competent Service, Etc. 5. A registrant shall provide conscientious service to the registrant’s clients and customers and shall demonstrate reasonable knowledge, skill, judgment and competence in providing those services. Code of Ethics – Error, Misrepresentation, Fraud, Etc. 38. A registrant shall use the registrant’s best efforts to prevent error, misrepresentation, fraud or any unethical practice in respect of a trade in real estate.

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Cayuga

CelebrateyourCommunity

All communities profiled in Realinfo are within RAHB's market area*

Perched on the banks of the Grand River, Cayuga is well known for its iconic heritage bridge and its drag strip, a hot track for stock car racing, drag racing and motorsports. 1,622 (2011)

Population:

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Geographic location:

● Cayuga is situated on the banks of the Grand River between Caledonia and Port Maitland. It is a 20-minute drive from Lake Erie and 30 minutes south of Hamilton.

Historical facts:

Points of interest:

Annual Events:

Cayuga was incorporated as a village in 1859 and became the county seat for Haldimand County because of its central location. It is named after the Cayuga, one of the Six Nations of the Grand River Natives who were awarded land in the area for siding with the British in the American Revolution. ● As the county seat, Cayuga was the location of the Court House and jail. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, public hangings were held in the courtyard and the prisoners buried on site. ● In 1974, the village was amalgamated into the new town of Haldimand within the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. Cayuga is now an unincorporated community in Ward 2 of Haldimand County. ● Cayuga Bridge, the town’s five-span steel through-truss bridge built in 1924, is currently being replaced. The iconic heritage bridge carried Highway 3 over the Grand River and was last rebuilt in 1976. It was the only five-span steel through-truss highway bridge in the province, and the longest steel through-truss bridge in Ontario, with a total length of almost 190 metres (615 feet). ●

The Grand River runs along the western portion of the town and offers fishing and other recreational activities. Ruthven Park, located just north of Cayuga, is a 1500-acre National Historic Site featuring the Thompson Mansion, the summer home of the Thompson family who owned the steamship line on the Grand River when it was a commercial route. The Greek Revival style mansion is open for tours during the summer. (ruthvenpark.ca) ● Cayuga Courthouse, one of the oldest Courthouses in Canada, is located at 55 Munsee St. A functioning jail surrounded by rock walls was attached to the Courthouse until the late 1960s. ● Toronto Motorsports Park has been, under various names, the home of drag racing since 1955. It originally shared runways with planes on the Kohler Airstrip, built for training British Commonwealth pilots during the Second World War. (torontomotorsportspark.com) ● Taquanyah Nature Centre offers natural history and walking and hiking trails. ● Haldmand County Museum and Archives showcases Haldimand’s heritage. The Nicholas Log Cabin, built Cayuga Courthouse in 1835, was home to the Nicholas family, early settlers to the area. In 1961 the cabin and its artifacts were moved to Courthouse Park and made a permanent exhibit of the museum. (haldimandcounty.on.ca) ● ●

CayugaFest is the community’s largest event, held annually during the third weekend of July. This event is staged by local service clubs and offers live entertainment, a parade, crafts and more. (cayugafest.com) ● Haldimand Motors Great Tricycle Race is an annual charity event in which Haldimand service clubs, fire stations and high schools compete for cash prizes; the event is a major food drive for Haldimand food banks. (thegreattricyclerace.com) ● Cayuga Santa Claus Parade (cayugaparade.ca/) ●

RAHB Photo Contest RAHB Photo Contest – Send Us Your Community Photo!

Calling all budding photographers! We are looking for your great photos of the communities within RAHB’s jurisdictional area. Capture the essence of your community, and you will have a chance to win a free CE course and bragging rights among your fellow REALTORS®.

E-mail your jpeg photo to kathyr@rahb.ca Pssst – we hope you took note of the photos published in this column over the past year - they could be the answers to the contest at the 2014 REALTOR® Connections Member Services booth.

* Including: Ancaster, Burlington, Caistor, Caledonia, Canborough, Cayuga, Dundas, Dunn, Dunnville, Flamborough, Glanbrook, Grimsby, Hagersville, Hamilton, Moulton, Oneida, Rainham, Seneca, Sherbrooke, Smithville, Stoney Creek, Waterdown, West Lincoln and their environs.

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Sources: Wikipedia and County of Haldimand websites; thekingshighway.ca/cayuga.htm; historicbridges.org; torontomotorsportspark.com

News RAHB/CREA Bruce for CREA Director

RAHB Past President Bruce Moran (Chase Realty Inc.) will be running for the position of CREA Regional Director for Ontario in the upcoming election at the CREA Annual General Meeting on March 29. Bruce has been a member of RAHB for 28 years and has been Broker of Record of Chase Realty Inc. since 1996. He has served on many RAHB committees and task forces, the Board of Directors and as President. Bruce received the Volunteer of the Year award in 2003. Voting delegates from Ontario will cast their ballots at the CREA annual meeting in Ottawa.

Ethicscorner

continued from page 4 “Ethics Corner"

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(Note: Not only is the registrant to avoid fraud, error or misrepresentation, but must also take steps to prevent it. An example of how to avoid possible error is given in the guide to the Code of Ethics:

A salesperson, when asked by a buyer client about zoning requirements, broadly describes his current under standing of local restrictions, but then ensures that the client is directed to an appropriate authority and/or includes a condition in any offer to avoid any possible error or misrepresentation. In doing so, the salesperson has taken reasonable steps to avoid error and misrepresentation when advising the client.) Members must be very clear in their dealings with clients and customers – whether it is in a listing agreement, drafting an offer or in conversation – to avoid misrepresentation. This is especially important when working with multi-unit properties.

Event RAHB RCC

Mark Your Calendars R EGIONAL C OMMERCIAL C OUNCIL Council of the

RCC Annual Commercial Summit Thursday, April 24, 2014 Registration – 7:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast – 8 a.m. Opening Remarks – 8:30 a.m. Conclusion – 12 noon Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington Keynote Speaker – Sheila Botting, Partner & National Leader, Real Estate, Deloitte LLP Watch for further details and registration information.

® MLS Upd ates

AHB members are allowed to download up to 6000 reports from GeoWarehouse in a calendar year. Previously, GeoWarehouse displayed the number of reports downloaded out of the 6000 allowed. The display has now changed and shows the number of reports downloaded out of 1000. Members are still entitled to 6000 downloads. However, members who download 1000 in a calendar year will be required to contact Teranet, to satisfy them that the download privileges are not being abused. Teranet will ask those members to sign an affidavit, and once Teranet is satisfied then members will be allowed to download reports once again. This process will occur after every 1000 downloads in a calendar year, up to a maximum of 6000. Members with questions should contact Teranet at 1-800-208-5263 or info@teranet.ca.

Microsoft Support for Windows XP Ends Soon

icrosoft will end mainstream support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) as of April 8, 2014. As per CoreLogic Support Policy, version 5.11 of Fusion (the next version, to be released soon) running on PCs with Windows XP SP3 will not be supported. This does not mean Fusion will suddenly stop working; however, issues reported to be specific to Windows XP SP3 OS will not be resolved by Microsoft and CoreLogic will not provide support services to members running XP on their PCs. CoreLogic will continue to support Microsoft Windows 7 and higher. For more information about the discontinuation of support for Windows XP, go to http://windows.microsoft. com/en-CA/windows/end-support-help

Interboarding to Toronto Real Estate Board

ffective Monday, March 3, members interboarding listings to the Toronto Real Estate Board should send their listings directly to TREB. Full instructions for how to complete and forward interboard listings are found in Fusion > Resources Gadget > RAHB Documents > Interboard instructions to TREB. Please read and follow the instructions carefully so your listings comply with TREB’s requirements.

Create a Fusion Icon on your Desktop

embers using a desktop shortcut to MLXchange will no longer be redirected to Fusion. Please delete your MLXchange shortcut and create a new one. Right-click on your desktop > Click New > Click Shortcut > Type http://fusion.starrs.ca > Click Next > Name your shortcut > Click Finish. To add Fusion to your favourites, type http://fusion. starrs.ca into your browser’s address bar, then click either the star (Google Chrome), Bookmarks (Mozilla Firefox) or Favourites (Internet Explorer).

Reminder to Brokers of Record

lease be sure to update the appropriate records in the alternate.rahb.ca website when members, administrators or assistants leave your brokerage. Failure to do so may lead to incorrect/misleading information appearing on REALTOR Link®.

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Teranet Downloads

Statistics UPDATE

Residential Price Up to - 199,999 200,000 - 299,999 300,000 - 399,999 400,000 - 499,999 500,000 - 599,999 600,000 +

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RAHB Sales – February 2014

Residential Sales –Residential by Price Range Property Type (total 922 sales) 13

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For monthly stats release, including seasonally adjusted and actual charts, go to REALTOR Link® – RAHB Statistics, the RAHB public website (www.rahb.ca) or your email inbox - the stats release is sent to every member each month.

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AREA Maps

Shoppe REALTY

Members New Welcome to RAHB

Congratulations Hank! Congratulations to Hank Balfoort of RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc., winner of the Realty Shoppe’s Customer Appreciation Day draw for a Hamilton/Niagara Falls mapbook. Light refreshments were enjoyed by all who dropped by on January 31.

he REALTORS® Association of Hamilton -Burlington would like to extend a warm welcome to its newest members.

OREA Consumer Brochures

OREA consumer brochures provide an easy, inexpensive way to make contact with consumers and help them understand REALTOR® services Honesty and Integr

ity

You want your home to sell as quickly and as profitably as possible. Howe ver, selling your home is a comp lex – and often emotional – proce ss, involving large sums of money and stringent legal requirements. For the best result s you’ll need the help of a REALT ® OR – a registered real estate profes sional who is a member of the Ontario Real Estate Association . REALTORS® have the knowledge , the training and the experience to effectively marke t your home and look out for your best interests.

Most real estate professionals in our members of the Ontario Real Estate province are (OREA) and only Association members of OREA themselves REALTO can call RS ®. When you work with a REALTO ® strict adherence R to provincial laws, , you can expect Code of Ethics. That code assures which include a the highest level you of service, honesty will receive and integrity. Highe

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Check out the Web OREA has a 120-pagsite www.howrealtorshelp.ca. e book called How Home available to Sell Your free by calling 1-800-5 63-HOME. Other pamphlets available: • Buying a Home • Home Insuranc e • Home Ownersh ip • Marijuana Grow Incentives House Operatio • Working with ns a REALTOR®

REALTOR is a owned equally byregistered trademark of REALTORS® the Canadian Real Association of REALTORS Estate Association Canada Inc., a company ® and the National and refers to registered who are members of The Canadian real estate practitioners Real Estate Association. Printed in June Used under license. 2009 ®

New to the line up Take advantage of OREA’s media campaign to promote REALTOR® value to consumers and use these products to promote yourself:

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15¢ ea.*

January 18 to February 25

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The RAHB Realty Shoppe will be CLOSED on Thursday, March 27, 2014. Visit our booth at REALTOR® Central at REALTOR® CONNECTIONS 2014 at the Hamilton Convention Centre. New products! Show Specials! Great Prizes! Remember to bring your business cards to enter the draws. * All applicable taxes are extra. Prices subject to change.

Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. T.: 905.529.5979 F.: 905.529.7109 E.: realtyshoppe@rahb.ca

Tara Watson Keller Williams Edge Realty Inc., Brokerage Joanna Cutaia-Beales Kelley Bartlett RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc., Brokerage Anita Bator Sandra Morgan RE/MAX Garden City Realty Inc., Brokerage Walter Hayde RE/MAX Legacy Realty Inc., Brokerage Carl Schuy RE/MAX Realty Enterprises Inc., Brokerage Nick Gewarges Right At Home Realty Inc., Brokerage Michael Hogan Nancy Ng Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services Inc., Brokerage Jesse Mudie Royal LePage Niagara Real Estate Centre Services Inc., Brokerage Lorenzo Lampignano Renee Ibrahim Royal LePage State Realty Inc., Brokerage

MON

Fusion Level 1 (FUS140401) 9 a.m. - noon, Chambers Room

April

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. McCullough Rooms

Navigating a Successful Real Estate Future (LEC140325)

Fusion Level 1 (FUS140318) 9 a.m. - noon, Chambers Room

MLS® Committee Thompson Room, 9:30 a.m.

Charity Auction Task Force, Thompson Room, 9:30 a.m.

TUE

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. McCullough Rooms

Professional Standards Committee, Thompson Room, 2 p.m.

Board of Directors, Thompson Room, 9 a.m.

Consumer Certified Real Estate Consultant Designation (C-CREC®) (LEC140402)

RAHB Office, McCullough Rooms

Point2 Demonstration 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Finance Committee, Thompson Room, 9 a.m.

WED

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9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. McCullough Rooms

iPad Hands-On (LEC140403)

AGM, Conference & Trade Show 7:30 a.m. – Registration/Hot Breakfast Hamilton Convention Centre 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton

REALTOR® CONNECTIONS

Broker Load (BL140320) 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Chambers Room

Name: Office:

Bill course(s) to my account

THU Professional Development Committee Thompson Room, 9:30 a.m.

Principles of Mortgage Financing - 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. - McCullough Rooms - Register with OREA - 1.866.411.OREA

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Governance Task Force Thompson Room, 9:30 a.m.

March

Governance Task Force Thompson Room, 2 p.m.

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. McCullough Rooms

Multi Residential (LEC140404)

New Member Orientation (by invitation only) 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. McCullough Rooms

Charity Golf Tournament Task Force, Purnell Room, 9:30 a.m.

FRI

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Demographics added to REALTOR.ca CREA added demographic information to the REALTOR.ca and ICX.ca sites in December. As of mid-January, approximately nine per cent of visitors to the new beta site interacted with the demographics content on the site – that’s almost one million visitors. Demographics will be made available on the REALTOR.ca mobile apps in 2014.

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The new .REALTOR top-level domain (TLD) will make it easier for home buyers, sellers and investors to locate a trusted source of real estate information, resources and services online. The .REALTOR TLD will be used as an alternative to .com, .ca, .org, etc. Registration will open later this year, and .REALTOR will be available to all REALTOR® members in Canada and the United States. Right now, members of CREA and NAR can sign up to be on the priority list for .REALTOR domain registration. Those who are on the priority list will have a 24-hour head start to register a domain before other members of CREA and NAR. Priority list registration ends March 15, 2014. Get on the priority list before it closes: www.realtorlink.ca/dotREALTOR

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News LOCAL

Hamilton receives six awards

amilton’s Economic Development Department (EcDev) took home six awards from the Economic Developers Council of Ontario’s 57th Annual Conference and Showcase in February.

Two of the awards were in the category of Technology & New Media: one for their video “Ambitious Hamilton” (view the video at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1-BgySJ2c50&list=TLN498yebSdUKQpQgDUGRI1UbdFXmFECU) and the second for their new Hamilton Site Selector app (http://siteselector.hamilton.ca/). Site Selector is Hamilton EcDev’s online tool for identifying commercial properties available in the city of Hamilton. RAHB has long collaborated with EcDev by providing commercial listing information specifically for the site; Hamilton took the additional step of developing an app for the site in 2013.