ACROSST H E B O A R D

SEPTEMBER 2016

Table of Contents

Exciting Program for TREB’s Fall Annual Meeting

Page 3

TREB and BDAR Enter into MLS® Services Partnership

Page 4

Regulatory Evolution of Sign By-Laws Reviewing Sign By-Laws in

Southern York Region Page 4

The Educated Professional Page 5

TREB Member Home & Auto Insurance Program

Page 6

What’s in Your REALTOR® Toolkit? Organizing Collaborate’s Email

Notifications Page 6

Privacy Reminder to Members Page 6

Ontario Plans to License Home Inspectors Page 6

© Copyright 2016. All rights reserved.

2

3

TREB will host its Fall Annual Meeting at the Toronto Congress Centre, with plenty of free parking (map), on Tuesday, October 25. There’s a great lineup of speakers and topics in store, plus,

you’ll also have a chance to win a free TREB membership in our TEXT & WIN contest.

Exciting Program for TREB’s

Fall Annual Meeting

Larry Cerqua President

Tim Syrianos President-Elect

Mark McLeanPast President

Ron AbrahamNorth Brokerage

Director

Paul Baron Central Brokerage

Director

Gurcharan (Garry) Bhaura West Brokerage

Director

Richard (Dick) Briscoe East Brokerage

Director

Peter BurdonNorth Non-Brokerage

Director

Michael CollinsWest Non-Brokerage

Director

Paul Etherington Director-at-Large

Don Kottick Director-at-Large

John D.K. LusinkDirector-at-Large

Toronto Real Estate Board2016/2017 Board of Directors

Michelle Makos East Non-Brokerage

Director

Nito Morcos-Brown Director-at-Large

Lisa PatelCentral Non-Brokerage

Director

Howard DrukarshDirector-at-Large

There will be a dynamic and informative keynote address on the economy and our markets by Deputy Managing Director and Chief Economist of CIBC World Markets Inc., Benjamin Tal.

In addition, we’ll also show you a first video look at TREB’s Year in Rview.

Following the meeting, you can enjoy a complimentary lunch and take in our REALTOR® QUEST Exhibitor Appreciation event, featuring over 110 exhibitors.

You won’t want to miss an important discussion on possible changes to how we elect TREB’s President.

The meeting begins at 10:00 a.m., but registration opens at 8:30 a.m., and you may want to come early to enjoy a complimentary breakfast as well as the trade show.

This event is for TREB Members only. Registration requires an Authenticator or TREB eCard. See you there!

Regulatory Evolution of Sign By-Laws – Reviewing Sign

By-Laws in Southern York Region

TREB and BDAR Enter into MLS® Services Partnership

The Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® (BDAR) and the Toronto Real Estate Board

(TREB) have entered into an MLS® services partnership to provide Members with more extensive MLS® services and greater resources.

On August 11, 2016, the official agree-ment between the two Boards was signed at a BDAR Special Board Meeting, held at the Kempenfelt Centre in Innisfil.

“This MLS® services partnership will be beneficial to Members from both BDAR and TREB as well as consumers,” said Mike Douglas, BDAR 2016 President. “Members from both Boards will have access to a larger database, creating an easy flow of information for REALTORS® so they can provide the best service to their clients.”

Recognizing the overlap in markets, this partnership is a responsible step forward that will remove barriers and open the flow of information.

BDAR and TREB will remain separate Boards, each with their own identity and Member benefits; however, each Board will have access to a better database and more resources, enabling Members of both Boards to serve their clients more effectively and efficiently. For more in-formation, click here.

4

In this fourth article of our ongoing series, we examine the regulatory evolution of sign by-laws. We also review

the sign by-laws of York Region’s southern municipalities: Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Vaughan, and Richmond Hill.

Municipal sign by-laws regulate all as-pects of signs, but like any other law or regulation, sign by-laws are not set in stone for eternity. New administrations, challenges, protocols, and public dis-course encourage reviewing and updating the by-laws. TREB works with municipal-ities to ensure that updated sign by-laws take into account our industry’s business practices and consumers’ expectations.

Since sign by-laws are so often revised, it’s good practice to stay current. TREB en-courages Members to review York Region’s sign by-laws to ensure compliance. Click here to review the municipal sign by-laws. By-law highlights from the southern municipalities of York Region:

• Markham – For sale/lease signs shall be removed within 14 days after the prop- erty is no longer for sale or lease.

• Richmond Hill – Open house signs are not permitted. Only one (1) for sale/lease real estate sign is permitted per property.

• Vaughan – For sale/lease signs shall be removed within 14 days after the prop-

erty is no longer for sale or lease.

• Whitchurch-Stouffville – Open house signs are not permitted. Only one (1) for sale/lease real estate sign is permitted per property.

REALTORS® are responsible to com- ply with the municipal sign by-laws.

Next month, we will highlight municipal sign by-laws for Durham Region.

Did you miss our last article? Click here to check it out!

The Educated Professional

Did you know that Newmarket has recently updated their sign by-laws? Click here to check out the changes.

5

Sept. 20 The Agreement of Purchase and Sale – Tips & Traps Sept. 21 Subdividing Land Sept. 22 Basics of Selling a Small Business Sept. 22 Get in Focus: Creating Video with Your iPhone or iPad

Sept. 28 Conservation Land Securement for REALTORS® (York) Sept. 29 Tapping Into the Grey Market: The Next Real Estate Wave Oct. 11 Legal Concerns for Residen- tial Rental Properties Oct. 13 Tax Implications for Commercial REALTORS®

Add/Edit in Stratus October 3

Creating a CMA in Stratus September 21 September 22 (Miss.) September 23 September 26 September 29 (York) September 29 October 5 October 7 October 7 (Miss.) October 11 October 13

Residential Statistics in Stratus September 22

Searching in Stratus – Commercial September 27

Searching in Stratus – Residential September 20 September 22 September 23 (York) September 27 (York) September 30 October 4 October 6 (Miss.) October 7 (York) October 11 October 14

Working with Public Records September 16 September 20

Working with Public Records September 22 (Miss.) September 26 September 29 (York) September 30 October 4 October 6 October 14

Working with WEBForms® September 19 September 27 September 29 October 6 October 12

Participate in a seminar or workshop to learn directly from the subject matter expert and through class discussions. Network with your fellow REALTORS® to learn from each other. These seminars/workshops range between two and six hours.

Participate in technology training for step-by-step instructions that will help you serve your clients better. Hands-on training is provided in a computer lab and is led by one of our staff Technology Learning Specialists. These labs range between three and four hours.

September 21 & 22 (Don Mills) and October 13 & 14 (York) Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE) CertificationReal estate professionals encounter all sorts of people, personalities, situations, issues, and objections. This 2-day certification course is designed to help elevate your negotiating skills. Consisting of two sections, The Power Negotiator's Playbook and Advanced Field Negotiations, this interactive course will provide the skills professionals need to master in order to be effective advocates for their clients. September 26 - 30 – Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) Designation CoursesSeptember 26 – Global Real Estate: Local Markets September 27 – The Business of U.S. Real Estate September 28 – The Americas and International Real Estate September 29 – Asia/Pacific and International Real Estate September 30 – Europe and International Real Estate

Although TREB endeavours to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of information, it is not guaranteed.

Upcoming Seminars and Workshops

Hands-On Technology Training

September 21 MPAC propertyline™ for Commercial PractitionersSeptember 28 WEBForms®

October 5 Creating a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) in StratusOctober 12 Collaborate

The Educated Professional

Upcoming Professional Designations/Certification

Webinar Wednesdays

Click e-Commerce to register for courses and to access further details, including course descriptions and instructor biographies.

September 20 to 23: CI 101: Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real EstateMeasure the impact of federal taxation and financial leverage on the cash flow from acquisition, ownership, and disposition phases of real estate investment. Examine investment performance measures such as internal rate of return, net present value, capitalization rate, capital accumulation, and the annual growth rate of capital.See details and registration information.

CCIM Institute Course

Suggestions & FeedbackIf you have content suggestions for Across The Board or comments about this publication, feel free to email us at acrosstheboard@trebnet.com

Get Social With TREB

What’s In Your REALTOR® Toolkit?Organizing Collaborate’s Email Notifications

Ontario Plans to License Home Inspectors

In the June issue of Across The Board, you learned how to edit notification settings in Collaborate. Changing the

default notification settings is important because you can get a large number of

emails about saved searches and client activity. Even after you have customized Collaborate’s notification settings, you may still have a challenge dealing with all of the messages generated by the system.

Create a rule (if using Outlook or Hot-mail/LiveMail) or a filter (if using Gmail or Yahoo) to direct email coming from notifications@stratuscollab.com to a custom folder rather than your Inbox. In this way, all of your Collaborate email will be in one location and your Inbox will be less crowded. Just don’t forget to check your custom folder regularly be-cause when things are out of sight, they can be out of mind.

Ontario’s Minister of Govern-ment and Consumer Services announced the province’s intent

to introduce legislation this fall to regu-late the home inspection industry.

If passed, the proposed changes would:

• Require home inspectors to be licensed with proper qualifications

• Set minimum standards for contracts, home inspection reports, disclosures, and the performance of home inspections

• Establish an independent Administra-

tive Authority to administer and enforce the home inspection licensing legislation and associated regulations

TREB and OREA have been working with the Government of Ontario on modernizing the home inspection indus-try. Click here to read TREB’s written feedback to the province on this issue and here to read OREA’s support of the Minister of Consumer Services’ efforts to regulate the home inspection industry.

For more information about the pro-posed legislation, click here.

A Member benefit that provides exclusive group rates on home

and auto insurance to you, your spouse and children.

Start saving immediately!

TREB Member Home & Auto

Insurance Program

TREB Member Benefits is pleased to announce that you are au-tomatically eligible to save on

your insurance through a NEW home and auto group insurance program with The Personal! Click here to learn more.

Members should continue to handle consumer per-sonal information with

great care, adhere to all privacy laws, and always be mindful of protecting consumer privacy rights.

Privacy Reminder to Members