Upcoming - REALTORS® Association of Hamilton

march ● 2012
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
MLS® Update
New MLS® Remediation Policy – page 2
Ethics Corner
Lock box codes – page 4
New Members
Officeclosure
The RAHB office will be
closed Friday, April 6 for Good Friday.
The office will be open
Monday, April 9, 8:30 a.m.
February – page 4
Association Event
REALTOR® CONNECTIONS AGM, Conference and Trade Show
Centre Stage Workshops – page 5
To w n H a l l M e e t i n g H i g h l i g h t s
– page 6
RCC News
Councillor resignation – page 7
In Brief
– page 7
S t a t i s t i c s U p d a t e /A r e a M a p s
– pages 8 and 9
Staff Profiles
Meet Trish and Angela – page 10
Realt y Shoppe
Maps – page 10
Day Timer
Upcoming
Events
REALTOR® Connections
AGM, Conference & Trade Show
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Registration – 7:30 a.m.
Hamilton Convention Centre
1 Summers Lane, Hamilton
Town Hall Meetings
Wednesday, April 18 and
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Waterdown, Stoney Creek and Dunnville
Details and registration: TBA
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Empowering REALTORS ® to Succeed
Established in 1921, the REALTORS®
Association of Hamilton-Burlington
(RAHB) represents more than 2,400
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
Cameron Nolan
905.525.2720
President-Elect
Bruce Moran
905.522.6001
Vice-President
Tim Mattioli
905.575.5478
Immediate Past President
Ann Forbes Arndt
905.574.3038
Directors
Donna Bacher
Hank Balfoort
Dan Gies
Bill Lawson
Brenda McKinley
Sean Morrison
Gloria Payton
Bob Van de Vrande
905.574.4600
905.522.6001
905.388.5133
905.338.9000
905.335.8808
905.662.6666
905.574.9889
905.332.4111
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
Realinfo is published monthly
by the REALTORS® Association
of Hamilton-Burlington(RAHB)
2
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: [email protected]
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
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MLS
Updat
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Notice to All RAHB MLS ® System Users
FROM: Ross Godsoe, CEO
RE: New MLS ® Remediation Policy re: Unauthorized
Access and Use of the Associations MLS ® System
On December 9, 2011 all RAHB MLS®
system users were advised RAHB had
activated the remediation dashboard
for Scout SAFEMLS. Since activating the
remediation it has been discovered there
are many shared accounts among our
membership, as well as suspect accounts.
Beginning April 2, 2012, we will
begin investigating member accounts
which have been flagged as shared
or suspected of being shared.
If you believe you may be one of the users
who is sharing or suspected of sharing
your User ID and password, please consider
the RAHB Rules and Regulations, Section
7 MLS® Data and Other Board Publications (see below) before allowing anyone
to access the Association’s MLS® system
using your codes. You are reminded that
if anyone is found to be in breach of these
Rules, “such Member’s access to the Association’s MLS® System shall be immediately
suspended pending investigation by the
Association” (section 7.11).
The following is from the RAHB Rules and
Regulations:
RAHB RULES AND REGULATIONS,
SECTION 7 – MLS® DATA AND
OTHER BOARD PUBLICATIONS
Access
7.06 Personal computer access codes, log-on account number and/or passwords issued to a Member in
order to provide access to the
Association’s MLS® System or the MLS® Data contained therein and/
or other Association information and services (collectively, the “Access Codes”) are for the Member’s sole
and exclusive use and their sale to, distribution or disclosure to, or use
by, any other person is prohibited.
7.07Any computer software or hardware
provided by the Association to any Member to access the Association’s
MLS® System and the MLS® Data contained therein and/or other
Association information (regardless
of whether such software or hard-
ware is provided with or without
a cost to the Member) (collectively, the “Access Program”) are for the Member’s sole and exclusive use
and their sale to, distribution or disclosure to, or use by, any other person is prohibited.
7.08 Personal computer access codes
are the sole responsibility of the Member and disclosure to anyone
is prohibited.
7.09 The Member who is the Broker of Record of each Brokerage shall ensure
that any individual who has been provided with Access Codes and/or
Access Programs complies with the Association’s Bylaws and these Rules
while Employed (as defined in the
Association’s Bylaw) by such Brokerage.
7.10 The Broker of Record of each Bro-
kerage shall notify the Association
within forty eight (48) hours after any individual who has been
provided with Access Codes and/or
Access Programs ceases to be
Employed by the Brokerage.
Remedies
7.11Any theft, sabotage, unauthorized use of, or unauthorized access to the Association’s MLS® System or
the MLS® Data constitutes a breach of these Rules and shall be dealt with
in accordance with the provisions of the Association’s Bylaws. Notwith-
standing any sanctions or penalties
imposed by the Association, the Association reserves the right to
seek any and all redress and
continued on page 3
MLS® Update continued from page 2
remedies available to it in a civil action against the unauthorized person (whether such person is a Member or non-Member) and/or any Member permitting the
unauthorized access or to unauthorized use of the Association’s MLS® System or
the MLS® Data contained therein by an
unauthorized person. In the event it is
discovered there is a breach of these Rules by a Member, such Member’s access to
the Association’s MLS® System shall be
immediately suspended pending
investigation by the Association.
7.12 In addition to the Association’s rights and
remedies set out in Sub-section 7.11, the Association reserves the right to
immediately terminate a Brokerage’s or
an individual Member’s Access Codes and/or Access Programs, without notice,
in the event of any unauthorized use of,
or granting unauthorized access to, the Association’s MLS® System or any MLS®
Data contained therein or any other breach of the provisions of this Section 7.
Should you require any further information, please
contact the Association.
News
Local
Attention all rental property
owners and managers!
News
OREA
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Marijuana Grow Operations Registry
Prior to the election, the Provincial Advisory Group (PAG) on Marijuana Grow Operations and Clandestine
Laboratories, of which OREA is a member, made a recommendation to the Minister of Community Safety
and Correctional Services to create a registry of
former marijuana grow operations.
In December 2011, the RCMP announced the creation of a national registry of former marijuana
grow operations. Unfortunately, due to the limited jurisdictional coverage of the RCMP in Ontario, the registry shows only two properties in the province. OREA is hopeful that the provincial government will
regard the RCMP registry as an impetus to forge ahead with their own registry.
OREA has met the new Minister of Community Safety
and Correctional Services (Honourable Madeleine Meilleur) to discuss PAG’s recommendation to create a registry. In the meeting, ministry staff indicated that they are still reviewing PAG’s recommendations.
However, the Minister expressed support for
consumers who want to know if their prospective home purchase was a former grow op.
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Electronic Signatures
OREA received the latest update from the Ministry of
the Attorney General in September, 2011. Andrea Strom (Director, Justice Policy Development Branch)
informed OREA that the Uniform Law Conference has
agreed to amend the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act to delete the current exemption for real property transactions and that the Ministry was considering
following suit. The Uniform Electronic Commerce Act is an international document that forms the basis of our provincial legislation.
The Attorney General has invited OREA to meet with his staff to discuss the proposal in more detail.
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Personal Real Estate Corporations
The Hamilton and District Apartment Association
(HDAA) will be holding their annual trade show
on Wednesday, March 28 at Michelangelo Banquet
Centre. The show runs from 6:30 – 9 p.m. and
is FREE.
Every property owner or manager should come to
this event to:
•get up-to-date on the newest products;
•find out about services and discounts from
local providers; and
•learn about the HDAA and meet its members.
Register by contacting 289.440.3185 or
[email protected].
Ministry staff indicated that the issue of personal
real estate corporations is well known within the government. However, ministry staff have received
no direction from the Minister’s office to look further
into the matter.
OREA requested and the Minister has agreed to a meeting to discuss the issue of personal real estate corporations and the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA), 2002 reform. OREA and ministerial staff are currently working on a date.
For more information about any of these OREA updates, contact Matthew Thornton, Manager of
Government Relations for OREA at mthornton@
orea.com or 416.385.6624.
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
In December 2011, OREA met with staff at the
Ministry of Consumer Services to discuss personal
real estate corporations.
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Ethicscorner
Lock box codes
made easy
B
obby Broker was a successful broker. He was
tops in sales in his brokerage and he was
pretty sure he was close to being the top salesperson in
his market area – his signs were everywhere. He was
personable, he was businesslike, he was a sharp dresser
and drove an expensive car. Bobby oozed success.
Bobby had a fantastic memory for faces and names;
that was part of what made him so good at his
profession. He could remember clients from way
back and greet them by name when he met them in
the grocery store. Bobby’s memory was not, however,
very good with numbers. He could barely remember
his PIN number for his bank card and he had to write
down his pass codes for almost everything else.
When it came to setting combinations for lockboxes,
Bobby had a problem. He had picked up a number
of push button lock boxes from different salespeople
who left the business, so he had plenty of lockboxes
to go around. He also had a few of the dial-type
lockboxes. The problem was that he wasn’t very
good at setting the codes for the lockboxes and then
remembering them. Names and faces he could
remember; codes and passwords … not so much.
Bobby hit on a great idea. He decided to use the
same code for every lockbox and, what was even better,
he’d make it as easy as A-B-C and 1-2-3 – he surely
wouldn’t forget those codes. And they were so simple
that anyone else would remember them too, so he was
making it easy for his office staff and other REALTORS®.
Upcoming
Meeting
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
Was Bobby’s strategy a good one?
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RAHB Annual General
Membership Meeting
P
lan to attend RAHB's Annual General Meeting on March 22 at REALTOR® CONNECTIONS AGM,
Conference and Trade Show. Registration begins at
7:30 a.m.; breakfast is available at 7:45 a.m. and
the meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. Watch for your
meeting package.
new
Members
Welcome to RAHB
T
February
he REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-
Burlington would like to extend a warm welcome
to the newest members.
Carol Hart
Halton Heritage Realty Inc., Brokerage
Natasha Murphy
Harry Stinson Realty Corp., Brokerage
Tonya Potts
Scott Bouman
Harvey Real Estate Co. Ltd., Brokerage
Helen Smoljan
Homelife Macro Realty Inc., Brokerage
Marion Goard
Keller Williams Edge Realty Inc., Brokerage
Kirstin Paisley-Godsave
Kirstin Campeau
John Paisley
Midevco Commercial Realty Corp., Brokerage
Ed Shukur
Chris Hayward
Marion Briatico
RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc., Brokerage
Matthew Tamburello
Dana Bodnariuc
RE/MAX Garden City Realty Inc., Brokerage
Alexandra Gowans
Lynda Nixon
Royal LePage Burloak
Real Estate Services Inc., Brokerage
Julia Vanderklok
Royal LePage Real Estate Services Inc., Brokerage
Brian Cook
Wendy Cook
Royal LePage State Realty Inc., Brokerage
Hal Roberts Mueller
Anna Sharpe
Sutton Group Innovative Realty Inc., Brokerage
Mike Swick
Your Realty Services Inc., Brokerage
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AGM, Conference and Trade Show 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Hamilton Convention Centre
Centre Stage Workshops
Chedoke A, B & C – all day
10 – 10:45 a.m. Officer Steve Mahler, Hamilton Police
Services Crime Prevention Officer
11 – 11:45 a.m. David Premi, Architect
12 noon – 12 :45 p.m. Jim Albanese, Albanese Branding
1 – 1:45 p.m. Bruce Krushelnicki,
Director of Planning and Building,
City of Burlington
2 – 2:45 p.m. Christine Newbold, Senior Project Manager,
B-Line Corridor Planning Study
REALTOR® CONNECTIONS is FREE to RAHB members who pre-register
by Friday, March 9. Registration after that date $25+HST
For more information and course outlines, go to www.rahb.ca/events
Get Connected!
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
• AGM (RAHB members only) • Networking • MCE Credits
• Trade Show (Opens at 9 a.m.) • Informal Workshops
• Breakfast and Lunch
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Association
Update
Highlights from RAHB town hall meetings
R
AHB President Cameron Nolan, President-Elect
Bruce Moran and CEO Ross Godsoe went on the road
February 16 and 17 to meet with members at town hall
meetings in Burlington, Ancaster and Binbrook.
The purpose of the meetings was to update members on the
RAHB building, Fusion/MLXchange, Board Governance, the
CREA DDF, the CREA Home Price Index (HPI), CREA Futures
(page 7) and the RAHB strategic plan and to receive member
feedback on these and other issues such as electronic lock
boxes. Seventy-five members attended the meetings.
RAHB President Cameron Nolan talks about CREA Futures
at the Burlington town hall meeting.
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RAHB members at the Ancaster town hall meeting.
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RAHB President Cameron Nolan fields a question about
the RAHB strategic plan at the Binbrook town hall meeting.
T
What is HPI?
he Home Price Index, or HPI, is the
most accurate way to identify trends
in the real estate market. Developed by
CREA in association with the Vancouver,
Fraser Valley,Calgary, Toronto and Montreal
real estate associations, the HPI measures
Canadian home prices based on quantitative
housing features such as number of rooms,
number of bathrooms, living area, age of
home, and qualitative housing features,
such as finished basement, new or resale,
proximity to schools, golf courses, etc.
The HPI is comparable to the Consumer
Price Index (CPI), but for homes.
Instead of using actual sale prices of particular
kinds of homes and comparing them to the
previous month or previous year, the HPI
establishes a benchmark of an “average”
property – one that doesn’t really exist – in
a particular area and of a particular property
type, and then shows how that benchmark
moves up or down according to market
activity. HPI is not a report of actual sale
price; it is a report on what can statistically
be called an average property and how it
performed in the last month, year or
multiple years.
When the benchmark for a two-storey home
is 100 and, say, a two-storey home is valued
at 123 in 2011, it means that a typical twostorey home for the area has risen 23% since
2005 (the year CREA is using as its benchmark). HPI will also provide an average
house price that reflects that percentage rise.
With the HPI, the effects of swings in the
market place – a large number of sales of
high- or low-end homes, for instance – will
no longer affect the average sale price and
that is what makes HPI such a valuable tool.
For more information about CREA’s HPI
and how HPI is reported for the Vancouver,
Faser Valley, Calgary, Toronto and
Montreal real estate associations, go to
www.homepriceindex.ca.
continued on page 7
CREA looks to the future
EALTORS® across Canada were asked the question: Given future consumer expectations,
what is the role of the REALTOR® in 5 to 10 years
and what will be the implications for organized
real estate? The answer may surprise you. The
key message that came back is that organized real
estate has to move from being REALTOR® centric
to consumer centric.
But what does that mean?
The market place has become very consumer
oriented and consumer conscious. REALTORS®
serve the public and need to have the tools to
properly do their jobs. It follows that real estate
boards and associations need to understand what
consumers want and need so they can provide
their members – REALTORS® - with the information
and services that will help them serve their buyers
and sellers.
Interested in knowing more? Check out the CREA
Futures website (http://futuresavenir.realtorlink.ca)
and read the reports and the suggestions for
moving organized real estate into the future.
You can also see what discussion has taken
place among REALTORS® by going to
http://futuresdiscussions.realtorlink.ca.
More town halls are planned for April 18 and 19 in
Waterdown, Stoney Creek and Dunnville. Watch your
email, MOD and REALinfo for more details.
RCC
News
C
Councillor Resignation
ouncillors of the Regional
Commercial Council (RCC)
have accepted the resignation of
Jenny Pearce (Judy Marsales Real Estate
Ltd.) as 2012 RCC Chair. As per RAHB Article 7,
Section 18.10, Chair-Elect Hank Balfoort (Chase Realty
Inc.) has assumed the duties of the 2012 RCC Chair;
Chris Allen (Royal Lepage State Realty) was elected as
new 2012 RCC Chair-Elect.
Best wishes and sincere thanks are extended to Jenny for
her dedication and contributions.
inBrief
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Changes to membership fees
The following fee schedule will become effective March 30, 2012:
Processing Fee
(Article 4; Section 4; Sub-section 4.01)
Entrance Fee, Dual Member
Entrance Fee, Branch Office
$
50 +HST
$
500 +HST
500 +HST
$
If you have any questions about the fee
changes, contact Camryn in membership,
[email protected].
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Strategic Plan 2012
RAHB’s Strategic Plan 2012 has been finalized and is now available to members. Members
who receive a hard copy of REALinfo will also receive a hard copy of the strategic plan.
Members who receive the e-version of REALinfo will find the strategic plan at http://www.rahb.ca/
notices/2012strategicplan.pdf.
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Join the conversation!
RAHB members can be found on our closed group sites:
(http://www.facebook.com/
#!groups/6228669666) (http://www.linkedin.com/
groups?gid=1876507&trk=
hb_side_g/6228669666)
All members of RAHB are welcome to join!
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REALTORS Care Foundation
RAHB member to cycle in Ride
to Conquer Cancer.
RAHB member Leo Cascioli (RE/MAX
Escarpment Realty Inc., Brokerage) will be
participating in the 2-day, 200 mile Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer benefitting the
Campbell Family Institute at the Princess
Margaret Hospital. The bicycle ride will take place June 9 and 10 and Leo will be cycling the classic route from Toronto to Niagara Falls.
To sponsor Leo, please contact him at
[email protected] or go to his personal Ride page at http://www.conquercancer.ca/site/
TR?px=2822644&pg=personal&fr_id=1401&fl
=en_US&et=0X5w44OLawDGG2ytsohLkQ&s_
tafId=248748 to pledge your support.
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Town Hall highlights continued from page 6
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StatisticsUPDATE
Average Sale Price Continues to Rise
T
he REALTORS® Association of Hamiltonmonth. Seasonally adjusted numbers of new listings,
Burlington (RAHB) reported 1126 property sales
however, were 14.5 per cent lower from the same
through the RAHB Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) for the
month last year.
month of February, a 4.9 per cent increase in sales over
Seasonally adjusted data for residential properties for
the same month last year. RAHB also reported a 9.2
the month of February:
per cent increase in average sale price and an 8.3 per
cent increase in the number of new listings in the month
of February this year compared to
Seasonally Adjusted
Percentage change compared to
February of last year.
Residential Only
Seasonally adjusted* sales of all property types were virtually the same as
February 2011, with the average sale
price increasing 7.9 per cent for the
New Listings
Sales
Average Sale Price
Feb/12
Jan/11
1564
1142
$
347,258
12.1%
-2%
2.7%
2011
2012
% Change
New Listings
Sales
Average Sale Price
End of Month Listing Inventory
1608
1068
$
330,055
4148
1742
1126
$
360,625
3670
8.3%
4.9%
9.2%
-11.4%
Residential Only - Actual
Listings
Sales
Median Sale Price
Average Sale Price
Average Days on Market
End of Month Listing Inventory
1501
1033
$
286,258
$
331,892
52
3374
1588
1085
$
305,650
$
356,980
47
2894
5.7%
5.0%
6.8%
7.6%
Freehold Only - Actual
Listings
Sales
Median Sale Price
Average Sale Price
Average Days on Market
End of Month Listing Inventory
1218
822
$
301,948
$
366,778
52
2758
1283
902
$
318,726
$
379,268
48
2387
Condominium Only - Actual
Listings
Sales
Median Sale Price
Average Sale Price
Average Days on Market
End of Month Listing Inventory
283
211
$
225,135
$
234,943
51
616
305
183
$
241,201
$
247,124
45
507
7.8%
-13.3%
7.1%
5.2%
35
41
17.1%
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-14.2%
5.3%
9.7%
5.6%
6.3%
-13.5%
-17.7%
Commercial - Actual
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Sales
2%
1.5%
6.1%
3.7%
-2.2%
1.5%
Oct/11
-5.6%
-1.2%
2.5%
Source: REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington
The numbers for the month of February compared to February of last year:
All Property Types
Dec/11 Nov/11
“The residential market is performing well, and the average sale price continues to increase,”
said RAHB President Cameron Nolan.
“Both actual average sale price and
seasonally adjusted
average sale price show a steady climb
over last year.”
Residential freehold
properties showed a 9.7
per cent increase in actual
sales, with a 7.6 per cent
increase in average sale
price over last year.
The condominium market
was the only category
which saw a drop in actual
sales for the month of
February when compared
to last year. The average
days on market for
condominium units also
decreased from February
of last year.
* Seasonal adjustment removes
normal seasonal variations,
enabling analysis of monthly changes and fundamental trends in the data.
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9
Profiles
staff
M
any members speak to RAHB staff over the phone or by email, but have never met them.
As a way of putting a face to a name, we will be introducing all RAHB staff over the next few months and telling you
a bit about what they do.
Trish Hlohinec
Trish is the newest staff member
at RAHB. She provides MLS®
support, which means she
enters listings, amendments
and revisions; takes phone
enquiries from members about
MLS® listings; handles interboard listings; answers questions
about MLS® Rules and Regulations, MLS® policies
and REALTOR.ca and follows up on and corrects
errors reported on data uploaded to CREA.
Trish began her career at RAHB by filling a maternity
leave in Print Services. After that position came to
an end, Trish switched gears and moved into the
MLS® department and has been there for the last
ten months. Trish also covers the lunch hour in
the Realty Shoppe and occasionally relieves in
reception. As Trish notes, she’s everywhere!
Angela McArthur
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
Angela wears many hats as
RAHB’s Education/Professional
Standards Coordinator. In her
role as Education Coordinator
she acts as staff liaison to the
Professional Development
Committee, processes course
registrations, assists members
with their education questions and makes arrangements for speakers for MCE credit courses. In her
role as Professional Standards Coordinator, she is
staff liaison to the Professional Standards Committee, handles all member and consumer complaints,
prepares documentation required for the complaint
process and sets up discipline hearings. She also
handles arbitration enquiries and sets up arbitration
hearings. If that wasn’t enough, she also acts as
back-up support for the membership department.
10
Angela started at RAHB doing part-time reception
and part-time listing processing before she moved
to work only in the MLS® department. She moved
through several departments and held different
positions – sometimes simultaneously – until she
arrived at her current position in 2008. Angela
recently reached the 25-year milestone with RAHB
and received her 25-year long service pin at the
President’s Gala in January.
With such a broad background and wide range of
responsibilities, Angela says there is never a dull
moment at RAHB.
Shoppe
REALTY
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The RAHB Realty Shoppe will be CLOSED for all
business on Thursday, March 22. Come visit us at
REALTOR® Central at the REALTOR® CONNECTIONS
AGM, Conference and Trade Show 2012 at the
Hamilton Convention Centre. New products! Show
Specials! Great Prizes!
Bring your business cards to enter the draws.
The Shoppe is THE source
for MAPS!
Updated map
books are now in
and discounted
from the list price!!
Regular price RAHB Price
Golden Horseshoe $29.95 $21.56
Kitch/Camb/Guelph $ 9.95 $ 7.16
Western Ontario $19.95 $14.36
Also, check out our new 2011/12 CCCmaps/
Mapart folded maps at fantastic prices!
Barrie, Brantford, Guelph, Kitchener, Mississauga,
Niagara Falls, Ontario, St. Catharines, Toronto
Don’t forget the Shoppe’s #1 Sellers
– custom REALTOR® maps for:
Brantford, Burlington, Hamilton, Kitchener Waterloo,
Niagara Falls, North Halton, South Halton, Hamilton’s
Outlying Areas, St. Catharines and Welland.
* 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.: [email protected]
MON
10
9
11
Name:
THU
15
Office:
Board of Directors,
Thompson Room, 9 a.m.
Brokerload (BL120329)
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Chambers Room
Hamilton Convention Centre
AGM, Conference & Trade Show 2012
REALT R ®
CONNECTI NS
13
12
30
23
16
6
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
(by invitation only)
New Member
Orientation
FRI
DayTimer
5
29
22
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
Call OREA at 1.866.411.6732 to register
RECO Residential
Real Estate Update
Communications Committee,
Purnell Room, 9:30 a.m.
MLS® Committee
Thompson Room, 9 a.m.
Please print
Perfecting Your
Evaluations (MCE1200411A)
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
Keeping the Deal Together
(MCE120411P)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
MARC Committee,
Thompson Room, 10 a.m.
4
28
21
14
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
Call OREA at 1.866.411.6732
to register
RECO Residential
Real Estate Update
WED
Bill course(s) to my account
Regional Commercial Council
Thompson Room, 9 a.m.
MLXchange - Lvl 1
3
(MLX120403)
9 a.m. - noon, Chambers Room
Septics & Sewers (MCE120403A)
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
Water: The New Realty
Problem (MCE120403P)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
McCullough Rooms
CMA (CMA120327)
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.,
Chambers Room
27
2
26
20
19
MLXchange - Lvl 1
(MLX120320)
9 a.m. - noon, Chambers Room
13
TUE
12
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
April
March
11
Sponsors
Relations CORPORATE
Government
T
Hamilton B-line Corridor
he City of Hamilton is engaged in a corridor planning study for the B-Line Corridor. City
staff and stakeholders will create a plan which will
establish a strategy for future development and
change along the corridor.
MAKE
MAKE
PARCEL
REGISTERS
PARCEL
REGISTERS
PART OF
YOUR
PART
OF
YOUR
DUE DILIGENCE
DUETODAY!
DILIGENCE
TODAY!
The strategy will…
•Build on the existing policy framework that promotes the future sustainability of the City
•Recognize existing opportunities in the corridor – activity nodes, established commercial areas, built and natural heritage features, existing urban fabric and existing and proposed
transportation networks
•Identify policies, plans and initiatives that
will enhance the corridor and the existing
neighbourhoods along the corridor.
Property tools that
make you the expert.
Property tools that
make you the expert.
Components of a Corridor Plan include:
•A future vision for the corridor - created with corridor stakeholders
• Identification and analysis of development
opportunities
• Land use strategies to achieve desired
development and built forms
• Urban design guidelines to guide the built form and public realm improvements
• Strategies and recommendations to address other related issues throughout the corridor,
such as affordable housing, commercial area revitalization and sustainability. Such issues
are broader than the scope of land use
planning and may require additional study
or actions
REALinfo ● March ● 2012
The Corridor Vision describes a revitalized corridor
as a location for investment in business, development and redevelopment of buildings, growth in
population, supported community facilities and
services, all in a beautiful, liveable, vibrant environment. Achieving this vision will require a substantial
physical and economic transformation along many
parts of the corridor.
Disclaimer of Endorsement
RAHB does not endorse, recommend or state an opinion
on any corporate sponsorship products, processes or
services being advertised in Realinfo.
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Remember to pre-register
for
For (a lot) more information visit www.hamilton.ca/
nodesandcorridors or come to centre stage at
REALTOR® Connections to hear Christine Newbold
from the planning team.
Study Area
14 km from McMaster to Eastgate
400 m on either side of corridor
Zone of Influence – up to 900 m
Secondary Plan area may vary
B-Line Corridor
For more information
and course outlines, go to
www.rahb.ca/events
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