OREA: Proposes Specialty Certifications

OREA in its “Whitepaper” has proposed various specialty certifications. This is what OREA said: “SPECIALTY CERTIFICATIONS RECOMMENDATION #6: The Ontario Government should enact section 8 of TRESA and permit registrants …

OREA and the RECO Ombudsman

OREA is proposing the following: “BETTER REGULATOR OVERSIGHT RECOMMENDATION #4: Make RECO subject to ombudsman oversight, bringing the regulator in-line with 1,000 other government agencies and ensuring both registrants and …

OREA: Listings and Guaranteed Sales

OREA would like to see an improvement related to the disclosures required with respect to guaranteed sales. This is in response to: “If we don’t sell it, we’ll buy it.” …

Commercial Indicators 1 November 2024

Commercial Bond Yields CMB5 Year – 3.18%CANHOU 12/15/29[-0.08%]  10 Year – 3.60%CANHOU 12/15/34[-0.07%]  Floating Rate insured cost of funds4.71%[-]  Prime Rate5.95%[-] GoC 2 Year – 2.95%CAN 09/01/27[-0.07%]  3 Year – 2.96%CAN 09/01/28[-0.07%]  5 Year – 2.98%CAN 09/01/29[-0.07%]  10 Year …