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TORONTO 鈥?The Ontario Real Estate Association says fines should be doubled for realtors who break the rules, at a time when agents are collecting big commissions in the province inflated housing market.In a white paper published Wednesday, the association proposed that the maximum fines for salespeople who violate a code of ethics under the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act should increase to $50,000. OREA also wants the maximum fine for brokerages doubled to $100,000.Practices, laws, foreign investment. All these different component pieces of the industry have changed and the regulati
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vaso stanley n the average cost of a home in the province was $211,000. Today it $619,000 in Ontario while the average price of a Toronto home has reached $759,000. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW For those who willingly break the rules, these fines are the cost of doing business, ; OREA said Yvgk New side-effect of COVID-19: A sudden surge in applications for nursing school
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