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May 2013 Features: Multi-Stakeholder Workshop Generates Action Plan for Floodplain Mapping | President's Report: A Time of Renewal | Foundation Supports BCREA’s Transformative Education Plan | Disclosure of Remuneration When Acting As a Designated Agent | Home Sales Per Capita Suggest Latent Demand | LiveSmart BC Program: Now Extended!| Professional Standards Manual Now Available in Improved Online Format | Congratulations REBGV: Winners of BCREA’s 2012 Government Relations Award! | Stay Up-to-Date: Free New HPO Subscriber Service
February 2013 Features: REALTOR® Value Toolkit: Promoting Your Profession | President's Report: Association Successes | 2013 Provincial Election Project | 2013 Banff Western Connection: 20 Year Celebration | Two Housing Myths of 2013 | Selling an Owner-Built Home? New Video Explains Requirements | Easier Compliance with Anti-Spam Regulations
November 2012 Features: An Evolution of Provincial Education | President's Report: A Year In Review | Green Resources for REALTORS® | Planning to Avoid Disaster: BCREA Floodplain Map Initiative | Housing Bubbleoney | New HPO Bulletins Help Interpret the Homeowner Protection Act | Understanding Property Assessments and Statutory Deadlines | New and Improved WEBForms®
August 2012 Features: REALTOR® Learning Paths | President's Report: Working Together | LiveSmart BC: Benefits for Homeowners | WorkSafeBC: Requirements for REALTORS® | What is Seasonal Adjustment? | New Condo and Townhouse Maintenance Videos | Gathering New Ideas and Valuable Feedback
May 2012 Features: Transition to Designated Agency | President's Report: Creating the Future | HST and PST Resources for REALTORS® | Keeping BC REALTORS® in the Know | It's About the People | Depreciation Reports: Coming Soon to a Strata Near You | National Virtual Real Estate College Project
February 2012 Features: BC REALTORS®: Making a Difference | President's Report: Ongoing Changes | Legal Update: New Version of an Old Favourite | BCREA Arbitration Rules: Time for Review | Less Volatility in the Housing Market | Maintenance Matters Before and After the Sale of a Home
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November 2011 Features: An Exciting 3-Year Education Plan for REALTORS® | President's Report: The Importance of Education | Transforming REALTOR® Education: Strategic Projects with a Big Impact | Leveraging Technology to Enhance Learning | Updates on Course Developments
August 2011 Features: New Courses for Commercial REALTORS® | President's Report: Planning for the Future | BC Member Boards: Speaking with Government About Shelter Taxes | New FVREB Resource: Promoting REALTOR® Value | New Housing Fundamentals | Residential Construction Performance Guide: An Essential Tool for Homeowners and Client Focused REALTORS®
May 2011 Features: WEBForms™ Resources: Helping REALTORS® with Standard Forms | President's Report: Teamwork | New Homes Registry – A Valuable Online Tool for REALTORS® | Appearances Can Be Deceiving | Important Education Improvements for BC REALTORS® | Reporting on Feedback: BCREA Initiatives
February 2011 Features: Investing in Water Conservation | President's Report: Leaders in Education | Changes to REP: What This Means for REALTORS® | Getting Back to Normal | Professional Education: Forewarned is Forearmed | VIREB Celebrates Six Decades of Excellence
November 2010 Features: Focused on BC's Housing Affordability | President's Report: Leadership Takes All of Us | The Armchair Analyst: Household Growth and New Home Construction | Describing Parking Stalls and Storage Lockers on Listings | 2011 Banff Western Connection Conference | REALTOR® Education: Staying In the Know
August 2010 Features: BCREA Spring Survey: REALTOR® Feedback | President's Report: Leadership | New Version of Condominium Manual Available to Order | ACRE's Competition Law and REALTORS® Course | The Armchair Analyst: Components of Population Growth | Financial Clauses
May 2010 Features: BCREA Welcomes New Online Courses | President's Report: Managing Change, Pursuing Tax Fairness | Updated Standard Forms for BC REALTORS® | The Economy and Interest Rates: A Case for Weighing Both Hands | Member Board Survey: Rating BCREA's 2009 Performance
February 2010 Features: Making Education Work for REALTORS® | President's Report: Ensuring REALTORS®' Relevance | HST Legal Advice for Homebuyers and Sellers | 2009 Quality of Life Successes | The Armchair Analyst: Mortgage Interest Rates | 2010 Olympics: REALTORS® Involved
November 2009 Features: Adhering to the REALTOR® Code: Ethics in the Real Estate Industry | President's Report: A Tale of Two Markets | Commercial Legal Update | New Canadian Look for Quality of Life | The Armchair Analyst | Tax Fairness for Homebuyers
August 2009 Features: Real Estate Purchase Confidence Improving According to Latest BCREA Survey | President's Report: Advancing the Field | Build Your Buyer Representation with New ABR® Course | Population Significance: People Power and Affordability | Quality of Life Principles at Work
May 2009 Features: Most Common Complaints Received by the Council | President's Report: Making a Difference | Standard Forms Insights | BC Voices Help Shape Federal Direction | Ensuring Water Safety |What That ® Symbol Means
February 2009 Features: PTT and Green Housing – What Does the Public Think? | President's Report: Change is Good | New Homes Registry – New Tool for REALTOR S® | BC's Economy: Stimulus Required
December 2008 Features: Two-Minute Reality Check | President's Report: Challenge or Opportunity? | Legal Update Required in Second Cycle | The Latest Standard Forms | Quality of Life Works
October 2008 Features: Housing Attainability and the Environment | President’s Report: Get Involved | Personal Real Estate Corporations Coming | Quality of Life Goes National | The Greening of Real Estate | Property Disclosures: Do You Know the Issues and Risks? | The New Real Estate Environment
August 2008 Features: Do-Not-Call List Launches September 30 | President's Report: Creating Opportunities | Future Thoughts for Better Advertising Success | Staying on Top of Your Gamet | It’s Getting Hot in Here | Consumers Re-Evaluate Risk
June 2008 Features: Popular Economics & Other Tall Tales | President's Report: Focus and Determination | Checklist for Presales | Results: BCREA Progress Report | Progressing Toward Professional Development | Power Smart Homes: Save Money & Help The Environment
April 2008 Features: Reducing Flood Risks | President's Report: History in the Making | Make Green Homes Attainable | Green Tool Kit for REALTORS® | The Resource Sector Impacts All of Us | Brownfields to Greenfields
February 2008 Features: Expect Balance | President's Report: Making a Commitment to Our Profession | Land Titles: Safe and Secure | Ensuring Relevance | Happy Tax Season
December 2007 Features: The Code Keeps Up | President's Report: A Reflection on the Fall Meetings | Learning the Code | Loonie Takes Flight | GST Change: Transitional Rules
October 2007 Features: Reduce Greenhouse Emissions at Home | President's Report: Public Affairs | Tax Burden High for Homebuyers | Pre-sale Precautions | Federal Legislation Could Impact Your Business
August 2007 Features: Foundation for Strong Communities | President's Report: Common Denominators | Green Initiatives | Seniors' Boom: Prepare Now | Ethics, Contracts Focus for New cpe Courses
June 2007 Features: Primer: Web 2.0 and Real Estate | President's Report: Pride in the Profession | Your Partner in Professionalism: BCREA Year in Review | Spatial Data for Real Estate Professionals
April 2007 Features: Make Water a Priority | President's Report: We're in This Together | Creating Housing Options: PTT Update | Transactions Today, Benefits Tomorrow | Improving the Strata Property Act | Protecting the Torrens System
February 2007 Features: Education by the Numbers | President's Report: Great Beginnings | Accuracy Counts | REALTORS®, MLAs Discuss Housing, Water | BC Building Code Primer | Living Together: Comparing Housing Preferences
December 2006 Features: PDP and REP: Walking the Walk | President's Report: Working for REALTORS® | Service, Integrity, Accountability: Unlocking the Code | It's All About Balance | You Said It: Use of Technology | Advocacy Strategies Get Results | Assistance With Assignments
October 2006 Features: Expand Housing Opportunities in Budget 2007 | President's Report: Embracing Change | Tracking the Provincial Housing Strategy | You Said It: Community and Professional Issues | Five-Minute Guide: Subsurface Property Rights
August 2006 Features: Housing Strategy Takes Shape | President's Report: Speaking of Aboriginal Housing | Assignment Contracts Now Available | Leasing Aboriginal Lands | You said it: Earnings, Experience and Education | Gaining Ground on Personal Service Corporations | Lessons Learned in Leaky Condo Decision
June 2006 Features: Highlights of the New REALTOR® Code | President's Report: REALTORS® Are Unique | What REALTORS® Are Saying About cpe | REALTORS® and MLAs Consider Housing Options | Improving Public Perception | Partnerships for Communities
April 2006 Features: Time to Expand Housing Options | President's Report: Quality of Life Works | New Agreement With BCA; Profession Provides Expertise | Celebrate Sustainability | Real Estate Encyclopedia — New Edition
February 2006 Features: Refinements Mark First Anniversary of RESA | President's Report: Legally Speaking Turns 25 | 2005 Marks Banner Year for REALTORS® | Cooperation Leads to Sustainability | To Disclose or Not to Disclose—Good Question! | What PDP Means For You
December 2005 Features: Ready for Professional Development | President's Report: Principles in Practice | What Brokerages and REALTORS® Need to Know About Agency | Strata Rental Restrictions | Inside the Contract of Purchase and Sale | Catering to Commercial
October 2005 Features: Planning, Partnerships Keys to Success | President's Report: Professional Development Serves Everyone | Less PTT, More Activity | Dates and Listing Contracts | Volunteers: Building Better Communities | Mudslide Exposes Torrens System Erosion
August 2005 Features: Quality of Life: Balanced Political Action | President's Report: Being Professional | Proud to be a REALTOR® | Be WELL Prepared: New Ground Water Protection Regulation | No Impact from Telemarketer Licensing | Expand Your Career Opportunities | New Council Chair, Vice Chair
June 2005 Features: REALTORS® Factor in Election Result | President's Report: We Make a Difference | Do the Right Thing; No More Names: BCA Update | The Typical BC REALTOR® | Save Money with Affinity Programs
April 2005 Features: Take Action Today, Don’t Curse Tomorrow | President's Report: Taking the Lead | Building Better Communities | Legal Defence for All | Sales Inject Billions into Economy | RESA—Everything You need to know
February 2005 Features: Political Action Delivers | President's Report: Outlook Positive for 2005 | Are You Brandable? (continued from the December issue of The Bulletin) | Surviving a Tax Audit | Faster Payments, Closings with Electronic Filing | BCA: Privacy, Protection & Property Owners
December 2004 Features: CMHC: Economic Outlook Positive for Housing | President's Report: The Value of Networking | Are You Brandable? | New Authority, Better Service | The Currency of Standard Forms | Report Card Frames Issues
October 2004 Features: RESA: Good News | President's Report: Planning for Tomorrow | Mountain Pine Beetle v. Liability Insurance | Private Property Rights Need | Principled Approach to Election Issues | REALTORS® Make High-Tech History | More Ways to Save with Affinity Programs
August 2004 Features: Quality of Life: Balanced Political Action | President's Report: Staying Power | Courses Coming to a Computer Near You | Trustworthy Title Searches | Council Elects Chair, Vice Chair | PTT Changes on Strata Properties | Affordability in Northern BC | Fund Offers Boost to Boards | Save Money With Affinity Programs
June 2004 Features: New Real Estate Legislation | President's Report: What's Your Quality of Life | BC REALTORS® in Profile | Resale Market Going Strong | Long, Hot Summer—Insurance Implications | Warm Reception at GL Days | Grow-ops and Drug Labs—Resources to Help
April 2004 Features: Bring Out the Best in Affordability | President's Report: One Profession, One Voice | Fairness for Private Property Owners | Grow-ops and Home Warranty Insurance | Lower Mainland Potential | Showing Tenant-occupied Properties | Coming Soon: Condo Manual II
February 2004 Features: Home Sales Reach $24 Billion Record | President's Report: I'm Impressed! | BCA Agreement—Input Needed | New Act Possibly Days Away | Model for VOW and IDX Regulations | A cpe Seminar for Everyone
December 2003 Features: Privacy: What a REALTOR® Needs to Do | President's Report: Live By the Code | Multiple Offers on 24 Sussex Drive | Accurate Rental Rates Critical | Your Wireless Wish List | WEBForms™ Hugely Popular
October 2003 Features: Real Estate Act on the Fast Track | President's Report: Demonstrating Public Interest | Consumer Confidence Shapes Priorities | Real Estate Buoys Economy | Busy
August 2003 Features: Complexities of Strata-title Properties | President's Report: Disclosure—is Mum the Word? | Market Confidence High | Real Estate Act Sizzles
July 2003 Features: Community Charter Strategy | President's Report: Privacy—Annoyance or Good Customer Service? | Recreational Properties are Hot | How Competitive are You? | Ethics Top Priority for REALTORS®
June 2003 Features: Competition, CREA and Compliance | President's Report: Unity Gives Us Clout! | Mighty mls.ca | Licensing Lawyers and Accountants | Hot New cpe Seminars Coming Soon
May 2003 Features: Insurance Headaches and the Happy Homeowner | President's Report: Front and Centre | REALTOR® Value Improved in 2002 | Your New Board of Directors | Gerry Thiessen Elected CREA VP | Affinity Programs Save You Money
April 2003 Features: REALTORS® Deliver New Act | President's Report: Renewal | New Powers for Municipalities | New Residential Tenancy Act | REEOIC Elects New Chair | What’s New in Pre-Licensing?
March 2003 Features: Why We Need a New Real Estate Act | President's Report: One Profession, One Voice | The Players | Preparing for Privacy
February 2003 Features: Real Estate Act Reform Update | President's Report: Take Pride | Record Residential Sales in 2002 | BWC Hugh Success | Proceeds of Crime Legislation in Effect January 31| President-Elect of FIABCI Canada | Property and Other Disclosures: What a REALTOR® Needs to Know
January 2003 Features: Real Estate Big News in 2002 | President's Report: We’re Back! | Real Estate Act Reform Update | Spotlight On: The cpe Certificate Program