Archive for the 'Government' Category

CREA votes overhaul of the rules!

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

HomeZilla is excited about the changes coming to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). More options for Canadians trying to buy and sell a home is always good and CREA has certainly come out strong in favour of change.
CREA’s membership has spoken,” says Georges Pahud, incoming president of the group. “CREA accepts the results [...]

CREA, Competition Bureau, and Buyers

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

March 22nd is coming up fast and it is going to bring excitement to the Canadian real estate market. Unfortunately, the Competition Bureau, while actively “encouraging” CREA to change, is only trying to make changes that help the seller. Why is nobody looking our for the home buyers?
At CREA’s AGM on March 22nd, members are [...]

HomeZilla’s Open Data Wish List

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Open data is coming to Canada, being lead byOpen Data Vancouver and Open Data Toronto. Osh from 5 Blocks Out has a fantastic post about Open Data: What’s on Your Wish List? and inspired HomeZilla to voice our desires for open data.
The first ‘wish/tenant’ that 5 Blocks Out mentioned was:

If you’re publishing it for humans, [...]