https://realestatemagazine.ca/reay-why-the-ontario-boards-call-for-ombudsman-oversight-of-reco-falls-flat/ Canada’s premier magazine for real estate professionals. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://realestatemagazine.ca/reay-why-the-ontario-boards-call-for-ombudsman-oversight-of-reco-falls-flat/#comment-23282 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:33:42 +0000 https://realestatemagazine.ca/?p=40193#comment-23282 Great article. In my experience with RECO, I find they act as a shield and, contrary to their website, they twist themselves into knots trying to protect the agent, ignore the brokerage as best they can and expect the complainant to wait sometimes years for a ruling that rarely amounts to anything but a slap on the wrist. I am shocked at how much freedom RECO has to interpret the rules and often interprets the legislation is ways that make no sense whatsoever other than to protect its clients. IPro is likely the tip of the iceberg. In my experience, RECO cited 22 breaches across several trades by my realtor and his two friends and yet only issued warnings and educational courses. That is the antithesis of “protecting” the public

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