Real estate agents also have their listings in a knot about the annual fees they pay to real estate boards. I know how they feel. But real estate agents have a lot of cheek whining about fees and service, and especially competition. There is almost no bargaining over the fee. Housing prices have been rising faster than inflation in many markets, such as Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal.
Prices are already in the ionosphere in Vancouver.
They are right to want to get rid of real estate boards. They are paying for an extra layer of bureaucracy that could be handled over the Internet. Then they could lower fees to the rest of us when we want to sell a property. Fat chance of that happening.