The case bears a striking resemblance to an investigation the Toronto Police Service asked for the public's help with last week
Last week, Toronto police asked the public for help after a pair of homeowners returned to Canada to find their home sold without their knowledge in 2022. CBC News has learned that wasn't an isolated case.
The home was staged with furniture, advertised online for $1.29 million and quickly generated a flurry of offers, Walsh said. One came in at $1.9 million. "At first, we thought it was mostly just a handful of real estate agents that weren't doing their job, but then after hearing about this other house, I think there's definitely a deeper problem with the real estate industry," Walsh said.
It's unclear whether any of the agents involved ever called the references and, if they did, what response they received. It's also unclear whether they checked the validity of the driver's licences, or what the status of the licences would have been in November 2021 or January 2022, respectively.In a statement, a spokesperson for Royal LePage said it doesn't govern day-to-day operations at its brokerages, which are all independently owned and operated.
"The most common [method] would be to rely on government-issued photo identification to assure themselves of the identity of the person they are dealing with," RECO said in an email.
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