Toronto Real Estate Board official: “Realtors are not the problem”

“There are some who choose to attack realtors in this process. Realtors are not the problem.”

—Von Palmer, the Toronto Real Estate Board’s chief government and public affairs officer, addressing reporters after a news conference during which Doug Ford pledged to reduce the land transfer tax if elected mayor. According to the Star, Palmer was responding to a question from CityTV’s James Tumelty about why, if TREB thinks paying a percentage on a property’s purchase price is such a terrible burden on homebuyers, the organization isn’t pushing equally hard for realtors to lower their commissions.