- Right At Home Realty
Infobox Company
company_name = Right At Home Realty, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =Toronto , ON (2004 )
location = Toronto, ON
key_people = Arthur Bartram (President/Broker of Record), Howard Drukarsh (Vice-President/Broker), Ron Peddicord (Chairman)
industry =Real estate
products = Real estate brokerage services
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 1000 (May 2008)
parent =
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homepage = [http://www.rightathomerealty.com www.RightAtHomeRealty.com]
footnotes =Right At Home Realty, Inc. (RAH) is the largest independent brokerage at the
Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) [Based on Realtor Search on mls.ca, 2006-10-23] and had the number 1 selling office in TREB based on the number of sold homes in 2007. Modelled afterFlorida -basedCharles Rutenberg Realty , RAH's compensation package basically consists of 100% commissions to the salesperson, while charging monthly and deal-closing fees. As a result, RAH claims to be TREB's fastest growing brokerage in the GTA. [Based on the Toronto Real Estate Board's membership roster for 2005/06 and 2006/07 in terms of number of sales people hired. cite web|url=http://www.rahrah.ca/|title=RAHRAH.ca|accessdate=2007-04-14] [cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2006/05/08/tor-immigrant-homes060508.html|title=Immigrants find the Canadian dream in suburbs|publisher=CBC News |date=2006-05-08|accessdate=2007-04-16]Right At Home's business model relies on volume.cite web|author=Wong, Tony|url=http://www.thestar.com/article/185252|title=New guys on the block|publisher=
Toronto Star |date=2007-02-24|accessdate=2007-04-14] At the same time, RAH argues the model best fits the changing industry: [cite news|author=Doran, Susan|title=Feeling Right at Home|url=http://crworks.com/partner/items/OP3781.pdf|publisher= [http://www.remonline.com/ Real Estate Magazine] |date=January 2007 (reprint, Issue 211)]
* public access to the once proprietary information of theMultiple Listing Service via mls.ca
* advances in technology enabling real estate agents to both work from home and be highly mobile
* pervasiveness ofInternet access inCanada .In addition to their corporate headquarters in Toronto, Right At Home has branch offices in Mississauga/Brampton, Burlington/Hamilton, Oakville, and Durham.
ee also
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Canadian Real Estate Association
*Ontario Real Estate Association
*Toronto Real Estate Board
* REALTORS Association of Hamilton-Burlington
*Durham Region Real Estate Board
*Oakville, Milton, and District Real Estate Board External links
* [http://www.rightathomerealty.com/ Right At Home Realty - corporate web page]
* [http://www.rahrah.ca/ Right At Home Realty - recruiting site]References
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