The Commission website is currently undergoing updates to coincide with revisions to the By-law and forms effective July 1, 2025.

For more information on the By-law updates, click HERE.

For more information on the forms updates, click HERE.

Disciplinary Decisions and Licence Suspensions

Until July 1, 2025

The Nova Scotia Real Estate Commission has the authority, pursuant to the Real Estate Trading Act and the Commission By-law, to publish licensing and disciplinary decisions and disclosures. In addition to notices of licence suspensions and terminations, the Commission publishes Discipline Newsletters, which serve as an educational tool for licensees and is available to the public in accordance with the following:

  • Investigations that result in fines of $500 or less are summarized along with the sanction. Neither the licensee nor the brokerage are named in this summary.
  • Investigations that result in fines greater than $500 include the licensee’s name, the brokerage name, a summary of the circumstances that led to the investigation, the sanctions and any costs the licensee is ordered to pay.

When a licence is suspended, the Registrar may also notify the public by publishing the information in the provincial newspaper, in accordance with Commission By-law 839.

Effective July 1, 2025

By-law 856 allows for the publication of all discipline decisions as of July 2025. The decisions, including the name of the licensee will be published and viewable in the Public Licensee Search available on the Commission’s website. Disciplinary decisions made after July 2025 will be permanently tied to their licence record, even if they change brokerages or leave the industry and reinstate.

List of E&O Licence Suspensions

Released on February 3, 2025. The following individuals' real estate licences are immediately suspended for failure to pay for their errors and omissions insurance, in accordance with Commission by-law 323(b)(i).

      • Jeff Blair, former salesperson with Royal LePage Atlantic
      • Jamie A. Reynolds, former salesperson with RE/MAX Banner Real Estate
      • Gurjit Kaur, former salesperson with Keller Williams Select Realty
      • Devin O'Rourke, former salesperson with Press Realty Inc.
      • Rebecca Sutherland, former salesperson with Harvey Realties Limited
      • Robert Dipiero, former salesperson with Exit Realty Specialists

Disciplinary Suspensions

Released on August 18, 2022 - Jun Espino: The Registrar hereby gives notice the real estate salesperson’s licence for Jun Espino, formerly licensed with Keller Williams Select Realty, is suspended effective August 1, 2022, for violating the following section of the Real Estate Trading Act:

  • Real Estate Trading Act, Section 22 (1) (a)

The violation resulted from an investigation of a complaint initiated by the Registrar. The evidence supports that Espino committed a very serious breach of trust. Espino attended a property viewing and was videotaped by the seller breaching the seller’s privacy. Specifically, Espino accessed personal items of the seller in several dresser drawers, without permission on two separate occasions.

Espino’s eligibility to apply for a licence is suspended for five (5) years. After the five-year period, the Commission will not consider a licence application from Espino until he has recompleted and passed the NSREC’s Salesperson Licensing Course and examination.

Expired Licence Advisory

Released on July 2, 2024. The following individuals' real estate licences are immediately suspended for failure to renew or terminate their licence by midnight on June 30th, 2024. Their licences have expired and they are no longer authorized to trade in real estate.

    • Amy Palmer, former salesperson for MacKay Real Estate Limited
    • David McNeil, former salesperson for EXP Realty of Canada, Inc.
    • Nicole Smith, former salesperson for Coldwell Banker Open Door Realty
    • Ramneet Kaur, former salesperson for Verve Realty Group

List of CPE Licence Suspensions 

Released on July 2, 2024. The following individuals' real estate licences are immediately suspended for failure to complete continuing education requirements. They are no longer authorized to trade in real estate.

  • Kristina Fudge, former salesperson for Keller Williams Select Realty
  • Garima Talwar, former salesperson for Sutton Group Professional Realty
  • Julie Stevenson, former salesperson for Sutton Group Professional Realty
  • Sharon MacDonald, former salesperson for Sutton Group Professional Realty
  • Tyler Bickle, former salesperson for Engel & Volkers
  • Shawn Chaisson, former salesperson for Halifax Commercial Real Estate Advisors Limited
  • Samirkumar Patel, former salesperson for Royal LePage Anchor Realty
  • Peter Clark, former salesperson for Re/Max Advantage

Disciplinary Newsletters

Disciplinary newsletters reference terminology and by-laws in place at the time. Click here to read the current By-law.

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