Commission Office Closures

The office will be closed on Friday, December 20, 2024 for office maintenance. Staff will be working remotely.

The office will be fully closed for the holidays from Monday, December 23, 2024 until Thursday, January 2, 2025. If you have time-sensitive inquiries during the holiday closure, email the Registrar. Non time-sensitive inquiries can be directed to the appropriate staff member, who will respond when they resume work in the new year.

The Commission wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

 

Regulatory Decisions And Disclosures

Disciplinary Decisions and Licence Suspensions

List of E&O Licence Suspensions

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).

  • Sue Hurshman, former salesperson with Avison Young (Maritimes) Inc.
  • Luke MacCormack, former salesperson with Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty
  • Caleb Pardy, former salesperson with Royal LePage Anchor Realty
  • Michele Giffin, former salesperson with Sutton Group Professional Realty

      • This suspension is published in accordance with Commission by-law 839.

      Released on February 1, 2024

Disciplinary Suspensions

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.

This notice has been distributed to licensees in accordance with Commission By-law 839. Released on August 18, 2022.

Expired Licence Advisory

The following individuals' real estate licences are immediately suspended for failure to renew or terminate their licence by midnight on June 30th, in accordance with Commission by-law 839. 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

    • Released on July 2, 2024

List of CPE Licence Suspensions

The following individuals' real estate licences are immediately suspended for failure to complete continuing education requirements, in accordance with Commission by-law 839. They are no longer authorized to trade in real estate.

  • Kristina Fudge, former salesperson for Keller Williams Select Realty
  • Seyedehnadia (Nadia) Entezam, former salesperson for Re/Max Nova
  • 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

Released on July 2, 2024

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.

Disciplinary Newsletters

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