Canadian Real Estate Association

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The Canadian Real Estate Association
Association Canadienne de l'Immeuble
AbbreviationCREA
Formation1943 [1]
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Region
Canada
Membership130,000 [2]
Key people
Jason Stephen (President) [3]
Michael Bourque (CEO) [4]
Website www.crea.ca OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA; French : L'Association Canadienne de l'Immeuble, ACI) is a trade association that represents real estate brokers, agents, and salespeople in Canada. [2]

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CREA's membership includes over 130,000 individuals, working through 90 real estate boards and associations across Canada. [2] CREA is governed by an elected board of directors, [5] which has representation from each region of Canada and features director-at-large positions. The board currently comprises 16 seats.

History

The CREA was formed in April 1943. [6] In 2024, the Canadian Competition Bureau launched an investigation into the CREA over the association's buyer's commission policies. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Canadian Real Estate Association". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. 1 2 3 "About". CREA. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Board of Directors". CREA. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Operational Management Team". CREA. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Board of Directors – CREA" . Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  6. ↑ "THE CANADIAN REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION: CREA turns 75: A trip down memory lane". Toronto Business Daily. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  7. ↑ Previl, Sean (2024-08-03). "How CREA handles buyers' commissions is facing a competition probe - National | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2024-10-03.


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