The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) represents over 100,000 Realtors (including brokers, agents, and salespeople) across Canada.[1]
The Association owns the Multiple Listing Service or MLS trademark and the Realtor trademarks in Canada. Local real estate Boards or Associations operate a local data base under a licensing agreement with the national association. The Canadian Real Estate Association also operates the realtor.ca (previously mls.ca) and ICX.CA web sites on behalf of all members.
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History
- 1943 - originally founded as Canadian Association of Real Estate Boards[2]
- 1944 - Realtor trademark adopted for use by its members[3]
- 1951 - Photo Co-op System (pre-cursor to MLS) introduced
See also
- National Association of Realtors
- Real estate broker
- Real estate trends
- List of real estate topics
- REM (Real Estate Magazine)
External links
- Canadian Real Estate Association
- Residential Listings (Canada)
- Commercial Listings (Canada)
References
- ^ ""Who We Are", CREA web-site". http://www.crea.ca/public/crea/who_we_are.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ ""History of Real Estate", CREA web-site". http://www.crea.ca/public/crea/history.htm. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
- ^ First use in Canada claimed as early as 1917. See CIPO trademark registration TMA403121.
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