Canadian Real Estate Association
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This article is about the Canadian Real Estate Association. For other uses, see CREA (disambiguation).
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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[edit] 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
[edit] See also
- National Association of Realtors
- Real estate broker
- Real estate trends
- List of real estate topics
- REM (Real Estate Magazine)
[edit] External links
- Canadian Real Estate Association
- Residential Listings (Canada)
- Commercial Listings (Canada)
[edit] 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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