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Canada Real Estate Associations |
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Responsible for registering mortgage brokers under the Mortgage Brokers Act. Contains a listing of all registered mortgage brokers within the Province of British Columbia as well as forms, consumer alerts and bulletins. |
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The MBABC represents the Province’s industry and exists to support and enhance professionalism and ethical standards within the mortgage industry. |
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The MIABC was formed in 1917 to represent mortgage lenders in dealing with government and the public in addressing issues of common concern. Their 200+ corporate membership consists of commercial and residential lenders, banks, trust companies, life insurance companies, mortgage companies and credit unions as well as mortgage insurers, appraisers, law firms, accountants, environmental consultants, mortgage brokers and industry technology suppliers. |
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The Urban Development Institute is a national non-profit association (with international affiliations) of the development industry and its related professions. |
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REALpac is Canada’s senior national association for owners and managers of investment real estate. Their members include publicly traded real estate companies, real estate investment trusts (REITS), private companies, pension funds, banks and life insurance companies with investment real estate assets each in excess of $100 million. The association is further supported by large owner/occupiers and pension fund advisors as well as individually selected investment dealers and real estate brokerages. |
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CREA is one of Canada’s largest single-industry trade associations, representing more than 96,000 real estate broker/agents and salespeople working through more than 100 real estate Boards and Associations. |
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The BCREA represents 12 member real estate boards and their approximately 18,000 REALTORS on all provincial issues, providing an extensive communications network, standard forms, economic research and analysis, government relations, required post-licensing courses and continuing education. |
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Research Providers |
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Colliers International is a global affiliation of independently-owned real estate service firms with 12,700 employees in 294 offices in 61 countries. They are able to provide expert local real estate advice wherever their clients need them. |
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A global real estate service firm who are able to assist clients in every stage of the real estate process, representing them in buying, selling, financing, leasing, managing and valuing of assets, and providing strategic planning and research, portfolio analysis, site selection and space location among many other advisory services. |
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CB Richard Ellis is the world’s premier, full-service real estate services company. Operating globally, the firm holds a leadership position in virtually all of the world’s key business centres. |
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BTZ Barnicke provides a comprehensive range of brokerage services and value-added business advice in commercial real estate to leading international corporations, institutions and portfolio owners across Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, the firm has 19 full-service offices across Canada with in excess of 500 employees, including over 300 sales professionals. |
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Avison Young is a principal-owned Canadian commercial real estate company comprising more than 500 real estate professionals including licensed brokers, financial analysts, research professionals and marketing specialists. They help their clients to strategically solve their real estate concerns so that they can concentrate on what their business does best. |
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Research provider to the Canadian Commercial Real Estate Industry. |
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Altus Group provides comprehensive breadth-of-service offerings that incorporate the entire development cycle. Through collaborative business units, they leverage their expertise to streamline multi-faceted projects and provide customized solutions for their clients. Altus Group is one of the most respected Commercial Real Estate Appraisal and Research Firms within Canada. |
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RENX is a free, online news and information service for anyone with a keen interest in Canadian Commercial Real Estate. |
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Thompson Reuters is the world’s leading sources of intelligent information for business and professionals. |
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Good summary of today’s major Canadian business news stories. |
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Real Estate Search Engines |
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Canadian Multiple Listings Service (MLS) Site |
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Canadian Commercial Real Estate Search Engine |
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Market Information |
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CMHC is Canada’s national housing agency. |
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The New York based company employs more than 10,000 people in over 135 offices around the world. Bloomberg is about information: accessing it, reporting it, analyzing it and distributing it faster and more accurately than any other organization. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service, the core product of Bloomberg, is the fastest growing real-time financial information network in the world. |
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Up-to-date market information including bond yields, exchange rates, yield curves and the equity markets. |
