In Real Estate Who Are The Players?

The Realtor

When you are selling your home, you are entrusting your most valuable asset to your Realtor. We take this responsibility very seriously.

We are highly trained through pre-registration courses and on-going educational requirements, all geared to make us expert in subjects ranging from housing construction, financial and legal issues, to conducting comparative market analysis so as to best price your home.

A Comparative Market Analysis will assist you with that difficult question: Do I renovate or relocate? Your Realtor will assess the current market value of you home "as is" and be able to help you establish the kind of renovations that would give you the best return on your investment. We will to help you gauge how much to spend on up grading your home and still be in line with other homes in your market area.

Realtors must be licensed and registered under provincial laws that govern exactly how real estate can and can not be traded. These regulations are your legal guarantee of professional behavior. As Realtors, we adhere to the extensive Code of Ethics of the Canadian Real Estate Association and provincial regulators require us to maintain Errors and Omissions Insurance.

Should you have concerns about the professional behavior of a Realtor, provincial regulators and your local real estate board or association take these matters very seriously and work quickly to resolve any issues.

We have access to the real estate board's Multiple Listing Service. The MLS system is the single most powerful tool for buying and selling a home. It is a complex information-sharing and cooperative marketing network created by Realtors to help consumers buy and sell homes.

For additional links to the organizations that govern the legal, educational and ethical standards of Realtors in Ontario please look under "My Favourite Links".