About Us

Serving BC’s Real Estate Boards and REALTORS®

BCREA is the provincial association for BC REALTORS®. As a champion for the real estate sector, BCREA advances REALTOR® professionalism and ensures the REALTOR® voice is heard, for the benefit of consumers and communities, across BC. By working in collaboration with the province’s real estate boards, our mission is to provide professional development opportunities, advocacy, economic and policy research, and standard forms so REALTORS® are trusted, respected, and proud of their profession.

BCREA’s 2022-2024 Strategic Plan
BCREA’s mission, vision and values

Core Services

BCREA provides four core services to support BC’s eight real estate boards and 26,000 commercial and residential REALTORS®. These core services are advocacy, economics analysis, professional development and standard forms.

Education
Advocacy
Standard Forms
Economic Research
Education Our professional development programs enhance REALTORS’® skills, confidence, and professional knowledge. In-person and online learning opportunities have been created to suit the diverse learning styles and dynamic schedules of REALTORS®.
advocacy BCREA is the voice of BC’s REALTORS®. We work with all levels of government to advocate for public policy that provides housing opportunities, ensures economic vitality, protects property owners, preserves the environment and builds better communities.
standard forms In collaboration with lawyers, real estate boards and other industry experts, we draft and update the standard legal forms that are the backbone of every transaction. We also give REALTORS® ongoing training in working with the forms so consumers can have full confidence in the profession.
economic research Our Economics team strives to enhance understanding of the factors that influence housing markets. We analyze housing markets and the economic trends that shape them for the eight real estate boards and 26,000 REALTORS® across British Columbia.
quality of life Our work is driven by our commitment to the Quality of Life principles upheld by real estate associations across Canada. To that end, we support policies that help ensure economic vitality, provide housing opportunities, preserve the environment, protect property owners and build better communities with good schools and safe neighbourhoods.


MEMBER BOARDS

BCREA’s Member Boards

We are proud to support the province’s eight real estate boards (member boards), sharing expertise so that REALTORS® are trusted, respected and proud of their profession.

  • 26K

    BC REALTORS®
  • 8

    Member Boards
  • 4

    Core Services

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

  • Markets at a Glance
    These charts provide year-to-date information on the pace of MLS® home sales for the province as well as in each of the BCREA member board regions and a comparison of current year sales. 
    Posted Mar 18, 2024
    by Ryan McLaughlin
  • Housing Market Update – March 2024
    Watch BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson discuss the February 2024 statistics. 
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    Posted Mar 18, 2024
    by Brendon Ogmundson
  • Provincial Housing Market Relatively Calm Heading into Spring
    BCREA reports that a total of 5,497 residential unit sales were recorded in MLS® systems in February 2024, an increase of 15.3 per cent from February 2023. 
    Posted Mar 13, 2024
    by Brendon Ogmundson