| The Ontario Real Estate Association represents over 45,000 brokers and salespeople who are members of the province's 42 real estate boards. OREA serves its members through a wide variety of publications, educational programs and special services. The association provides all real estate licensing courses in Ontario. OREA was founded in 1922 to organize real estate activities and develop common goals across the province. These goals included promoting higher industry standards, protecting the general public from unscrupulous brokers and salespeople, and preserving private property rights. OREA continually strives to improve the image of REALTORS® by enhancing educational and professional standards. OREA develops and publishes standard forms, and supports educational and charitable causes through the REALTORS Care Foundation. For more information go to www.orea.com What is OREA Real Estate College? | | The OREA Real Estate College provides award-winning registration and continuing education in the field of real estate. All real estate practitioners in Ontario must pass a comprehensive program of study to ready them for the complex business of trading in real estate. The OREA Real Estate College offers this registration education as the designate of the regulatory body, the Real Estate Council of Ontario. The College also offers a complete program of continuing education courses designed to provide life-long learning and to satisfy the requirement of continuing education for all registrants under the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act. Both registration and continuing education courses are offered in three formats: online, by correspondence and in the classroom. For more information go to www.oreacollege.com |