Definition : Québec Real Estate Brokerage Self-Regulating Agency (Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec)

Legal person, its mission being the protection of the public in the field of real estate brokerage, by disseminating information and providing assistance thereto, and also by enforcing regulations related to ethics, to the inspection of brokers and agencies' activities, and to discipline. The Organisme d'autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (Québec Real Estate Brokerage Self-Regulating Agency) ensures that brokerage operations engaged in by brokers and agencies are compliant with the Real-Estate Brokerage Act.

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