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Your Source of Real Estate Regulatory Information

The RECBC Knowledge Base is a one-stop tool developed for real estate professionals. Whether you’re reading practice guidelines, watching webinars or downloading consumer disclosure forms, you’ll find the information you need to provide a high level of service to clients.

Practice Resources

30 July, 2020

Radon Precautions for Real Estate Professionals

These guidelines will assist you in understanding how to broach the subject of radon, and radon testing and remediation with your clients, and when disclosures must be made to all parties to a transaction.

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7 May, 2020

Use of Dual Agency Exemption

This guideline will help you understand when and how to use the exemption to the prohibition on dual agency.

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Latest News from RECBC

9 February, 2021

Superintendent of Real Estate Looking for Feedback on Real Estate Teams
the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate (OSRE) and the Real Estate Council of BC (RECBC) are launching a consultation on enhancing the regulation of real estate teams.
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1 February, 2021

Real Estate Licensing Fees to Change April 1, 2021

Licensing fees collected by the Real Estate Council of BC (RECBC) will be changing on April 1, 2021. The fees, which are paid every two years by real estate professionals, will be increasing by $200. This fee increase will help to sustain and improve RECBC’s oversight of the real estate sector.

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Report from Council Articles

Real Estate Safety Measures During COVID-19

As the numbers of cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in BC, it is essential for real estate professionals to continue to exercise caution and ensure they follow all orders from the Public Health Officer when providing real estate services. RECBC monitors the guidance from the Provincial Health Office and makes updates to our materials for real estate professionals and brokerages as appropriate.

Five Tips for Licence Applications

Real estate professionals and their managing brokers are responsible for ensuring that all information on licence applications and renewals is true and complete. Incomplete applications can result in an otherwise unnecessary delay. False applications, meanwhile, can have much more serious consequences, such as licence suspension or cancellation.

Disciplinary Case Trends: Conduct Unbecoming

We explore case studies drawn from RECBC disciplinary files and enforcement decisions, where real estate professionals were found to have contravened the Real Estate Services Act, Regulation or Rules. These case summaries are intended to help real estate professionals understand and avoid similar errors, and recognize the potential consequences of professional misconduct.

Professional Standards Manual

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Brokerage Standards Manual

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