Independent real estate brokers are the heart of real estate broking profession. They exert in all in all Quebec areas. The're professionals who have in average 20 years of experiment. They mainly exert in residential sector, but 40 % of them also do commercial or agricultural broking, in an exclusive way or not.

The're more experimented, more concerned about quality of the council service offered to consumers and better formed (collegial an academic studies). They, in addition had to follow an additional formation and examination to obtain their broker title.

Being responsible owner of his broking office, independent real estate broker puts all in work to satisfy his customers. This approach that allows him to consolidate his network and guarantees him a long real estate career, no matter the tops and bottoms of broking industry .

A too well kept secret

Year after year, surveys reveal that consumers search more and more for real estate agents able to play a true council part. This phenomenon directly results from real estate transaction in itself, that constitutes one of the most important investments for the individual and the family, but also for the complexity of such a transaction.

On other side, investigations show that more than 43 % of Quebec inventoried agents have less than five (5) years of experiment in real estate broking. In fact, according to data's collected by the ACI (Canadian real estate Association), Quebec is located at second rank, just behind News-Scotland, for agents having less than five years of experiment.

In the circumstances, we understand better the contribution of the independent real estate brokers who made of it their principal career( full-time work) and that have a solid professional profile (more than 72 % of them have a higher formation than collegial, more than 65 % have complementary industry trainings, &).

Despite everything, because they are more visible and credible, consumers orient themselves, initially, towards agents working within franknesses, believing that they will be better served and better protected!

A beneficial regrouping for consumers and brokers

This contradiction in consumers expectations, choices and the absence of a strong public recognition of independent real estaste brokers are at the source of the Regroupment creation of independent real estate brokers (RCIIQ).

RCIIQ aims to gather all independent real estate brokers to give a structure and help them be knowned by the public, while grafting a certain number of concrete benefits for consumers.

Initially, consumers will be better informed of the presence and professional statute of independent real estate brokers who, recall it, are the most experimented of the real estate broking industry (more than 20 years).

Members that adhere to Regroupment confirm their will to obtain modern tools and services to answer better consumers expectations. It's also, in a way, a pledge of professional quality services, since each member adheres to respect principles, in any time, ethics profession code and the competition Law.

All things considered, RCIIQ adhesion means attribution of a quality seal and a range guarantee of adapted and updated services for consumers requirements.

A flexible structure

Accustomed to work in an autonomous way, independent real estate brokers need a flexible organisational structure, that grants them all the action liberty in respect of the profession standards.

Regroupment is, in a way, a services organization that contributes to tools and services development and places them at the disposal of its members and their customers.