Competition Bureau gets court order for probe into potential anti-competitive conduct by CREA
The Competition Bureau says it’s obtained a court order as part of an investigation into potential anti-competitive conduct by the Canadian Real Estate Association.
The bureau says its investigation is looking into whether CREA’s commission rules discourage buyers’ realtors from offering lower commission rates or whether they affect competition in other ways.
It’s also looking into whether CREA’s realtor co-operation policy makes it harder for alternative listing services to compete with the major listing services, or gives larger brokerages an unfair advantage over smaller ones.
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