Admission Requirements
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Before registering for the Broker Qualifying Exam, Learners should understand and meet the admission requirements.
- The Real Estate Education Programs’ components and support services are delivered in English. Learners should possess strong English writing, comprehension and speaking skills in order to be able to successfully complete the program.
- Learners must use their full legal name, as required by RECO for registration as a broker when qualifying for the Real Estate Broker Program.
- The Broker Qualifying Exam is a requirement to getting started with the Real Estate Broker Program and is designed to test working knowledge on the key areas involved in the trading of real estate in Ontario.
- Successful completion of the Real Estate Broker Program is one of the requirements to register with RECO as a real estate broker. Visit the RECO website for more information about all requirements.
Note: If you are not a registered real estate salesperson in Ontario and are interested in starting a career in real estate, you must first complete the Real Estate Salesperson Program.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR OREA STUDENTS
In order to qualify to enroll in the Real Estate Broker Program, you must have completed courses in both real estate law and commercial transactions.
If you completed the required courses, your OREA student record would reflect passing grades for the following courses:
- Real Property Law; AND
- One of the following commercial courses:
- The Commercial Real Estate Transaction
- Phase 3 Commercial
- Phase 3 ICI
Should you need to verify your course history, contact OREA: www.orea.com or 1-866-411-6732.
If you have not completed the required courses, you must complete the equivalent course requirements through Humber Polytechnic before enrolling in the Real Estate Broker Program:
If you did not complete at OREA:
Real Property Law
You must complete at Humber:
- Course 1: Real Estate Essentials
- Exam 1: Invigilated Theory Exam
If you did not complete at OREA:
The Commercial Real Estate Transaction
You must complete at Humber:
- Course 4: Commercial Real Estate Transactions
- Exam 4: Invigilated Theory Exam
REQUESTING ACCOMMODATIONS
Accommodations are provided to learners with both temporary and permanent disabilities. Learners who are in the process of being assessed by a health care provider may be eligible to receive interim accommodations. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, you are not required to disclose your specific diagnosis in order to receive accommodations. However, documentation outlining the functional impacts of your disability will help us understand your strengths and challenges so that we can determine the most appropriate accommodations to support your learning. All documentation submitted to the Real Estate Program Office is treated as strictly confidential. We will not provide your disability-related documentation to a third party unless you request we do so, in writing.
To request accommodations, please see the Requesting Accommodations process.
Requests for accommodations must be sent and confirmed prior to registration in a program component (course, exam, or simulation session).
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