Real Estate Agents
Job description
These individuals act as intermediaries in the sale or purchase of properties (houses, apartments, land, etc.). They mainly work for real estate agencies.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Solicit sales mandates from potential sellers.
- Help clients sell their property and set the asking price.
- Advertise the property and list it in promotional catalogues.
- Lead open houses for potential buyers.
- Help prospective buyers select, visit, inspect, and make offers to purchase.
- Study comparable properties in the same area.
- Inform clients on various issues (market conditions, mortgages, legal aspects, etc.).
- Prepare deeds of sale and submit them to buyers and sellers for approval.
- Rent properties on behalf of their clients, as required.
- Collaborate with other brokers.
Advancement and mobility
- Real Estate Agents and Salespeople may specialize in the sale of various properties.
- Experience leads to management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $15.00
- Median
- $23.08
- Maximum
- $38.46
Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 45.5% Female
- 54.5% Male
- 45.5% Female
- 54.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5399% of jobs
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NAICS 410% of jobs
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NAICS 230% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
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NAICS 5240% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5399% of jobs
-
NAICS 410% of jobs
-
NAICS 230% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 450% of jobs
-
NAICS 5240% of jobs
-
Others1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
College
ACS in courtage immobilier résidentiel 
Placement rate: 73.7%
11.6% of graduates pursue further studies
ACS in residential Real Estate Broker
Placement rate: 57.1%
18.4% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Residential or commercial real estate brokerage permit issued by the Organisme d'autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec (OACIQ [Quebec Real Estate Brokerage Self-Regulatory Organization]).
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Coordination
- Social perception
- Time management
- Service oriented
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active learning
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Speech recognition
- Information organization
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Distance vision
- Classification
- Inductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Idea generation
- Mathematical reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Versatility
- Sense of initiative
- Vitality
- Knowledge of sales and marketing
- Friendliness
- Enjoy challenges
- Knowledge of office work
- Impeccable appearance
Interests
- Work in sales or client service
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 6232 (63101)
Real estate agents and salespersons
Job titles
- Realtor
- New home salesperson
- Real estate sales consultant
- Commercial real estate salesperson
- Residential real estate salesperson
- Real estate agency representative
- Associate broker - real estate
- Real estate agent supervisor
- Real estate sales supervisor
Skill type
Sales and service
Last update: March 17, 2023
