spb/tools-spboucher-ai

1{2  "slug": "realtor-ca",3  "name": "REALTOR.ca",4  "aliases": [5    "Realtor.ca",6    "MLS.ca"7  ],8  "vendor": {9    "name": "REALTOR.ca Canada Inc. (Canadian Real Estate Association)",10    "slug": "crea",11    "website": "https://www.crea.ca"12  },13  "homepage_url": "https://www.realtor.ca/",14  "docs_url": "https://www.crea.ca/technology/realtor-ca-for-realtors/realtor-ca-tools/realtor-ca-ddf/",15  "product_type": "platform",16  "product_status": "active",17  "summary": "Canada's national consumer portal for MLS listings, operated by CREA's REALTOR.ca Canada Inc., with licensed data syndication through the DDF",18  "description": "REALTOR.ca is the national real estate listings portal of the Canadian Real Estate Association, operated by its subsidiary REALTOR.ca Canada Inc. It aggregates residential and commercial listings from member boards' MLS systems across Canada, with search by map and filters, agent and office directories, mortgage calculators and a consumer blog. For developers and advertising sites, CREA offers the REALTOR.ca DDF (Data Distribution Facility), a permission-based syndication service exposing listing data through a RESO Web API-style OData feed to approved recipients. The public website's terms of use prohibit scraping and automated extraction, and CREA states that it investigates and sends cease-and-desist letters when scraping is confirmed; access to listing data for applications must go through the DDF or a licensed intermediary. The site also serves bot-protection pages to non-browser clients, so automated access is impractical as well as disallowed.",19  "capabilities": [20    "Nationwide MLS listing search with map and filters",21    "Agent and brokerage directory",22    "Saved searches, favourites and alerts",23    "DDF syndication feed for approved advertising websites",24    "Mobile apps for iOS and Android",25    "English and French interfaces"26  ],27  "workflows": [28    "Browse comparables across provinces for a market overview",29    "Obtain licensed listing data through a DDF feed for a brokerage website"30  ],31  "advantages": [32    "Broadest public listing coverage in Canada",33    "Structured licensed data path through the DDF"34  ],35  "limitations": [36    "Terms of use prohibit scraping and automated access",37    "DDF access requires approval and an active feed agreement",38    "Sold data and historical records are not public"39  ],40  "prerequisites": [41    "Web browser; CREA DDF agreement for data access"42  ],43  "audiences": [44    "Canadian home buyers and sellers",45    "Brokerage and advertising website developers using the DDF"46  ],47  "alternatives": [48    "centris",49    "registre-foncier-quebec"50  ],51  "comparison_notes": "Centris.ca is the Québec-specific portal with provincial tools; REALTOR.ca covers all provinces. Unlike either portal, the Québec land register is an official transaction record rather than a marketing site.",52  "categories": [53    {54      "slug": "real-estate-valuation",55      "primary": true56    }57  ],58  "tags": [59    "real-estate",60    "listings",61    "canada",62    "mls"63  ],64  "use_cases": [65    "value-real-estate",66    "find-property-listings"67  ],68  "operating_systems": [69    "web",70    "ios",71    "android"72  ],73  "execution_modes": [74    "cloud"75  ],76  "interfaces": [77    "web",78    "mobile",79    "api"80  ],81  "deployment_models": [82    "saas"83  ],84  "integrations": [85    "RESO Web API (DDF)"86  ],87  "data_formats": [88    "HTML",89    "OData/JSON (DDF)"90  ],91  "languages": [],92  "source_model": "proprietary",93  "pricing_model": [94    "free"95  ],96  "self_hostable": false,97  "sources": [98    {99      "url": "https://www.realtor.ca/",100      "type": "official_site",101      "supports": [102        "name",103        "summary",104        "vendor"105      ],106      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",107      "title": "REALTOR.ca",108      "note": "Loaded through a browser-rendering fetcher; the site returns 403 to plain HTTP clients"109    },110    {111      "url": "https://www.crea.ca/technology/realtor-ca-for-realtors/realtor-ca-tools/realtor-ca-ddf/",112      "type": "official_docs",113      "supports": [114        "capabilities",115        "limitations"116      ],117      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",118      "title": "REALTOR.ca DDF — CREA"119    },120    {121      "url": "https://www.crea.ca/cafe/copyright-scraping-and-you-oh-my",122      "type": "policy_page",123      "supports": [124        "limitations"125      ],126      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",127      "title": "CREA Café: Copyright, Scraping, and You",128      "note": "CREA's statement on scraping and terms of use enforcement"129    },130    {131      "url": "https://support.crea.ca/DDF",132      "type": "official_docs",133      "supports": [134        "capabilities"135      ],136      "checked_at": "2026-11-02",137      "title": "REALTOR.ca DDF support"138    }139  ],140  "confidence": "medium",141  "uncertainty_note": "The REALTOR.ca homepage and terms pages block automated HTTP clients (HTTP 403); content was verified through a rendering fetcher and CREA's own pages. DDF commercial terms were not reviewed.",142  "depth": "standard",143  "featured": false,144  "discovery_method": "editorial-research",145  "editorial_status": "reviewed",146  "visibility": "public",147  "author": "batch-F"148}149