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Greater Vancouver REALTORS

Also known as: GVR · REBGV · Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver · Greater Vancouver REALTORS (GVR)

The regional board that runs the listing system across Vancouver and most of the region north and east of it. That reaches Burnaby, the North Shore, Richmond, New Westminster, the Tri-Cities, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Squamish. It was the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver until it rebranded in 2024, which is why older data still carries the old name.

Greater Vancouver REALTORS (GVR), formerly the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), is the largest of BC's 11 regional real estate boards by membership. The board rebranded from REBGV to GVR in 2024. Its territory covers Vancouver, Burnaby, the North Shore (West Vancouver and North Vancouver), Richmond, New Westminster, the Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody), Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, and Squamish. GVR is member-owned not-for-profit operating under CREA and BCREA frameworks.

For buyers and sellers, GVR matters primarily as the source of the monthly HPI Composite Benchmark statistics that drive Lower Mainland market reports, and as the operator of the MLS data feed that powers IDX search inside the GVR territory. Cross-board transactions between GVR and the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB), e.g. a Vancouver buyer purchasing in Surrey, operate under standard cooperation rules.

The REBGV acronym still surfaces in older publications and historical sold-record data; the GVR rebrand is current as of 2024.

Related terms

  • Fraser Valley Real Estate Board — The BC regional real estate board operating the MLS data feed and benchmark statistics for Surrey, Langley, North Delta, White Rock, Abbotsford, and Mission.
  • BC MLS Rules of Cooperation — The rules governing how BC listings are shared between brokerages, and requiring single-agent designated agency in place of dual agency.
Sources: BCREA, FVREB, GVR(3)
Review dates, licence and how to cite this entry
Rule effective
2022-01-01
Last verified
2026-11-01
Next scheduled review
2027-05-22
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@misc{bronsonjob-bc_real_estate_boards,
  author       = {Job, Bronson},
  title        = {{BC Real Estate Boards (MLS-operating)}},
  howpublished = {BC Real Estate Codex},
  year         = {2022},
  url          = {https://www.bronsonjob.com/codex#bc.real_estate_boards},
  urldate      = {2026-11-01},
  note         = {Fact ID: bc.real_estate_boards, version 2.}
}
APA — Press, journalism
Job, B. (2022). BC Real Estate Boards (MLS-operating). *BC Real Estate Codex*. Retrieved 2026-11-01, from https://www.bronsonjob.com/codex#bc.real_estate_boards
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Fact id: bc.real_estate_boards · v2 · machine-readable: /api/v1/facts/by-id/bc.real_estate_boards.json

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Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR® at Momentum Realty Inc.. GVR Member #6015742 · FVREB Member #FJOBBR