List on realtor.ca without an agent, from $69.99

How to list on realtor.ca in 4 steps

Listing on realtor.ca takes four steps, all from your account: choose a plan, give us the details and photos the MLS® System asks for, and we enter the listing on the MLS® System, which sends it on to realtor.ca. From then on, showing requests, calls and offers come to you directly, not through an agent.

1. Choose a plan and pay. It takes a few minutes online, and your account is created for you. Plans start at $69.99 a month, or $99.99 for 2 months.
2. Add your details, photos and ID, then sign. A guided form asks for everything the MLS® System needs (rooms, measurements, taxes, parking, your price and the buyer agent commission), you upload up to 40 photos and your photo ID, and you sign the listing agreement online.
3. We enter your listing on the MLS® System. Once your ID, proof of ownership and signature are in, we enter it on the board. It's sent on to realtor.ca, and we email you your MLS® number when it's live.
4. Buyers and agents contact you. Showing requests, questions and offers come straight to you. You book the showings, negotiate directly and have your lawyer review the offer.

Can I list on realtor.ca myself?

No. realtor.ca is run by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and shows listings from the MLS® Systems of real estate boards across Canada. Only a registered brokerage or a REALTOR® member can put a listing there; there is no "for sale by owner" button, and no way to pay realtor.ca directly.

That's why sellers who want to sell on their own use a flat fee listing, also called a mere posting. A brokerage enters your listing on the MLS® System for a set fee, the listing flows to realtor.ca, and you handle the sale yourself: inquiries, showings and offers. In Ontario, every brokerage and salesperson must be registered with RECO; you can check any name in RECO's public register before you pay.

Your listing gets the same place on realtor.ca as one from a full-service agent: same photos, same details, same search filters. Selling a house rather than a condo or a rental? List my house on MLS® has the steps, the documents and the costs for houses.

Getting your listing ready

Before you start, have five things ready: photo ID for every owner, proof that you own the property, the details buyers filter by on realtor.ca, your asking price with what you'll offer a buyer's agent, and your photos. The guided form flags anything missing, but having them on hand gets the listing to the board sooner.

• Photos. Up to 40, in the order you choose. Bright, wide, level shots of every main room and the outside get more clicks on realtor.ca; a phone works, and a photographer is optional.
• Description. One paragraph in the MLS® style: what the home is, what's been updated, what's nearby. No phone numbers, emails or "call now" lines; the board rejects them, and the form warns you as you type.
• Price. Check recent sold prices for similar homes nearby on HouseSigma or realtor.ca. A price close to what comparable homes sold for brings showings in the first weeks, when a new listing gets the most views.
• Measurements and details. Room sizes, approximate square footage, lot size, annual property tax, parking, heating and the possession date. Agents filter by these, so blanks cost you views.
• The buyer agent commission. A percentage or a flat amount, paid only on closing and only if a buyer's agent brings the buyer.

What your realtor.ca listing shows

Your realtor.ca listing looks the same as any other: the asking price or monthly rent, your photos and description, the details buyers filter by, a map, and the name of the listing brokerage, which every MLS® listing must show. Buyers can't tell a flat fee listing from an agent's listing, because on realtor.ca there is no difference.

What's missing is your phone number and email: MLS® rules keep them out of the description, so buyers reach you through the showing system and the realtor.ca contact form instead, both of which come to you.

• Your asking price (or monthly rent) and your description
• Up to 40 photos, in the order you choose
• The property details buyers filter by: bedrooms, bathrooms, size, parking, taxes, condo fees and more
• The map location and the neighbourhood
• The listing brokerage's name, which every MLS® listing must show
• The commission you offer a buyer's agent, so agents know what they'll be paid
• Open house dates, if you hold one; you can add them while you're listed

How buyers reach you

Most buyers search realtor.ca with an agent. Buyer agents request showings through the showing system the boards use, and each request comes straight to you by text or email to confirm or reschedule. Buyers without an agent use the contact form on realtor.ca; that message reaches us, and we forward it to you.

Offers are made out to you and come to you directly. You negotiate the price and conditions yourself, and most sellers have a real estate lawyer review an offer before they sign; the brokerage's part is the posting, so it never negotiates or comments on the terms. A lockbox and a lawn sign are optional extras some sellers add themselves.

Every showing is yours to confirm, decline or move, and you're the one opening the door, so plan for evenings and weekends, when most buyers look. Open houses are up to you: add the dates while you're listed and they show on realtor.ca.

How much does it cost to list on realtor.ca?

realtor.ca doesn't charge sellers; what you pay for is the brokerage that enters the listing. A full-service listing agent usually charges a percentage of the sale price, often 2–2.5% plus HST for the listing side. A flat fee listing costs the same whatever your home sells for: $69.99 a month, or $99.99 for 2 months.

Ontario listings add 13% HST, the same tax a commission carries. You still choose a commission to offer the buyer's agent, a percentage or a flat amount. It's only paid on closing, and only if a buyer's agent brings the buyer; a buyer who comes on their own costs you nothing extra.

The other costs are the same as in any sale: a real estate lawyer for the closing, and a photographer or stager if you want one. See flat fee MLS® listing for how the plans compare, or the calculator below for what you keep at your own price.

Three ways to get on realtor.ca, compared

There are only three routes, and one of them is a dead end. A full-service agent lists you and charges a commission; a flat fee brokerage lists you for a set price and leaves the selling to you; posting it yourself isn't possible, because realtor.ca only takes listings from the MLS® System.

The listing itself is identical on the first two routes; what changes is who does the work and what it costs. With an agent you pay a percentage for someone to handle every call, showing and offer. With a flat fee listing you pay a set price and handle them yourself, with a lawyer reviewing the offer.

realtor.ca only shows MLS® listings, so the same route applies: here's how to list on MLS® without a realtor anywhere in Ontario.

Where else your listing appears

Every listing is sent automatically from the MLS® System. Besides realtor.ca, it's typically picked up by realtor.ca's partner sites and by MLS®-fed sites such as HouseSigma, Zolo, Condos.ca, Property.ca, Strata.ca, Wahi and Bungol. Each site decides whether and when to show a listing, so strong photos and a full description help.

In Ontario the listing goes in through PropTx, the system that feeds 14 boards, including Toronto (TRREB), Ottawa, London, Niagara and Oakville-Milton, so agents across the province see it in their own board's search, not only on realtor.ca. Rentals work the same way: put your rental on realtor.ca through the MLS® System and the lease listing shows on realtor.ca, its rental partners and the same MLS®-fed sites.

Exposure is the whole point of the MLS® System: one entry, every agent's search, every portal that pulls the feed. That's what a sign on the lawn or a classifieds ad can't do.

The agents searching it are a large group: CREA counts "more than 155,000 real estate brokers, agents and salespeople working through 60 real estate boards and associations across Canada", and describes realtor.ca as "an all-inclusive real estate portal" where they and the public connect (CREA, checked October 2026).

Is listing on realtor.ca without an agent right for you?

It suits sellers and landlords who can answer calls, open the door for showings and negotiate calmly, and who know roughly what the home is worth from recent sales nearby. It's a harder fit if you can't be reached, you'd rather someone else handled every conversation, or the property is unusual enough that pricing it takes a professional opinion.

You are still a client of the brokerage: a flat fee listing is a limited-service representation, with the posting, the MLS® rules and the changes handled for you, and the showings, negotiation and paperwork handled by you with your lawyer. If you want someone to run the sale from start to finish, a full-service agent is the right call, and the commission buys that.

You don't need experience: the guided form, the assistant inside it and the changes you can request while listed are built for people doing this for the first time.

Questions

What's included

• Your home on realtor.ca, sent there from the MLS® System
• Your listing on the MLS® System through PropTx, which feeds 14 Ontario boards, including Toronto (TRREB), Ottawa, London, Niagara and Oakville-Milton
• Typically picked up by realtor.ca's partner sites and MLS®-fed sites such as HouseSigma, Zolo and Condos.ca
• Up to 40 photos, your description and the full property details
• Showing requests from buyer agents sent straight to you to confirm, and realtor.ca inquiries forwarded to you
• Price, photo and detail changes while you're listed, plus sold or leased updates

Flat fee MLS® prices

Plus 13% HST. The monthly plan can be cancelled any time.

What you keep by skipping the listing commission

On a $750,000 home, a 2.5% listing commission is about $18,750, plus HST. A flat fee listing puts the same home on realtor.ca for a set price, whatever it sells for, and the buyer agent commission you choose is the only percentage left in the deal. Try your own numbers:

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