The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) has announced that Belleville-based realtor Cathy Polan, has assumed the role of President of OREA.
The announcement follows the Association’s Annual General Meeting on March 27, 2025.
In this capacity, Ms. Polan will be representing Ontario’s nearly 100,000 REALTORS®, ensuring they have the tools, resources, and support needed to help build stronger communities across the province.
She will lead the association’s efforts to enhance professional standards, improve consumer protection, and bring affordability back within reach for hardworking Ontarians.
She tells Quinte News the issues are similar province-wide.
Audio Player“Housing affordability and supply. That’s what we’re going to concentrate on this year.”
Polan says their main role is advocacy.
Audio Player“We have had a great relationship with all the parties in Ontario, but more specifically with the Ford government lately.”
She continued that they do not just advocate for home ownership or affordability, they also are focusing on what is known as the auctioneer loophole.
Audio Player“A long time ago, auctioneers would be allowed to sell real estate, without having a license in real estate, which was effective in the 30’s, 40’s , and 50’s. Today auctioneers do not have the same regulations that real estate agents have.
Polan is a salesperson at Royal Heritage Brokerage and currently a member of the Central Lakes Association of Realtors.
In 2019, she served as president of the former Quinte & District Association of Realtors, where she also served as a Director and member of various committees within the organization.
Recently, Polan was also chair for the Ontario Collective and served as a director for Information Technology Systems Ontario.
At OREA, she served as a member of the Finance and Audit, Governance, and Ontario Realtor Party Committees, ahead of becoming president in 2025.
