Two Quebec Real Estate Brokers Suspended for Using Fake Bids to Drive up Prices

Published on September 11, 2024

Two Quebec real estate brokers are facing fines and years-long suspensions for submitting bogus offers on homes to drive up prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Christine Girouard has been suspended for 14 years and her business partner, Jonathan Dauphinais-Fortin, has been suspended for nine years after Quebec’s authority of real estate brokerage found they used fake bids to get buyers to raise their offers. Girouard is a well-known broker who previously starred on a Quebec reality show that follows top real estate agents in the province. She is facing a fine of $50,000, while Dauphinais-Fortin has been fined $10,000. The two brokers were suspended in May 2023 after La Presse published an article about their practices....

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