Payotte is an independent, free, ad-free directory. We produce original first-party data on verified real estate experts across Canada — recomputed on every update, sourced, and free to cite (with attribution and a link). Custom data cuts on request.
Figures to cite
Open datasets (CSV)
Downloadable, reusable — cite Payotte as the source.
- Payotte Index 2026 — verified experts — CSV ↓
- Payotte Barometer 2026 — the verified real-estate expert — CSV ↓
- Google reviews by profession (study) — CSV ↓
- Local presence by profession (study) — CSV ↓
- Credential verifiability, by profession and province (study) — CSV ↓
- Closing costs & land transfer tax by province — CSV ↓
- First-time home buyer programs — CSV ↓
Plugged into AI — open JSON feeds and an MCP server
Since July 2026, Payotte is — to our knowledge — the first Canadian real-estate directory plugged directly into AI assistants via the MCP standard (Model Context Protocol), adopted by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Microsoft.
- Open JSON feeds — the full verified-experts dataset (manifest, one feed per province), the regulator matrix by profession and province, and per-city market statistics. Regenerated on every site update; CC BY 4.0 licence (cite Payotte and link to payotte.com).
- Official MCP server — listed in the MCP registry on July 23, 2026; AI assistants can use it to find a verified expert, learn which body regulates a title in each province, and pull a city's market figures. Endpoint: payotte-mcp.payotte.workers.dev/mcp · open source on GitHub.
Story angles
- The Google reviews blind spot. The most experienced professionals (certified appraisers, ~23-year median) show the fewest Google reviews — their clients (lenders, lawyers, courts) don't leave any.
- Closing costs vary fourfold. On a $500,000 home, land transfer tax ranges from about $420 in Alberta (no tax) to $12,950 in Toronto (provincial + municipal).
- The typical verified expert. Across 684 markets, the median professional has a 5.0/5 rating from 111 reviews and 18 years of experience.
- First real-estate directory plugged into AI. Since July 2026, AI assistants can query Payotte live through the MCP standard — to our knowledge a first for a Canadian real-estate directory.
How to cite Payotte
Suggested citation: "Payotte (payotte.com), an independent directory of verified real estate experts in Canada." Please include a link to the source page. Data free to reuse with attribution; no invented data — every figure comes from a cited public source.
Press contact
Media requests, custom data, interviews: write to gregory@payotte.com.