Industry
The professions, the firms and the people behind every sale.
Who holds the money in a California home sale? Escrow holders explained
California lets three kinds of business hold a home sale's money and papers. Each answers to a different state regulator, and the licence, bond and reporting rules differ.
Who the agent works for: California, New York and Texas forms
Buyer's agent, seller's agent, dual agent, designated agent, intermediary: what the agency disclosure papers of New York, Texas and California tell a home buyer, state by state.
Colorado buyers and brokers: transaction-broker, agent or customer
Colorado law makes a broker a transaction-broker unless a written agreement says otherwise, and bans dual agency. What each status means for a buyer, and how the state buyer contract sets pay.
Buyer representation in Dubai: how RERA Contracts A, B and F work
Dubai brokers record a resale on three electronic contracts. What A, B and F each are, where the buyer's broker fits, and what the brokers by-law says about loyalty and pay.
Buying Dubai property from abroad: what a broker can do remotely
What an overseas buyer's broker handles in Dubai, which steps still need a person or a power of attorney at the counter, how the money moves, and what official figures say.
Becoming a registered broker in Dubai: course, exam, card, renewal
How one person gets a Dubai broker card: the Dubai Real Estate Institute course, the exam, the conditions, the published fees, yearly renewal and what a card does not allow.
Selling or buying Dubai property through a power of attorney
How long a power of attorney is valid for a Dubai property deal, how one signed abroad is ratified, what a notary charges and what a 2025 circular is reported to require.
Putting a Dubai property up for auction: organisers, files and payout
How an owner or a creditor gets a Dubai property into an auction: who the organisers say they are, the seller's file, the listing period, the fees taken from the price and the payout.
Property management companies in Dubai: licences, Ejari and Mollak
Which licence a Dubai property manager needs, how management and tenancy contracts are registered in Ejari, and what the jointly owned property law asks of a management company.
Dubai's programme for Emirati brokers: targets, partners and results
What the Dubai Real Estate Brokers Programme offers UAE nationals: the 15 per cent target, the developer quota, training, the figures published since 2024 and what is still unknown.
Becoming a Florida real estate sales associate, and staying licensed
How Florida licenses a sales associate: the 63-hour course, fingerprints, the state exam, work under a broker, 45 hours before the first renewal, then 14 hours each cycle.
Florida: who a real estate licensee works for, and what they owe
Florida law presumes every licensee is a transaction broker. What that means, how a single agent differs, which notices a buyer or seller receives, and why dual agency is barred.
Illinois buyer representation: clients, customers and dual agency
What the Illinois Real Estate License Act says about written brokerage agreements, designated agents, the duties owed to clients and customers, and consent to dual agency.
Illinois: Serhant opens in Chicago as The Agency adds a Vail office
Serhant entered Chicago and the North Shore on 6 October with more than 40 agents, and The Agency announced a seventh Colorado office in Vail the same day.
New South Wales agency trust accounts: rules, records and the audit
How a New South Wales real estate agency must open, run, record and audit its trust accounts, who may sign off a withdrawal, and what happens to money nobody claims.
New York real estate salesperson licence: course, exam, fees, renewal
How New York licenses a real estate salesperson: the 77-hour course, the US$15 state exam, the US$65 application, the two-year term, 22.5 hours of continuing education and the broker step.
Who may conduct a property auction in Singapore, and under what rules
Singapore licensed its auctioneers from 1906 until 1 August 2000. What replaced the licence, where the Estate Agents Act stops, and what a seller or bidder can still check.
Caveats and title searches in a Singapore property purchase
What a caveat does in a Singapore property deal, what the Singapore Land Authority charges to lodge, extend, withdraw or search one, and when a caveat is wrongful.
What a conveyancing lawyer does and charges in a Singapore home purchase
How legal work on a Singapore home purchase is priced: HDB's published scale, private fees with no scale since 2003, fee versus disbursement, and how a bill is disputed.
Running a property agency in Singapore: licence, KEO, cover and fees
How a Singapore property agency is licensed: the key executive officer, insurance minimums, fee tiers, the three-year term and the disciplinary penalties a firm can face.