Agencies
Real estate agencies: how they are run, how they grow, and what sets one office apart from another.
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.
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.
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.
Singapore's five largest property agencies, read from public records
Headcount from the regulator, ownership, what the two listed groups disclose, how teams move and why agency numbers keep falling in Singapore, as read in October 2026.
What Singapore property agencies may not do with clients' money
Singapore law keeps property agencies away from transaction money, moneylenders and undisclosed side income. The rules, the records an agency must keep, and the penalties.
How a South Australian land agent must hold and audit client money
Deposits, rent and sale proceeds held by a South Australian land agent sit under Part 3 of the Land Agents Act 1994. The banking, records, audit, fund and penalties, step by step.
Texas broker responsibility: what TREC rule 535.2 asks of a brokerage
Texas makes the sponsoring broker answerable for sales agents. A guide to rule 535.2: written policies, delegated supervisors, records, names in advertising, trust money and penalties.
Texas and California: what an unlicensed brokerage assistant may do
Texas bars unlicensed assistants from open houses and cold calls; California lets them greet visitors and canvass. A task-by-task guide to both regulators' guidance, pay and penalties.
Victoria's estate agency trust accounts: deadlines, audit and the Fund
How a Victorian estate agency must bank, receipt, record and audit client money, what a deficiency triggers, and how the Victorian Property Fund pays when money goes missing.
Western Australia's REBA trust accounts: banking, interest and audit
What Western Australia's Real Estate and Business Agents Act asks of an agency holding client money: the account, daily records, where interest goes, the 31 March audit and the fines.
How a Dubai Brokerage Is Licensed: Cards, Ad Permits, Cold Calls
A Dubai brokerage needs a trade licence, a Trakheesi registration, a card for every broker and a permit for every advert. The steps, the published fees and the limits on calling owners.
USA: eXp parent AGNT names Leo Pareja chief executive at eXpcon
Glenn Sanford has handed the top job at eXp Realty's parent to Leo Pareja. The same convention brought a mortgage venture, a pay-at-close programme and a showing marketplace.
New South Wales underquoting rules: what an agency must record
How New South Wales defines underquoting, what a selling agency has to write down and keep, the penalties in force, and what the two stages of the 2026 Act change.
US brokerages: referring to an in-house title firm, and listing duties
How federal RESPA rules treat a United States brokerage that refers clients to its own title or mortgage company, and what Clear Cooperation asks of listing brokers.
US brokerage Fathom and Bed Bath & Beyond parent call off their merger
Fathom Holdings and Neighborhood Intelligence, the former Bed Bath & Beyond, ended their all-stock merger on 5 October. What was agreed, what each side said and what stays open.