Agents
The work of real estate agents: how they list, market and negotiate, and the people doing it well.
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.
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.
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.
South Australia real estate registration: who needs which one
Land agent, sales representative, property manager or auctioneer: what each South Australian registration allows, what it requires and costs, and the penalties for working without it.
Texas sales agent licence: hours, exam, fees and the first renewal
How Texas licenses a real estate sales agent: 180 classroom hours, fingerprints, a two-part exam, a sponsoring broker, the published fees, renewal education and the broker step.
How many US real estate agents are there, and what do they earn?
Federal figures count 530,600 broker and sales agent jobs in the United States. What they earn, what Realtors report, and what a licence requires in three states.
Working in Victorian real estate: licence, representative, new CPD
Who needs an estate agent's licence in Victoria and who works as an agent's representative, what each costs in 2026-27, and what changes on 25 November 2026 and 1 April 2027.
New South Wales agent licences: class 1, class 2 and CPD in 2026-27
How New South Wales licenses its property agents: what a certificate, a class 2 and a class 1 licence each allow, how to qualify, and the training hours owed in 2026-27.
How to become and stay a registered property agent in Singapore
From the RES course and examination to registration, yearly training and the Currency Requirement that starts in 2027: the full path of a Singapore property salesperson.
US agents' status: three-way rule survives appeal, Senate gets a bill
A federal appeals court left the Realtor three-way membership rule standing, and two senators filed a bill on agents' independent-contractor status. What each one changes.
Dubai plans a real estate degree with a pathway into brokerage
Dubai Land Department and the University of Dubai are building a real estate degree with brokerage training around it, days after the department's careers push for Emirati graduates.
Singapore opens its first three-year renewal for property agents
The Council for Estate Agencies has opened the 2026 renewal exercise, the first to grant three-year registrations, with a S$60 application fee paid once per cycle.