Industry
The professions, the firms and the people behind every sale.
US buyer agreements: what must be signed before a home tour
Since 17 August 2024, agents who use a US multiple listing service need a signed agreement before a buyer tours a home. What it must say about pay, and what stays negotiable.
How Dubai property auctions are licensed, supervised and paid for
Who may organise a property auction in Dubai, what the Land Department checks and charges, how a forced sale reaches the auction room, and what one company's terms ask of a bidder.
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.
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.
Buyer's agents in NSW and Victoria: licences, agreements and duties
Who may act for a buyer in New South Wales and Victoria, which licence they hold, what the written agreement must cover and the conduct rules each state regulator sets out.
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.
Singapore conveyancing money: who holds your deposit, and how
Since 2011 a Singapore law firm may hold a buyer's deposit only in a protected account, with the Singapore Academy of Law or in joint escrow. How each route works.
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.
USA: how HUD, Freddie Mac and IRS homes are sold by bid or auction
Federal sellers in the United States each have their own way of selling a home. HUD takes sealed bids, Freddie Mac takes offers, the IRS calls an auction. The rules, source by source.
Victoria's auction rulebook: vendor bids, co-owners and dummy bidding
How a public property auction must run in Victoria: what the auctioneer has to display and announce, who may lawfully bid, and what follows the fall of the hammer.