Source : Straits Times - 22 Aug 2008
WE REFER to the letter by Mr Steven Lau last Saturday on the SAEA salesperson accreditation.
The SAEA scheme was introduced to accredit both agencies and agents. The original scheme requires agents who wish to practise as principal licence holders and bosses of agencies to pass the Common Examination for House Agents (Ceha).
The recent salesperson accreditation provides for a two-tiered accreditation for other agents - basically salespersons who do not wish to become agency bosses, but would like to continue working as agents. They are those that deal with the buyers and sellers on the ground. Currently not many of these salespersons have basic qualifications.
The Association of Singapore Estate Agencies is one of the bodies that advocates the introduction of the salespersons accreditation for all practising salespersons to pass the Common Examination for Salesperson (CES) as an entry point.
This move will help to ensure that henceforth, anyone claiming to practise house agency is suitably qualified. With the accreditation, recalcitrant salespersons will be hauled up and reprimanded under the scheme.
The CES will, therefore, not only raise the level of professionalism in the real estate agency industry, but will also provide protection for consumers.
David Ong
President, Association of Singapore Estate Agencies
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