​Professional Certificate Summary - Real Estate Brokerage & Agency Principles

Formal, Professional Real Estate Development is essential to delivering efficient and respected service to the industry’s stakeholders. The services of professional, knowledgeable Real Estate Agents are in high demand as such attributes foster higher transaction volumes and inspire trust in the profession. Particularly where there is much economic uncertainty, the advice of Real Estate Professionals are of great value to investors and industry affiliates alike. 

This Professional Certificate has been designed to provide the knowledge required to become an efficient Real Estate Agent, executing the highest standard of Global Brokerage Practice.

Who Should Enroll in this Professional Certificate Programme?

Suitable participants include;

• Individuals considering a career in Real Estate Brokerage;

• Real Estate Agents/Brokers with around 3 years’ experience or less in practical Real Estate;

• Real Estate Market Participants or Individuals considering market participation- Building Contractors, Investors, Property Developers, Real Estate Trusts, Property Managers;

• Individuals of linked-industries- Mortgage Officers, Attorneys, Valuers, Architects, Interior Designers;

• Individuals seeking to develop general investment and/or real estate knowledge. 

Session Structure

This Professional Certificate is made up of 10 sessions delivered across 5 weeks. Each session comprises of an average of 120 minutes segmented into interactive and lectured intervals.

Participation is both mandatory and essential to participants benefiting from the contents of each session.

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Participants successfully acquiring a minimum passing grade of 70% on the Final Examination, with a maximum of two attempts, would be granted certification.

Final Examination comprises 50 multiple choice questions.

Participants are advised to review content of previous sessions as proceeding sessions build on communicated content. 

Session 1: What is Real Estate

Session 2: Realtor Ethics and Professional Practice

Session 3: Knowing your Market

Session 4: Knowing your Property

Session 5: The Mortgage Process & Sale Closing

Session 6: Listings Leads

Session 7: Property Appraising and Estimation 

Session 8: Sales Techniques & Negotiation

Session 9: Sustainability & The Built Environment

Session 10: Practicing Real Estate

(See Curriculum link below)

Completion Achievements

• Twenty Professional Development Hours

• Certificate of Completion with session specification

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(See Programme cost at USC link below)