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Sain - you may or may not recall that I used the exact phrase ( do not have time to find it) that ' the residential property sector is largely unregulated' and your response was that it is highly regulated!!! Yet, you now post a direct quote from the RICS website which confirms what I have been saying for decades and more recently on here to make an important point about this sector. This confirms to me and no doubt the few other folks who pop in here that you are full of contradictions and not to be trusted. You will make statements to suit your current position. Shame on you!
Sain, re-posting links you've previously posted doesn't change anything. You can pick up qualifications for absolutely anything these days if you locate an educator. You can become qualified in making a cup of coffee if you really want to but that doesn't mean you need to be qualified to make a cup of coffee nor does it mean the people making coffee are the best people qualified at making them.
Let me simplify it in a way that you might understand. To drive a car on a public road in the UK you require a drivers license; either a provisional which has limitations in requiring suitable supervision or a full drivers license. The driving test is nationally recognised and is the standard set for driving a car. You cannot drive independently without it and passing the test is the requirement. You cannot wake up tomorrow and decide you will have a full drivers license, if you don't have it then you won't be permitted to drive on a public road. If there was a similar requirement for estate agency then there would be a barrier to being one. There are no barriers as it's a basic position and requires no skill, experience or qualifications to do.
RICS: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - Yet again you divert to chartered surveyors even after it was made clear to you that this was not the point being made to you. We're talking about estate agents. Take off your chartered surveyor hat for a moment.
You're a lost cause Sain. You present as someone very bitter, negative and unwilling to accept any viewpoint than your own; even when you're wrong. There really is not point in discussing anything with you any further as your approach is like a broken record.
Finally, for good measure I've attached a couple of links from both the sources you mentioned which was the NAEA and RICS. Both of your sources confirm exactly what I've said as quoted below. You are wrong even by the measure of your own sources.
"Professionalising the sector, by requiring qualifications and setting standards, will help to ensure consumers are properly protected, but only if those standards are effectively regulated at an individual and organisational level."
Source:
http://www.rics.org/uk/news/news-insight/comment/new-regulations-for-residential-professionals/
"You do not usually need to have previous experience in estate agency when you first start out as an estate agent. However previous customer service or sales experience may be helpful. Industry specific qualifications are not essential but they can help you skill up quickly and improve your knowledge of the sector."
Source:
http://www.naea.co.uk/careers-in-property.aspx
I though I has already posted the link So here we go again
NAEA
http://www.naea.co.uk/training-qualifications.aspx
http://www.rics.org/uk/about-rics/professional-groups/rics-residential-property-professional-group/prove-youre-professional/
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Our qualification demonstrates professionalism in a largely unregulated sector, which allows you to stand out from the crowd and provides a clear competitive advantage to win more business."
I think its clear from that statement quite a lot of people place some value on it You clearly don/t Why don't you go and argue the toss with RICS