£13,000
Average salary at age 20
£27,040
Average Salary
36
Average hours per week
Description
Estate agents and auctioneers arrange for the valuation, sale, purchase, rental and leasing of property on behalf of clients.Main Tasks
- Discusses client’s requirements and may advise client on the purchase of property and land for investment and other purposes;
- Conducts or arranges for structural surveys of properties and undertakes any necessary valuations of property or agricultural land;
- Advises vendors and purchasers on market prices of property, accompanies clients to view property;
- Markets the property on behalf of the vendor, prepares written information and press advertisements;
- Negotiates land or property purchases, sales, leases or tenancy agreements and arranges legal formalities with solicitors, building societies and other parties;
- Makes inventories of property for sale, advises vendor of suitable reserve price, issues catalogues, conducts auction, notes bids and records sale.
Qualifications
There are no formal academic entry requirements although entrants to professional training via the National Federation of Property Professionals (NFOPP) will normally possess GCSEs/S grades, an NVQ/SVQ and/or relevant experience. Off- and on-the-job training is possible, and apprenticeships are available in some areas.What Estate agents and auctioneers studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (L7) Human & social geography | 2 |
| (G1) Mathematics | 1 |
| (W2) Design studies | 2 |
| (L3) Sociology | 3 |
| (C1) Biology | 1 |
| (C8) Psychology | 5 |
| (W1) Fine art | 1 |
| (V3) History by topic | 2 |
| (W3) Music | 1 |
| (F8) Physical geographical sciences | 3 |
| (D4) Agriculture | 2 |
| (R9) Others in European languages, literature & related subjects | 1 |
| (Q3) English studies | 3 |
| (L2) Politics | 3 |
| (K2) Building | 2 |
| (R1) French studies | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 2 |
| (W4) Drama | 1 |
| (M1) Law by area | 2 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 3 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 2 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 1 |
| (P5) Journalism | 2 |
| (L1) Economics | 2 |
| (K0) Broadly-based programmes within architecture, building & planning | 1 |
| (N1) Business studies | 14 |
| (X3) Academic studies in education | 1 |
| (L5) Social work | 1 |
| (V6) Theology & religious studies | 1 |
| (X1) Training teachers | 1 |
| (K4) Planning (urban, rural & regional) | 4 |
| (N4) Accounting | 1 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 4 |
| (P3) Media studies | 2 |
| (N2) Management studies | 9 |
| (V1) History by period | 3 |
| (N3) Finance | 1 |
| (Q8) Classical studies | 1 |
| (I1) Computer science | 1 |
UK Prospects
54300
Workforce Size
2.85%
Predicted growth 2024 - 2027
6036
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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