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Estate Agents and Auctioneers

Estate agents and auctioneers arrange for the valuation, sale, purchase, rental and leasing of property on behalf of clients.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 8,225
£ 21,248
£ 41,040

New workers start around £8,225. Normal pay is £21,248 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £41,040.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 69,086 vacancies for this type of job

2.06%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Makes inventories of property for sale, advises vendor of suitable reserve price, issues catalogues, conducts auction, notes bids and records sale.

  • Negotiates land or property purchases, sales, leases or tenancy agreements and arranges legal formalities with solicitors, building societies and other parties.

  • Markets the property on behalf of the vendor, prepares written information and press advertisements.

  • Advises vendors and purchasers on market prices of property, accompanies clients to view property.

  • Conducts or arranges for structural surveys of properties and undertakes any necessary valuations of property or agricultural land.

  • Discusses client.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Numeracy

  • Mortgage Loans

  • Marketing

  • Property Management

  • Booking (Sales)

  • Selling Techniques

  • Business Development

  • Canvassing

  • Finance

  • Sales Prospecting

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Sales

  • Customer Service

  • Communications

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Writing

  • Resilience

  • Literacy

  • Real Estate

  • Microsoft Office

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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