Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a real estate agent can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a real estate agent already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Real estate agents administer the sales or letting process of residential, commercial properties or land on behalf of their clients. They investigate the property's condition and assess its value in order to offer the best price to their clients. They negotiate, compose a sales contract or a rental contract and liaise with third parties in order to realize the stated objectives during transactions. They undertake research to determine the legality of a property sale before it is sold and make sure the transaction is not subject to any disputes or restrictions.

Also known as lettings agent, real estate sales agent, residential real estate agent, estate agents, commercial building rental agents, commercial building rental agent, letting agent, letting agents, title examiners, estate managers, real estate dealers, associate real estate broker.

Technicians and associate professionals 57 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: title closer, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
title closer 73% covered letting agent 70% covered real estate surveyor 64% covered property appraiser 63% covered real estate investor 63% covered real estate agent You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from real estate agent, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a real estate agent already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A real estate agent needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • prepare real estate contract communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with property owners communication, collaboration and creativity
  • inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on property value communication, collaboration and creativity
  • office administration business, administration and law
  • perform property market research information skills
  • mortgage loans business, administration and law
  • provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
  • value properties information skills
  • compare property values information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a real estate agent does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Real estate agent is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a real estate agent’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.