Real estate manager to housing manager
A real estate manager already meets 59% of what the housing manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.7/ 100
1 How much of what a housing manager is expected to do is already part of a real estate manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the housing manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A housing manager role treats 18 of its required skills as things a real estate manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse market financial trends
- collect rental fees
- corporate social responsibility
- create a financial plan
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A housing manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a real estate manager background worth leading with.
- already held collect rental fees management skills
- already held supervise property development projects management skills
- already held inform on renting agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held examine the conditions of buildings information skills
- already held provide information on properties communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise a damage assessment management skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 18 the housing manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn communicate with tenants required
- still to learn handle tenant changeover required
- still to learn liaise with property owners required
- still to learn liaise with local authorities required
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held build community relations optional
- still to learn building codes required
- still to learn building construction principles required
- optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
- still to learn check construction compliance required
- still to learn investigate social security applications required
- still to learn plan allocation of space required
- optional, not held organise property viewing optional
- optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
- optional, not held work within communities optional
- optional, not held collect property financial information optional
- optional, not held perform property market research optional
- optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
- optional, not held report major building repairs optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a housing manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate with tenants practise this
- 02 handle tenant changeover practise this
- 03 liaise with property owners practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held advise on financial matters skill
- already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held collect rental fees skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held enforce financial policies skill
- already held examine the conditions of buildings skill
- already held financial analysis knowledge
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held inform on renting agreements skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held provide information on properties skill
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held organise a damage assessment skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held real estate market knowledge
- already held supervise property development projects skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
- optional, not held government social security programmes optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect property financial information optional
- optional, not held organise property viewing optional
- optional, not held perform property market research optional
- optional, not held prepare inventory of properties optional
- optional, not held report major building repairs optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held build community relations optional
- optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
- optional, not held government social security programmes optional
- optional, not held plan buildings maintenance work optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
- optional, not held work within communities optional
21 held skills the housing manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on property value skill
- not needed by the target role analyse insurance risk skill
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role audit contractors skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role compare property values skill
- not needed by the target role concurrent estate knowledge
- not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
- not needed by the target role create insurance policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor contractor performance skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with property owners skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role value properties skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn building codes required
- still to learn building construction principles required
- optional, not held energy performance of buildings optional
- optional, not held fire safety regulations optional
- optional, not held government social security programmes optional
- optional, not held public housing legislation optional
Common questions about this move
Can a real estate manager become a housing manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A real estate manager already covers 59% of what a housing manager is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 18 of which the housing manager role treats as required.
What skills does a real estate manager need to become a housing manager?
9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is communicate with tenants.
How hard is the move from real estate manager to housing manager?
Its learning distance is 48.7 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.