Exam held for aspiring estate agents

A “FIRST” took place in the North Cyprus real estate sector last Saturday as candidates who want to work as professional estate agents had to sit an exam.

The exam was organised by the Cyprus Turkish Estate Agents Union (KTEB), with 61 people taking part. It was held under the watchful eye of Prof Hüda Hüdaverdi of the Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University.

In a statement made after the exam, KTEB president Hasan Sungur said: “No-one will be able to do real estate business in this country without receiving training.”

In separate comments, Mr Sungur said that there are “four illegal estate agents for every registered one” in the TRNC.

A draft Bill seeking amendments to laws regarding the work of estate agents is “insufficient”, Mr Sungur said, stating that “illegal real estate agents continue to swindle the public”.

“The main regulation should have been to prevent foreign nationals from doing illegal real estate business in our country and to take measures to prevent the citizens from being defrauded,” he added. “The government is also failing on this issue.”