RES Exam Syllabus & Question Coverage
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Paper 1
Competency Unit 1 - Real Estate Agency Industry
531 questions
Real estate market and submarkets
Real estate market players and government intervention
Introduction
Land
Estates in land
State Lands Act 1920
Rights in another's land
licence · easement · covenant
Registration of titles
Competency Unit 2 - Dealings with Interests in Land
810 questions
Law of contract
Law of agency
Landlord and tenant law
Negligence
Conveyance inter vivos
Mortgage
Gift
Trust
Succession
Future interests
Co-ownership
Restrictions on capacity to hold land
Planning and development of land
Paper 2
Competency Unit 3 - Regulation of Real Estate Agency Industry
681 questions
Regulation of real estate agency industry
Role and functions of salespersons and their requisite knowledge and skills
Principles of real estate marketing
Types of listing
Methods of sale
Regulations on advertisements
Marketing of residential property
Marketing of commercial property
Marketing of industrial property
Marketing of special properties
Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003
Competency Unit 4 - Property Transactions
674 questions
Sale of uncompleted private properties
Sale of completed private properties
Collective sale of private properties
Sale of HDB flats
Leasing of private properties
Renting out HDB flats/bedrooms
Foreign worker housing
Taxes on property
Property finance and financial calculations