National Association of Estate Agents National Association of Estate Agents The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is a membership organisation for estate agents "(called real estate brokers in the US)". It is based in and covers the UK. It was founded in 1962 by estate agent Raymond Andrews. It is the UK's leading professional body for estate agents. Its members practice across all aspects of property both in the UK and overseas, including residential and commercial sales and letting, property management, business transfer, auctioneering and land. The NAEA has a licensing scheme that offers consumer protection The NAEA's aims are that it shall: The
Estate agent for Estate Agents Scheme", which obtained OFT approval for the "Code of Practice for Residential Sales" in and, as of November 2006 claims to have 2,532 member agencies. There is a legal requirement to belong to either organisation to trade as an estate agent. Agents can be fined if they are not a member of a redress scheme. The redress scheme was brought in alongside and to govern agents in reference to the HIP (Home Information Pack). A handful of national residential estate agents chains exist, with the majority being locally or regionally specialised companies. Several multi-national commercial agencies exist,