Real-estate agents

Agents facilitating sale in registered projects need state registration and must not facilitate unregistered projects or make misleading representations.

Finin2min summary

Agents facilitating sale in registered projects need state registration and must not facilitate unregistered projects or make misleading representations.

Source review date: 4 July 2026. Read with the official text and the facts of the transaction.

Legal anchors

Sections 9 and 10
State agent registration rules

How to analyse it

Verify project registration before marketing.
Quote agent and project registration numbers.
Maintain books and records.
Control sub-brokers and digital marketing.

Practical illustration

A broker markets a pre-launch project through social media before registration. Both agent and promoter may face exposure.

What can go wrong?

Using another agent’s registration
No records of customer representations
Facilitating unregistered inventory

Evidence pack

Agent certificate
Project verification
Lead and commission records
Marketing archive

Decision workflow

Freeze the facts and effective date.
Identify the controlling Act, rule, notification, circular and jurisdictional overlay.
Prepare a calculation or exposure note.
Collect the evidence pack before filing, payment, signing or response.
Record reviewer conclusion and assumptions.

Quick Q&A

Is the result automatic?

No. Verify project registration before marketing.

What is the most important control?

Control sub-brokers and digital marketing.

What should be escalated?

Using another agent’s registration, especially where money, deadlines, enforcement, personal liability or irreversible transaction steps are involved.

Official source trail

Secondary commentary may help interpretation, but it is not the source of law.