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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.[1]
It is the UK's leading professional body for estate agents.[2] 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.[1]
The NAEA has a licensing scheme that offers consumer protection[3] The NAEA's aims[4] are that it shall:
The NAEA's rules were adopted at the inaugural meeting of the association on 6 March 1962 and have subsequently been amended, most recently in 1998[5]
In August 2008 the NAEA entered the UK property portal market by launching their own property listings website Propertylive.[6][failed verification]