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Jones Lang acquires Credo Real Estate

Posted on 26 Jul 2012 | Comments Off on Jones Lang acquires Credo Real Estate

Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) today announced its acquisition of property advisory firm Credo Real Estate.

Karamjit Singh, Credo’s Managing Director, said he hopes the move will help his company increase market share both locally and overseas.

“The key driver behind this deal was the culture and values that we share with Credo; we are a people business and our success is based around skills and relationships,” added Chris Fossick, Managing Director of JLL Singapore and South East Asia.

“The coming together of Credo Real Estate and Jones Lang LaSalle strengthens our already strong and established teams, by providing us with even greater talent and the ability to successfully serve our clients,” he noted.

Moving forward, Singh will head the Singapore Capital Markets and Collective Sales teams and will be responsible for JLL’s Singapore residential sales.

The integration of the business lines and teams, along with a full rebranding of all business activities is expected to start on 1 September 2012.

Source PropertyGuru – 2012 Jul 26

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Indemnity insurance for real estate agencies

Posted on 17 Mar 2010 | Comments Off on Indemnity insurance for real estate agencies

FIRMS registered with the Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA) will need to have professional indemnity insurance before they can renew their accreditation.

A minimum limit of indemnity of $500,000 is recommended under the new rule that comes into effect on April 1.

The move by the SAEA is to make consumers more confident when they engage estate agents.

All commission agreements and exclusive appointments are now signed between the consumer and the estate agency through the agent.

Professional indemnity insurance, which is regarded as a form of risk management in professional business practice, offers protection in case of negligence.

The SAEA has worked with AVA Insurance Brokers and Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance to devise options tailored for small and medium-sized estate agencies, which make up 70 per cent of the 400 agencies under SAEA. There are about 1,700 estate agencies in Singapore. Most of them are boutique-size firms.

SAEA chief executive Tan Tee Khoon said: ‘The mega estate agencies accredited by the SAEA already have existing cover at competitive rates. However, the boutique-size firms may not have the financial muscle to do the same and yet they too need it. The SAEA has negotiated what I believe to be the best available deal for these accredited real estate agencies.’

More information will be sent to the accredited agencies and a seminar will be held on March 25 to address the issue.

Accreditation by the SAEA is on a voluntary basis.

Source : Straits Times – 17 Mar 2010

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