Awarding Body for the Built Environment · RQF Level 3
ABBE Level 3 Diploma in Professional Sale of Residential Property
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits37
- Guided learning141 hours
- Units in this qualification24
Awarded by Awarding Body for the Built Environment · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Aimed at those involved in the sale of residential property, this diploma focuses on the skills needed to negotiate sales and agree specifications. It includes units on conducting property visits, progressing sales, and understanding employment rights. Knowledge of local property markets is also developed.
These are the units Awarding Body for the Built Environment registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Agree specifications for new properties with buyersReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand legal and organisational procedures for agreeing specifications for new properties with prospective buyers
- Understand how to agree specifications for new properties with prospective buyers, ensuring clarity and accuracy
- Agree specifications for new properties with prospective buyers, adhering to legal and organisational requirements
- Progress specifications for new properties with prospective buyers, addressing any queries or concerns promptly
Behave in an ethical manner in all aspects of businessReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Conduct yourself in a professional, ethical, honest and fair manner in all business dealings
- Understand the importance of working without discrimination or bias, treating all individuals with respect and equality
- Understand the importance of recognising when a gift or bribe may be offered as an inducement and the appropriate action to take
Conduct accompanied viewings of propertiesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for viewings of properties
- Liaise with prospective buyers and/or tenants regarding property viewings
- Prepare to conduct accompanied viewings of properties, ensuring all necessary arrangements are in place
- Conduct viewings of properties in a professional and informative manner
Conduct accompanied visits around development sitesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for conducting accompanied visits around development sites.
- Understand the new development market, including current trends and buyer expectations.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with prospective buyers.
- Review development sites to assess their suitability for prospective buyers.
- Plan visits to development sites with prospective buyers, considering their needs and interests.
- Conduct visits to development sites with prospective buyers, providing relevant information and addressing their queries.
Conduct accompanied visits around local property areasReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for conducting accompanied visits around local property areas
- Know the local property area and market conditions relevant to accompanied visits
- Develop relationships with potential buyers during accompanied visits
- Review the local property area to identify suitable properties for prospective buyers
- Plan visits to property areas with prospective buyers, considering their needs and preferences
- Visit property areas with prospective buyers, providing informative and engaging tours
Develop marketing materials for the promotion of residential property servicesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for developing marketing materials for the promotion of residential property services.
- Understand how marketing materials can influence the key audience.
- Understand how to prepare marketing materials for residential properties for sale.
- Understand how to arrange for the production of final marketing materials for residential property for sale.
- Develop recommendations for marketing materials.
- Prepare marketing materials for production.
Develop yourself in the job roleReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Access self-development opportunities within your job role, including identifying relevant training and resources
- Evidence self-development within the job role, demonstrating how new skills and knowledge have been applied
Employment rights and responsibilities in the property sectorReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Know employer and employee rights and responsibilities in the property sector
- Know your organisation’s procedures for conforming with employment rights and responsibilities
- Know factors that affect your own organisation and occupation within the property sector
Hand-over new properties to buyersReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for the hand-over of new properties to buyers.
- Understand how to complete the hand-over of new properties to buyers.
- Understand how to confirm specifications of new properties.
- Understand how to address issues with specifications of new properties.
- Inspect new property prior to its hand-over to buyers.
- Complete the hand-over of a new property.
Maintain the security of individuals and property in a property environmentReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain the security of yourself and others in a property environment
- Maintain the security of information in a property environment
- Maintain the security of property in a property environment
- Maintain the security of yourself and others in a property environment
- Maintain the security of personal property, residential properties and information in a property environment
Match and promote properties to individualsReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Match properties to the needs and preferences of individuals
- Promote properties effectively to individuals, highlighting their key features and benefits
- Match properties to individuals based on their specified requirements and budget
- Promote properties to individuals using appropriate methods and channels
Monitor changes and assess their impact in the local property marketReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to monitor changes in the local property market, including factors such as supply, demand, and pricing trends
- Assess the impact of changes in the local property market on rental yields and property values
- Monitor changes in the local property market using appropriate data sources and analytical techniques
- Assess the impact of changes in the local property market on business strategies and client advice
Negotiate the sale of properties in England, Wales and Northern IrelandReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for negotiating the sale of properties
- Know the local property area and market conditions relevant to property sales
- Develop relationships with prospective buyers to facilitate property sales
- Understand how to negotiate the sale of property effectively
- Understand how to complete negotiations for the sale of property, including all necessary documentation
- Explore interest and obtain commitment from prospective buyers for property purchases
- Assess the suitability of offers made on properties, considering all relevant factors
- Negotiate the terms and conditions of the sale of a property to achieve a mutually agreeable outcome
Obtain instructions and agree marketing activities for propertiesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how to obtain instructions from clients regarding the sale/let of their property, in accordance with legal and ethical requirements
- Explain how to agree with clients the marketing activities regarding the sale/let of their property, ensuring transparency and mutual understanding
- Obtain instructions from clients regarding the sale/let of their property, documenting all relevant information accurately
- Agree marketing plans with clients regarding the sale/let of their property, ensuring the plan meets their needs and expectations
Produce marketing materials for individual properties _residential sales_Real unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for the production of marketing materials for properties for sale.
- Prepare marketing materials for residential properties for sale, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant regulations.
- Arrange for the production of final marketing materials for residential property for sale, including liaising with relevant professionals.
- Prepare draft marketing materials for residential property for sale, incorporating key features and benefits.
- Arrange for the production of marketing materials for residential properties for sale, within agreed timescales and budgets.
Progress sales of residential propertyReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for progressing the sale of residential property.
- Know which parties are involved with progressing sales of residential property.
- Know which documentation is involved with progressing sales of residential property.
- Understand how to progress sales of residential property.
- Plan the sales of property.
- Implement the sales of property.
- Monitor the progress of sales to their conclusion.
Progress the part-exchange of propertiesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand legal and organisational procedures for progressing the part-exchange of properties.
- Progress the part-exchange of properties, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and organisational policies.
- Prepare the necessary documentation for the part-exchange of properties, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Progress the part-exchange of properties, liaising with relevant parties and resolving any issues that arise.
Provide after-sales support to buyers of residential propertyReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for providing after-sales support to buyers of residential property.
- Understand how to deal with problems, queries and complaints from buyers after purchasing residential property, in line with legal and organisational requirements.
- Handle queries or problems received from buyers in a professional and timely manner, escalating issues as appropriate.
Qualify prospective buyers of propertyReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational procedures for qualifying prospective buyers.
- Qualify prospective buyers.
- Obtain information to qualify prospective buyers.
- Qualify prospective buyers.
Reduce risks to health and safety in the workplaceReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Know about your organisation’s health and safety procedures
- Identify potential hazards in the workplace
- Evaluate risks associated with hazards in the workplace
- Identify hazards and risks in the workplace
- Reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace by implementing appropriate control measures
Review marketing activities for the sale of propertiesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand your organisation’s procedures for marketing properties.
- Understand different methods of marketing properties.
- Understand how to implement different marketing activities.
- Understand how to review marketing activities.
- Understand how to amend marketing activities.
- Implement marketing activities for the sale of properties.
- Review marketing activities for the sale of properties.
Understanding legislation, guidelines, codes of practice and statutory information in residential salesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Explain legislation, guidelines and codes of practice in residential sales
- Explain statutory information in residential sales
Understanding professional conduct in a property environmentReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to present a positive image in a property environment, maintaining a professional appearance and demeanour
- Understand the importance of communicating information clearly and concisely to all stakeholders
- Understand the importance of dealing with enquiries and complaints in an appropriate and timely manner and of maintaining accurate records of all interactions
- Understand the scope and responsibilities of your job role within the property environment
Undertaking market appraisals and advising on the presentation of propertiesReal unit · Awarding Body for the Built Environment
What you'll be able to do
- Understand your organisation’s procedures for undertaking market appraisals and advising on the presentation of properties
- Undertake market appraisals, considering relevant market data and property features
- Understand how to ensure client understanding of market appraisals, including explaining the valuation process and findings
- Prepare for appraisals of properties, gathering relevant information and resources
- Appraise properties, providing accurate and realistic market valuations
The honest bit
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Your passport
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Conduct Accompanied Visits Around Local Property Areas
- Conduct accompanied viewings of owned properties to let
- Conduct accompanied viewings of properties
- Conduct accompanied visits around development sites
- Contribute to maintaining the security of individuals and property
- Implement and review marketing plans for the sale of properties
- Match available properties to prospective buyers
- Monitor changes and assess their impact in the local property market
Where this can lead
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will understand legal and organisational procedures for agreeing specifications of new properties with prospective buyers. The unit develops skills in clear communication, addressing buyer queries, and progressing specifications while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for ABBE Level 3 Diploma in Professional Sale of Residential Property
24 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Awarding Body for the Built Environment.
- Agree specifications for new properties with buyers
- Behave in an ethical manner in all aspects of business
- Conduct accompanied viewings of properties
- Conduct accompanied visits around development sites
- Conduct accompanied visits around local property areas
- Develop marketing materials for the promotion of residential property services
and 18 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
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- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
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Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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