# Propertymark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Propertymark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Propertymark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propertymark > Source revision: 1326568236 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Membership organisation for estate agents in the UK}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} alt=Propertymark Logo|thumb '''Propertymark''' (formerly National Association of Estate Agents or NAEA) is a membership organisation for UK [estate agents](/source/estate_agents) (called ''[real estate agents](/source/real_estate_agents)'' in the US). It is based in and covers the UK, and is the UK's leading professional body for estate agents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naea.co.uk/|title=The UK's leading professional body for estate agents - NAEA Propertymark|website=www.naea.co.uk|access-date=8 May 2019}} Its members practise across all aspects of property in the UK, including residential and commercial sales and letting, property management, business transfer, auctioneering and land. Founded in 1962 by estate agent and entrepreneur Raymond Andrews,{{Cite web|url=https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/news_features/Estate-agency-legend-Raymond-Andrews-dies|title=Estate agency legend Raymond Andrews dies...|website=Estate Agent Today|language=en|access-date=1 July 2019}} the NAEA was established with the goal of upholding good practice and high professional standards in UK estate agency. This struck a chord with the industry at a time when there was little representation for estate agents and has allowed the Association to grow since.{{cite web|url=http://www.naea.co.uk/about-naea.aspx|title=About the National Association of Estate Agents {{!}} NAEA|website=www.naea.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105190154/http://www.naea.co.uk/about-naea.aspx|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=5 August 2016}} == Propertymark == Propertymark launched in February 2017 combining * Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) * National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) * National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers (NAVA) * Institution of Commercial and Business Agents (ICBA) * Association of Professional Inventory Providers (APIP) * NFoPP Awarding Body into a single brand in order to achieve a greater consumer awareness. == Membership == Propertymark offers consumer protection through its Propertymark Protected agents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naea.co.uk/about-us/why-use-our-members/|title=Professional standards}} Propertymark's aims{{cite web|url=http://www.naea.co.uk/media/29514/residentialrulesofconduct.pdf|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003232757/http://www.naea.co.uk/media/29514/residentialrulesofconduct.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=3 October 2011}} are that it shall: * Promote unity and understanding among estate agents and protect the general public against fraud, misrepresentation and malpractice * Safeguard its membership and the public against restrictive practices within the profession * Encourage a high ethical standard of competitive practice combined with commercial experience * Provide an organisation for land and estate agents and managers, surveyors, auctioneers and valuers for the protection of their collective interest * Do such things as may be necessary or expedient to sustain or raise the status of land and estate agents and managers, surveyors, auctioneers and valuers, and particularly members of the association as such. Propertymark's rules were adopted at the inaugural meeting of the association on 6 March 1962 and have subsequently been amended, most recently in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.propertymark.co.uk/media/1045366/conduct-and-membership-rules.pdf|title=Propertymark Rules|date=7 February 2019|website=Propertymark}} == Propertylive == In October 2008, NAEA Propertymark entered the UK property portal market by launching their own property listings website PropertyLive.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/News/Story/?storyid=1166&type=news_features|title=Propertylive.co.uk set to launch with 50,000 properti...|website=Estate Agent Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}} However, in January 2013 it was announced that PropertyLive was to close.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/news_features/NFoPP-to-close-PropertyLive-portal-just-one-week-after-relaunch|title=NFoPP to close PropertyLive portal just one week afte...|website=Letting Agent Today|language=en|access-date=1 July 2019}} ==See also== *[Estate agent](/source/Estate_agent) *[List of real estate topics](/source/List_of_real_estate_topics) ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.propertymark.co.uk/}} {{Real estate in the United Kingdom}} {{Authority control}} Category:Property services companies of the United Kingdom Category:Real estate industry trade groups Category:Real estate in the United Kingdom Category:Housing in the United Kingdom Category:1962 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Sales occupations Category:Organizations established in 1962 Category:Trade associations based in the United Kingdom --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Propertymark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propertymark) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propertymark?action=history)). 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