Real Estate Exam Summary

RE EXAM
Thursday 10th March 9:30-2:00

10 MCQs worth 2 marks each
Written questions worth 80 marks

Syllabus:
 Conduct, finance and taxation
 Taking instructions
 Registered title investigation
 Searches and enquiries
 The exchange of contracts stage
 Remedies for breach of contract
 Acting for a lender
 Reporting to a lender
 The completion and post completion stages
 Granting a lease
 Leasehold covenants including negotiating common lease clauses
 Assigning a lease
 Remedies for breach of tenant’s covenants
 Terminating a lease
 Security of tenure

Workshops:
 Taking instructions
 Title investigation 1
 Title investigation 2
 Searches and Enquiries 1
 Searches and Enquiries 2
 The Contract 1
 The Contract 2
 Completion 1
 Completion 2
 Grant of a Lease
 Leasehold Covenants
 Grant of a Lease and Leasehold Management
 Lease Alienation
 Assignment of a Lease
 Lease Termination

Outcomes:
1. Identify, evaluate and explain the critical steps that need to be taken in the
acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold land.
2. Interview a real estate client to determine their objectives and apply detailed
and comprehensive knowledge of the relevant law and legal practice to
progress a property transaction in accordance with the client’s commercial
objectives and the rules of professional conduct.
3. Critically evaluate and advise on the main risks facing a purchaser of property
and apply due diligence procedures in order to reduce those risks.