The Professional Designation Examination (PDE) is an integrated test of knowledge for estate agents contemplated in regulation of the Education Regulations promulgated under Government Notice R.633 on 04 June 2008. In terms of regulations 4(3) no persons may be registered by the EAAB as a full status agent unless that person has successfully...

All estate agents, stakeholders and new applicants are hereby informed that, with effect from 1 December 2011, the EAAB will no longer be accepting any payments made by cheque.

The new outcomes based educational framework for estate agents is contained in the Regulations Relating to the Standard of Training of Estate Agents which was published in the Government Gazette on 4 June 2008 and came into operation on 15 July 2008.

The principle of 'Recognition of Prior Learning' ("RPL"), or the process of identifying, assessing and recognising previous learning wherever acquired, and whether formal, informal or non-formal, will be implemented for currently registered estate agents as well as for new estate agents who choose to go through this route to certification.

An Equivalency (Exemptions) Matrix has been constructed by the EAAB as a living document, for the purposes of granting recognition to relevant qualifications previously obtained by candidates after a proper assessment process.