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The Estate Agency Affairs Board's annual performance plan outlines its primary and secondary mandates, as well as its expanded mandate, organizational structure, key performance targets, funding sources, budget trends, and challenges. It also highlights strategies to address these challenges.
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Estate Agency Affairs Board 2014/15 -2016/17 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN
MANDATE • Primary Mandate of EAAB • Regulate, maintain and promote the standard of conduct of estate agents having due regard to the public interest; • Issue fidelity fund certificates to qualifying applicants; • Prescribe the standard of training of estate agents; • Investigate complaints against estate agents and institute disciplinary proceedings against offending estate agents where required; and • Manage and control the Estate Agents Fidelity Fund. • Secondary mandate • The EAAB is the Supervisory Body of the estate agency profession pursuant to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act and is obliged to take all steps required to prevent; alternatively, identify and report on, anti-money laundering and terrorist financing activities • Expanded Mandate • Title deed restoration project; • Transformation of the Real Estate Sector;
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RISK & STRATEGY COMPANY SECRETARY INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION LEGAL TECHNICAL ANALYST CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (Executive Manager Corporate Services) EXECUTIVE: COMPLIANCE EXECUTIVE: BUSINESS OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE: INSPECTIONS EXECUTIVE: EDUCATION & TRAINING CLAIMS DEPARTMENT REGIONAL INSPECTORS EDUCATION AND TRAINING WESTERN CAPE BRANCH DISCIPLINIARY LITIGATION & RECOVERIES FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONAL BODY KWA-ZULU NATAL BRANCH HUMAN RESOURCES AUDIT COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT CONSUMER EDUCATION TITLE DEEDS RESTORATION PROJECT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REGISTRATIONS DEPARTMENT TRANSACTIONAL SUPPORT FOR SUBSIDY MARKET CUSTOMER RELATIONS MARKETING & PUBLICATIONS
FOCUS ON TRANSFORMATION OF THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR The EAAB is in the process of rolling-out the ‘One Learner - One Estate Agency’ Programme that will introduce approximately 10 000 new Interns over a three year period; Funding will be received from both public and private sector partners; Increase the Transformation target group Licenses;
FUNDING SOURCES • Our sources of funding • Levies paid by estate agents; • Examination fees; • Income generated from selling study guides; • Management fee charged for managing and controlling Fidelity Fund; • Fee charged for CPD training; • Interest on investments of surplus funds
TRENDS • Income • FFC renewals fee to increase by 40% except for interns to support transformation • FFC new registration fee to increase by 40% except for interns to support transformation • Income from exams to increase as examination deadline come closer; • Interest income to remain relatively constant; • Management fee to remain relatively constant; • Expenses • Admin cost to increase slightly due to inflation; • Staff costs to increase significantly due to establishment of regional centers and rollout of title deeds restoration project;
TRENDS • Financial Position • Current ration of over 4:1 in the medium term • Solvency ration of over less than 27%
CHALLENGES (Financial) • Income streams remain depressed to adequately fund the enhanced regulatory machinery and transformation initiatives; • Increased legal costs and curatorship resulting from unscrupulous activities of estate agents;
STRATEGIES TO ADRESS CHALLENGES • Legislative reforms • Professionalisation of real estate sector • Strategic partnerships with Conveyancers, Deeds Office, SARS, • Hawks, etc.
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