Woman fined S$15,000 for acting as property agent without licence

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SINGAPORE: A 43-year-old woman was fined S$15,000 on Wednesday (May 8) for acting as a property agent without a licence. Vanessa Thien Cai Yan ...

SINGAPORE: A 43-year-old woman was fined S$15,000 on Wednesday for acting as a property agent without a licence.

Vanessa Thien Cai Yan was involved in helping two HDB flat owners rent out rooms, said the Council for Estate Agencies in a media release.In one case, Thien contacted the owner of a Sengkang HDB flat via Facebook sometime in November 2017. The owner had listed a room for rent on Facebook, and Thien offered to help her look for tenants and charge 25 per cent of a month’s rental as commission should the transaction be successful.

According to CEA, Thien advertised the rental on Facebook and conducted a viewing of the flat, identifying herself as the agent. She had also asked the owner's mother to provide her name and NRIC number so that she could prepare a tenancy agreement for the rental. On Jan 16 last year, CEA officers started to investigate Thien after receiving a tip-off from a property agent.Homeowners should only engage property agencies and agents that are registered with the regulator, said the CEA. A public register of licensed entities and individuals is available on the

 

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