RES is an acronym for Real Estate Salesperson commonly known as property agent.
With the formation of CEA in year 2010, property agents are referred to as RES.

REA is an acronym for Real Estate Agency
With the formation of CEA in year 2010, property agencies are referred to as REA.

No, a foreigner cannot be a RES. They can only work in REA as an employee with the relevant employment approval from MOM (Ministry of Manpower).

A Singaporean or a Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR).

You can take the RES course and exams before age 21 but you can only register to be a RES when you attain age 21.
Once you passed RES exams, you must join any REA within 24 months, who will apply for your RES license with CEA, or else your RES course attendance certificate will not be valid.

The minimum is 4 GCE 'O' levels passes, at 2 sittings.

Other acceptable qualifications include:
Higher NITEC, Diploma from local government polytechnic, degree and above from any local government universities.

You will need to take the WPLN (Workplace Literacy and Numerical) assessment and attain level 5 or higher in the 5 components namely, Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing and Numeracy

The following centers conducts WPLN:

Lifelong Learning Institute
11 Eunos Road 8 #02-01
Singapore 408601
Tel: 6833 5885
Website: https://www.wsg.gov.sg/ces.html

Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability
80 Jurong East Street 21 #02-03
Singapore 609607
Tel: 6474 0606
Website: https://e2i.com.sg/

Singaporean and Permanent Residents (PRs): $4.30 (inclusive of GST) per assessment.
Non-Singaporeans and non-PRS: $43.00 (inclusive of GST) per assessment.

You have to register for RES course and must attain 75% RES course attendance before you can sit for your RES exams.
Once you passed both Paper 1 & 2 RES exams, you can then join any REA of your choice, which will apply your CEA license on your behalf.

You can visit the CEA website for the full list of RES course centers:
Website: www.cea.gov.sg

18 sessions of 3 hours per session.
RES course are conducted on weekdays, weekends and in the evenings.

About $800 w/o GST (exclude exam fees).
Exam fees: S$246.10 (inclusive of GST) for both paper 1 & 2 per candidate.
S$149.80 (inclusive of GST) per paper per candidate (retake).
Exams are held on Sat (paper 1) and Sun (paper 2).
You can claim the following for your RES course fees:
Skills Future Credit: S$500.
NTUC member can claim UTAP: S$250.

No. You must register for RES course and at the end of the RES classes, the course provider will award you the RES attendance certification. You have to bring the attendance cert to register for your RES exams.

The passing mark for each examination paper is 60% and is subjected to review by CEA.

No. Should you fail 1 paper, you just need to retake, pass it and then combine both passing results even if they are gotten in different sittings.

RES results will be known after 4-6 weeks from the examination date and candidates will receive email notification from their respective CEA appointed RES examination administers.

You are ready to join an agency of your choice that will apply your CEA license. Before joining, visit a few agencies (bigger ones preferred) to meet up with your potential mentor, also to understand how their trainings (any fees/bond), systems and platform that will support your growth in this journey.

With your (RES passed) result, you must register with an agency within 24 months, else, you have to repeat your RES exams again.

Submit your foreign degree certificate to the RES course center, which you intend to enrol your RES course, to be assess by CEA, with a fee of S$53.50. (inclusive of GST) payable to CEA.

No, unless you are joining as a non-RES role such as an admin staff/

No. To be a RES, part-time or otherwise, you must take and pass RES course and join an agency to apply for your CEA licence.

If you are employed by a private organisation, you are not required to obtain permission from your employer to be a Property Agent. However it is good to clarify with your company’s policy accordingly. On the other hand those working in government organisation must obtain permission from their employer.