The business of real estate mediation is a socially responsible process, therefore it requires a certain control. In this respect in Latvia a strange situation has formed up – the broker’s profession does not require any specific knowledge or a respective document. But the members of association LANIDA get a document certifying their professional competence. Introducing the system of voluntary certification association LANIDA has tried to mark off strictly the certified professionals from the others, thus bringing the order into the professional environment and guaranteeing the clients high level of services and maximum safety in their deals.
The voluntary certification of the brokers without any restrictions to the business activities will help to arrange the real estate market and guarantee the clients the clients high level of services and maximum safety in their deals.
Certification will contribute:
- to make a register of certified brokers and companies, to recommend only qualified companies and brokers to the governmental organizations, private companies un individual clients;
- to ensure the transparency of the real estate market;
- to validate the income and diminish the number of the “black” brokers;
- to ensure a frequent improvement of brokers’ qualification;
- to facilitate searching of highly qualified specialists for governmental and the large private companies;
- to control the specialists operating on the real estate market.
The legal or private persons can become a member of association LANIDA only if their main business activity is related to deals with the real estate and if they have experience in this field. LANIDA ensures to its members exchange of experience and information as well as improvement of their professional qualification.
Association by all the means develops a favorable environment for the dialogue between the real estate specialists, society and governmental structures, as well as tries to turn a wider mass attention to the problems of the branch.
