SOCIETY OF HONG KONG REAL ESTATE AGENTS LTD


CODE OF ETHICS

  1. MEMBERS shall strive to enhance the professional standards of real estate agents in Hong Kong

  2. MEMBERS shall endeavour to protect the public against fraud, exaggeration, misrepresentation, concealment of facts or unethical practice in connection with real estate transactions
  3. MEMBERS shall render their services and opinions based only on their knowledge, training, qualifications and experience in real estate

  4. MEMBERS shall disclose their interest to their principals at all time in real estate transactions in which they are involved

  5. MEMBERS shall not deny professional services to any person for reasons of race, creed, colour, sex, marital status, country of origin or political opinions

  6. MEMBERS shall conduct their business in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the Regulations and Laws of Hong Kong

  7. MEMBERS shall not allow inducement of profit or instructions from clients to justify departure from the ideals of fair dealing and high integrity

  8. MEMBERS shall, when acting as agents, acknowledge to their principal(s) any commission or remuneration they will receive

  9. MEMBERS shall seek no unfair advantage over, injure directly or indirectly the reputation of, or publicly disparage the business practices of the other MEMBERS

  10. MEMBERS shall operate a separate client's bank account for the purposes of holding client funds

  11. MEMBERS shall endeavour to use such Standardized Documents as may be drawn up by the Society

  12. MEMBERS shall pledge to observe the "Code of Ethics" in all their activities related to real estate and to conduct their business in accordance with the Association Standard of Practice which may be amended from time to time by the Council.

 

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