You can find a real estate agent by searching the public register of licensees. This is a database of all people who are licenced to sell real estate.
The purpose of the register is to help you to make an informed decision when choosing someone to sell your property. You can:
- check whether a person is a licensed agent, branch manager or salesperson
- find out how to contact them
- check the history of the person's licence
- find out whether they have been disciplined within the last three years.
What is recorded on the public register?
The public register records:
- the full name of the real estate agent and any other names they are known by
- their business address
- their registration number
- the class of licence held i.e. agent, branch manager or salesperson
- the date their name was entered in the register
- the date of expiry or renewal of the licence
- any disciplinary action taken in the last three years by the Real Estate Agents Authority or the Real Estate Agents Licensing Board
- whether they have completed any mandatory continuing education
What disciplinary information is contained in the public register?
The register includes all disciplinary action taken against individual real estate agents in the past three years by the Real Estate Agents Authority and the Real Estate Agents Licensing Board. It includes any disciplinary action against individuals under the Real Estate Agents Act 1976 (pre 17 November 2009).
Please note:
- The register does not contain disciplinary action or decisions imposed under the former regime by REINZ through its regional disciplinary subcommittees (RDSC). These penalties or decisions were imposed on the employing company rather than the individual. Please contact REINZ for information on these matters on 0800 4 REINZ (0800 473 469).
- Findings made on a disciplinary matter will not be recorded on the register until the expiry of the appeal period (20 working days) from the date of the decision. If an application for name suppression or non-publication of a finding is made to the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal, the finding will not be recorded on the Public Register until the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal has made a decision on the application.
- Findings made on a disciplinary matter will not be recorded on the register where the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal has made an order to that effect.
