LPA Member regulations and requirements

  1. All members shall abide by LPA rules herein stated. Rules shall be expanded or amended by simple majority vote at annual meeting or extraordinary meeting called for the purpose.
  2. The LPA Ethics and Grievances Committee shall monitor these rules and mediate when disputes occur between members.
  3. Members must belong to a professional organisation, such as the Professional Order Of Estate Agents, GIPE, API, NAEA, MICS or similar.
  4. Membership cannot be denied on grounds of competition with existing members.
  5. New members must be sponsored by at least three existing members.
  6. Members must have a minimum of five years’ working experience as real estate agents on the Costa del Sol.
  7. Members must have no criminal record.
  8. Members must have all their residential properties on a property database that can be linked to the LPA web-site, with a minimum of one hundred properties for sale. New developments and blocks of plots will count as one property only. If a new member’s database differs technically from the others, the cost of linking this database to the LPA web-site is to be paid by that member.
  9. Members must keep their staff fully informed of LPA rules and be responsible for their staff’s professional behaviour.
  10. All members must make 100 per cent of their residential listings available to other members.
  11. Members must respect the agreed commission rates with their clients and not deal on a “net receipt” basis.
  12. Members must respect a colleague’s listing, once they have seen it, for a minimum period of three months after the viewing, even if the vendor has subsequently approached the member directly.
  13. In the event that an LPA member, family member or member of staff wishes to purchase a property from their own listing, such member shall respect international norms of transparency and avoidance of conflict of interest. The vendor shall be informed in writing of the situation when an offer is made.
  14. Members must display the LPA logo on their letter headings, visiting cards, detail sheets, and advertising.
  15. No member shall be allowed to use or display the LPA logo if membership has lapsed.

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The Marbella Property Market Report 2008

The Rebirth of Marbella – Perspectives for 2008 by Christopher Clover, Managing Director of Panorama Properties

Mayor of Marbella promises change

Over 500 people attended the inaugural Leading Property Agents of Spain (LPA) conference on the Costa del Sol last week, which examined the issues surrounding the region’s property market and how best to address these to ensure its sustainability leading up to 2020.

Costa del Sol property: A time for change

It was billed as one of the most important forums southern Spain had ever seen. Here at last, was the chance for anyone who’d ever complained about the Costa del Sol, to actually put up, or shut up. But did it deliver?

LPA Conference 2008 Programme - The Future of the Costa del Sol 2020

10 April 2008, Hotel Don Carlos Conference Centre - At this free conference at the Hotel Don Carlos, Marbella we will discuss the key issues affecting the coast such as urban planning, the environment and how to compete with other tourist destinations. There will be question and answer sessions, so you can have your say, and great networking opportunities.

Bray Properties joins LPA Spain

LPA Spain management is happy to announce that Bray Properties, a long time and reputed Gibraltar Real Estate agent, has joined the LPA.

LPASpain.com gets a new design and more.

We have taken the time and resources to change a lot of things in our IT infrastructure.

The Future of the Costa del Sol - LPA conference 2008

The Leading Property Agents of Spain (LPA) an association of leading real estate agents, are holding a one-day conference on 10 April 2008 at the Hotel Don Carlos, Marbella, to discuss the future of the Costa del Sol.

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