Estate agents and auctioneers
Estate agents and auctioneers arrange for the valuation, sale, purchase, rental and leasing of property on behalf of clients, as well as the auction of livestock and antiques.
- Employees (UK)
- 25k
- Median annual pay
- £26,988
- Exposure score ?
- 0.3/10 Minimal 9.2/10 Very high strict reading, with tools is 9.2/10 with-tools reading, strict is 0.3/10
- Wage exposure
- £20m £621m
Higher exposure than 18% of the 379 UK occupations we scored.
What this score means.
Most of this role's work is still hard for AI: physical presence, practised skill, judgement in context and direct care, the things that do not turn into text.
If you are in this role
Nothing here is under pressure today, but the frontier moves. Learn enough to direct AI at the paperwork around the job. People in hands-on roles who can do that become unusually useful inside their organisations.
Almost every routine task in this role is within reach of today's models. Roles like this are being rebuilt, usually not by disappearing but by one person using AI to produce what several did.
If you are in this role
Be the person doing the rebuilding. People who learn to run this kind of work with AI become very valuable, and the ones who wait tend to have the change made for them.
Where the work usually starts.
This role's strict reading is low because its top tasks are judgement, not drafting. The three highest-stakes tasks below are still usually where the work starts. Switch to With tools to see what AI plus the right context can take on.
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Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
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Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
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Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
These are the most important tasks AI can already handle when paired with the right tools and context. The first wins usually come from building workflows around them. That is the difference between a model that could do the job and one that actually does it inside your business.
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Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
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Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
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Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
Every role has three or four places like these. Finding them takes an hour. Turning them into a workflow your team actually uses takes a few days.
Every task in the role.
Every O*NET task for this occupation, split by what AI can do unaided and what still needs a person. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central each task is.
Tasks via O*NET "Real Estate Sales Agents" (41-9022.00).
What AI can already do
0 of 33 tasks, unaided
No tasks here are labelled as something an LLM can do unaided. Switch to 'With tools' above to see what changes when AI is paired with the right context.
What still needs a person
33 of 33 tasks
Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
Generate lists of properties that are compatible with buyers' needs and financial resources.
Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates.
Promote sales of properties through advertisements, open houses, and participation in multiple listing services.
Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
Coordinate property closings, overseeing signing of documents and disbursement of funds.
Interview clients to determine what kinds of properties they are seeking.
Contact previous clients for prospecting of referral business.
Review property listings, trade journals, and relevant literature, and attend conventions, seminars, and staff and association meetings, to remain knowledgeable about real estate markets.
Answer clients' questions regarding construction work, financing, maintenance, repairs, and appraisals.
Coordinate appointments to show homes to prospective buyers.
Contact property owners and advertise services to solicit property sales listings.
Advise sellers on how to make homes more appealing to potential buyers.
Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.
Display commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential properties to clients and explain their features.
Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the homes they are visiting.
Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.
Develop networks of attorneys, mortgage lenders, and contractors to whom clients may be referred.
Investigate clients' financial and credit status to determine eligibility for financing.
Review plans for new construction with clients, enumerating and recommending available options and features.
Evaluate mortgage options to help clients obtain financing at the best prevailing rates and terms.
Inspect condition of premises, and arrange for necessary maintenance or notify owners of maintenance needs.
Appraise properties to determine loan values.
Visit properties to assess them before showing them to clients.
Contact utility companies for service hookups to clients' property.
Solicit and compile listings of available rental properties.
Conduct seminars and training sessions for sales agents to improve sales techniques.
Arrange meetings between buyers and sellers when details of transactions need to be negotiated.
Rent or lease properties on behalf of clients.
Secure construction or purchase financing with own firm or mortgage company.
Locate and appraise undeveloped areas for building sites, based on evaluations of area market conditions.
Tasks via O*NET "Real Estate Sales Agents" (41-9022.00).
What AI can already do
29 of 33 tasks, with tools
Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, deeds, and leases.
Present purchase offers to sellers for consideration.
Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers, generally representing one or the other.
Generate lists of properties that are compatible with buyers' needs and financial resources.
Confer with escrow companies, lenders, home inspectors, and pest control operators to ensure that terms and conditions of purchase agreements are met before closing dates.
Promote sales of properties through advertisements, open houses, and participation in multiple listing services.
Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
Coordinate property closings, overseeing signing of documents and disbursement of funds.
Interview clients to determine what kinds of properties they are seeking.
Contact previous clients for prospecting of referral business.
Review property listings, trade journals, and relevant literature, and attend conventions, seminars, and staff and association meetings, to remain knowledgeable about real estate markets.
Answer clients' questions regarding construction work, financing, maintenance, repairs, and appraisals.
Coordinate appointments to show homes to prospective buyers.
Contact property owners and advertise services to solicit property sales listings.
Advise sellers on how to make homes more appealing to potential buyers.
Advise clients on market conditions, prices, mortgages, legal requirements, and related matters.
Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.
Develop networks of attorneys, mortgage lenders, and contractors to whom clients may be referred.
Investigate clients' financial and credit status to determine eligibility for financing.
Review plans for new construction with clients, enumerating and recommending available options and features.
Evaluate mortgage options to help clients obtain financing at the best prevailing rates and terms.
Appraise properties to determine loan values.
Visit properties to assess them before showing them to clients.
Contact utility companies for service hookups to clients' property.
Solicit and compile listings of available rental properties.
Arrange meetings between buyers and sellers when details of transactions need to be negotiated.
Rent or lease properties on behalf of clients.
Secure construction or purchase financing with own firm or mortgage company.
Locate and appraise undeveloped areas for building sites, based on evaluations of area market conditions.
What still needs a person
4 of 33 tasks
Display commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential properties to clients and explain their features.
Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the homes they are visiting.
Inspect condition of premises, and arrange for necessary maintenance or notify owners of maintenance needs.
Conduct seminars and training sessions for sales agents to improve sales techniques.
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What it means for your sector.
This role's score comes from Eloundou et al's 2023 task labels, weighted by O*NET importance within each O*NET-SOC code, then bridged to UK SOC 2020 through ISCO-08 (the ONS coding index) and US SOC 2010 (the BLS crosswalk). Employment and median pay come from ONS ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional, which covers employees only.
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