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Form 7 — Exclusive Estate Agency Agreement for the Lease of Residential Property by a Landlord

CEA prescribed exclusive agreement for a landlord letting residential property, including the validity period.

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About this form

Form 7 is the exclusive version of Form 3: a landlord appoints a single agency to find a tenant for their residential property for a defined period. It suits properties where the agency is investing in marketing, and it carries the same obligation to set the exclusive period explicitly.

When you need it

  • A landlord agrees to appoint your agency alone to let the property.
  • You are committing to photography, listings or staging that only make sense with a secured mandate.
  • A landlord with several units wants one agency accountable for letting them.

How to complete it

  1. Identify the property and unit, and record whether the whole unit or part of it is being let.
  2. Set the exclusive period with start and end dates.
  3. State the commission, its basis and its trigger, including the position where a tenant introduced during the period signs afterwards.
  4. Record the landlord’s particulars and confirm their entitlement to let.
  5. Complete the salesperson’s CEA registration number.
  6. Explain exclusivity before signing and give the landlord a copy.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming the exclusive appointment displaces HDB approval requirements where the property is a flat. It does not.
  • Leaving the exclusive period blank.
  • Failing to address a tenant introduced during the period who signs after it.
  • Treating the appointment as covering tenant verification, which remains a separate obligation.

Legal basis

Prescribed under the Estate Agents (Estate Agency Work) Regulations. CEA publishes the current forms and accompanying guidance. Read the issuer’s guidance.

Questions

Does exclusivity change the landlord’s obligations to HDB?
No. Where the property is an HDB flat, eligibility and approval requirements apply regardless of how the agency is appointed.
Can the landlord still let the property themselves during the exclusive period?
That depends on the terms of the agreement as completed. It is one of the points most worth making explicit at signing.
What is the non-exclusive equivalent?
Form 3 — the estate agency agreement for the lease of residential property by a landlord.

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