A CPD activity must relate to an approved CPD topic. Some topics may fall under more than one of the CPD subject area.
Contact one of the approved CPD training providers for details about the courses they provide and the relevant points.
Previous years information is available on Past CPD for real estate.
The lists are in alphabetical order.
2026 - 2027 CPD Year
The list of approved CPD topics for the settlement industry for the 2026-27 CPD year is below.
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- Anti-money laundering obligations of real estate agents
- Bond lodgement requirements
- Business contracts and transferring employees in business sales agreements
- Certificates of Title
- Commercial leases
- Commercial settlement considerations
- Contaminated Sites Act 2003
- Contract law basics
- Court proceedings
- Disclosure requirements in commercial sales and leasing
- Domestic violence provisions in the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA) (RTA)
- Foreign Buyers Duty
- Legal obligations of marketing
- Legal obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)
- Legislative requirements for disposal and storage of abandoned goods in the RTA
- Obligations for disclosure of material facts
- Power of Attorney
- Privacy: collection, retention and sharing of data
- Rent increases, breaches and terminations under the RTA
- Requirements for an appointment to act
- Strata law, legislation and contracts
- Termination of commercial leases and relief against forfeiture
- The application of the Australian Consumer Law to real estate transactions and settlement industry
- Transfer duties and land tax in Western Australia
- Trust Account management, procedures, requirements, and responsibilities
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- Bribery and corruption
- Conflicts of Interest
- Cyber-crime, cyber security and best practice prevention
- Due diligence and disclosure
- Ethics in Real Estate
- Ethics of social media conduct
- How to identify an ethical issue
- Overview of Licences and Registration obligations
- Professional conduct (including unlawful conduct)
- Real Estate Code of Conduct
- Unconscious bias
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- Accounting procedures and obligations
- Appearing in court
- Applications of Technology including artificial intelligence
- Appraise and list strata and green title properties
- Auction sales
- Automatic mutual recognition
- Blockchain technology and crypto currency
- Bond lodgement and recovery processes
- Business structures
- Commercial tenancy management
- Complex lease negotiations
- Conducting inspections
- Costs and billing
- Cyber risk
- Domestic and family violence and safety
- Ending a residential tenancy
- File management
- Legal requirements of advertising for business agents
- Negotiation/Advocacy/Mediation skills (in relation to dealing with clients)
- Organisational culture and leadership
- Plain English drafting, letter writing
- Planning and development processes
- Procedures, templates and manuals
- Property management
- Property management
- Rent collection and arrears management
- Rent collection and arrears management
- Risk management
- Risk management and insurances
- Scams and fraudulent actions
- Selling a strata titled property
- Selling agency agreements
- Selling tenanted properties
- Tenant insolvency
- The settlement process
- The standard form contract of sale
- Understanding cultural diversity of clients
- Valuation
- Work Health and Safety
- Workplace behaviour (equal employment opportunity, bullying, harassment, discrimination)
- Writing special conditions in a contract of sale
