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Dues and Membership

Be part of a more transparent, cooperative and professional property market.

There are two kinds of dues: one for the brokerage and one for the individual consultant, each paid quarterly or yearly. A company pays once the Board approves its application. A consultant whose company is already a member pays on sign-up and is provisionally active until the Board ratifies.

Proposed for 2026/2027 · subject to approval at the General Assembly

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Dues

Company

Member Company

For the brokerage, tied to the approved legal entity and its AMI licence.

€60/ year

Saves €12 a year (16.7%) against four quarters (€72).

Or €18 per quarter.

✓Membership belongs to the approved company and its AMI licence.

✓It can pay the dues of some or all of its consultants.

✓Rights and duties as set out in the Statutes.

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Consultant

Real Estate Consultant

For the individual professional, in their own name. Their company must be a member.

€36/ year

Saves €4 a year (10%) against four quarters (€40).

Or €10 per quarter.

✓Membership belongs to the consultant, not the company.

✓They pay the dues, or their company does, period by period.

✓Changing company does not end the membership.

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Amounts proposed for 2026/2027, subject to a General Assembly resolution. VAT treatment is stated on the tax document once confirmed by APMLS’s certified accountant.

What the dues pay for

✓ Professional standards: common practice rules for member companies and consultants.

✓ Ethics: a Code of Ethics for all members, with its own complaints process.

✓ Transparency: a public lookup of members and the status of each membership.

✓ Cooperation: rules for sharing listings and working across companies.

✓ Representation: a voice for the sector in setting the rules on data, cooperation and professional practice, with public bodies and society.

✓ Verification: initiatives such as APMLS accreditation, optional and with its own process.

✓ Membership is not a licence: estate agency requires an AMI licence issued by IMPIC. Membership does not grant accreditation automatically either.

Your company can pay its consultants’ dues.

A — The company pays for everyone

Its own dues and those of every consultant it chooses, in one payment per period.

B — Each consultant pays their own

The company pays only its own dues. Consultants pay APMLS directly.

C — Mixed

The company pays for some consultants and the others pay their own.

Sponsorship rules

✓ The company pays, but does not own the membership: the member is always the consultant.

✓ Each consultant submits their own application and accepts the Statutes. A company invitation is not a membership.

✓ The payer is set per period: the company may pay one period and the consultant the next.

✓ If a consultant changes company, their membership continues. A period already paid is neither refunded nor transferred, and the former company stops paying the following periods.

✓ A new company can only take over the dues with the consultant’s authorisation.

✓ The company sees the membership status of the consultants it sponsors, never their personal or tax data.

✓ The tax document is issued to whoever pays.

From application to active membership

1. Application

You apply online. A consultant can only join if their company is already a member.

2. Review

The Board checks the AMI licence and details and decides within 10 working days. A consultant is provisionally active until ratified; if not ratified, access ends and the amount paid is not refunded.

3. Payment

Once approved, the company receives a link to the secure payment page. A consultant pays on sign-up. Payments are non-refundable: fees, joining fee, shop, courses and events are not refunded.

4. Active membership

Once payment is confirmed, you receive your membership number and the tax document.

Sync MLS — a Sync MLS product, contracted separately

Plan Monthly Includes

Starter €49.99 / month per company 5 MLS agent accounts and 1 restricted admin account. Core MLS and showings features.

Additional MLS user €5 / month per user Beyond the 5 included in Starter

The company pays On the company invoice Additional users are added to the company’s monthly invoice, with the Starter plan.

The user pays Individual invoice The consultant pays Sync MLS directly and receives their own invoice.

Mixed Per user The company pays for some users and the others pay their own.

APMLS and Sync MLS are paid separately

✓ Dues are paid to and invoiced by APMLS. Sync MLS is paid to and invoiced by Sync MLS, a separate technology company.

✓ APMLS dues do not include Sync MLS, and Sync MLS does not include the dues.

✓ A consultant can request Sync MLS on sign-up: they pay the dues and Sync MLS at once, in two separate charges, and access is switched on once their company confirms they work there.

✓ Sync MLS only receives the membership status and validity from APMLS, never payments or tax data.

APMLS and Sync MLS

The difference between the two entities, access, payment and benefits.

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