Try the complete land-search case, eight questions and PDFs →
Where EAQE and SQE Candidates Lose Marks: 48,624 Real Answers Analysed
Data

Where EAQE and SQE Candidates Lose Marks: 48,624 Real Answers Analysed

Published: 2026-08-26Updated: 2026-09-27~9 min read

This article preserves the August 2026 practice snapshot. Its 1,266 questions and 21 case sets are historical, not the current inventory. Verified on 27 September 2026: the bank now has 1,365 questions and 30 case sets. Historical component counts differ from the reported total by one question; without recalculating the original snapshot, this table should not be treated as an exact inventory.

Practice accuracy can help prioritise revision, but cannot predict an examination pass. Our August 2026 snapshot recorded: the 10min EAQE bank had 1,266 questions and 48,624 real answer records from 453 devices, each carrying a correct/incorrect result.

Method: every figure is one real in-app answer; practice correct rate = correct answers ÷ total answers. Practice allows retries and shows explanations, so these rates cannot be directly compared with real exam performance. They measure difficulty in our original practice questions — not the official pass rate, unique candidates or real exam items.

Overview: 65.2% average, five points above the pass mark

ScopeQuestionsReal answersCorrect rate
Independent questions (Part 1)94138,23364.6%
Case questions (Part 2, 21 sets)32410,39167.7%
Whole bank1,26648,62465.2%

The pass mark is 60% — reached separately in both parts. Even with retries and explanations available, practice averages just 65.2%: use this to guide revision, not to predict an individual candidate’s result.

Topic difficulty, weakest first

#TopicQuestionsAnswersCorrect
1Other laws regulating agency practice & conveyancing procedure1215,10558.7%
2The estate agency trade in Hong Kong1187759.5%
3Estate Agents Ordinance & subsidiary legislation (largest topic)20211,10362.2%
4Managing an agency business and salespersons631,06863.0%
5Building knowledge, property classification & management542,55763.8%
6Principles and practice of property valuation4093364.0%
7Land registration, land search & property information systems1135,41865.3%
8Tenancy matters833,82569.6%
9Practice circulars2547,34770.2%

Three takeaways

  • The weakest slice is not the Estate Agents Ordinance itself but the laws around it. Misrepresentation, unconscionable contracts, first-sale residential and conveyancing procedure average 58.7% — the lowest topic accuracy in this snapshot. These questions ask whether a scenario breaches the law, not what a section says.
  • The two biggest topics split one hard, one stable. The Ordinance (202 questions) runs at 62.2%; practice circulars (254 questions) are the steadiest at 70.2%. With limited time, attack the Ordinance first.
  • Case questions are less scary than assumed. The 21 case sets average 67.7%, above the independent questions' 64.6% — the hurdle is the first encounter with a land search, not the reading itself. Sets range 62.5%–77.0%; alienation restrictions, misleading advertising and deceased joint tenants trip the most people.

Data as of August 2026, counted from learning_progress real answers (not unique candidates); the figures here remain a historical snapshot. The bank is original practice material and contains no official exam content. For the exam system itself, see the EAQE vs SQE guide, and verify current rules at eaa.org.hk.

Need other learning tools? We recommend: