The statistics here generally reflect the activities of the Real Estate Commission during the period from May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011.
Contact
• 214,393 telephone calls
• 1.7 million+ average monthly Web site “hits”
Publications
• 505,000+ publications distributed to brokers, consumers, applicants
Technology
• 8,366 student rosters electronically processed for CE courses and 618 for postlicensing courses
Licensing
• 417,355 license records changed
• 3,677 applications processed for licenses by examination
• 3,538+ license examinations administered
• 2,206 licenses issued by examination, 246 by reciprocity
• 761 firm licenses issued
• 374 expired, surrendered and suspended licenses reinstated
• 1,585 Certificates of License History issued
• 177 license applications reviewed for character issues
• 92 license applicant conferences conducted
Education
• 14 new private real estate school licenses issued and 51 renewed
• 11 real estate instructors approved and 44 renewed (for a total of 226 instructors)
• 69 new continuing education elective courses approved (for a total of 379 courses)
• 19 new continuing education sponsors approved (for a total of 230)
• 11 new continuing education Update Course instructors approved (for a total of 196)
• 31 Broker-in-Charge Course sessions conducted for 1,254 licensees
Audits/Investigations
• 128 field investigations completed
• 240 trust accounts examined
• 370 persons interviewed
• 8 trust account courses conducted for 108 students
• 712 students instructed for trust account portion of Broker-in-Charge Course
Legal
• 873 case (complaint) files opened and 1,009 closed
• 26 licensees reprimanded
• 59 licenses suspended
• 50 licenses revoked
• 28 licenses surrendered
• 91 cases with conditional remedies
This article came from the October 2011-Vol42-2 edition of the bulletin.