The statistics here generally reflect the activities of the Real Estate Commission during the period from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009.
Contact
• 246,609 telephone calls
• 1.5 million+ Web site “hits”
Publications
• 640,000+ publications distributed to brokers, consumers, applicants
Technology
• 8,645 student rosters electronically processed for CE courses and 859 for post licensing courses
Licensing
• 457,468 license records changed
• 5,663 applications processed for licenses by examination
• 5,273+ license examinations administered
• 2,993 licenses by examination issued
• 339 licenses issued by reciprocity
• 1,051 firm licenses issued
• 209 expired, surrendered and suspended licenses reinstated
• 2,243 Certificates of License History issued
• 216 license applications reviewed by Commission for character issues
• 106 license applicant conferences conducted
Education
• 7 new private real estate school licenses issued and 66 renewed
• 27 real estate instructors approved (a 19% increase) and 109 renewed
• 83 new continuing education elective courses approved (for a total of 437 courses)
• 28 new continuing education sponsors approved (for a total of 231)
• 13 new continuing education Update Course instructors approved (for a total of 190)
• 41 Broker-in-Charge Course sessions conducted for 2,027 licensees
Audits/Investigations
• 152 field investigations completed
• 196 trust accounts examined
• 373 persons interviewed
• 13 trust account sessions conducted for 310 students
• 1,848 students instructed for trust account portion of BIC course
Legal
• 1,037 case (complaint) files opened and 1,101 closed
• 33 licensees reprimanded
• 70 licenses suspended
• 70 licenses revoked
• 20 licenses surrendered
• 95 cases with conditional remedies
This article came from the October 2009-Vol40-2 edition of the bulletin.