The statistics here generally reflect the activities of the Real Estate Commission during the period from May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2007.
Contact
• 272,600 telephone calls
• 1.2 million+ website “hits”
Publications
• 1,100,000+ publications distributed to brokers, consumers, applicants
Technology
• Online license renewals increased 56%
• 7,423 student rosters electronically processed for CE courses
Licensing
• 400,000 license records changed (a 36% increase)
• 15,217 applications processed for licenses by examination
• 15,215 license examinations
administered
• 8,494 licenses by examination issued
• 820 licenses issued by reciprocity (a 17% increase)
• 1,640 firm licenses issued
• 371 expired, surrendered and suspended licenses reinstated
• 4,200 Certificates of License History issued
• 452 license applications regarding character issues reviewed by Commission
• 201 license applicant conferences conducted
• 27 new private real estate school licenses issued and 52 renewed
Education
• 36 real estate instructors approved and 37 renewed
• 71 new continuing education elective courses approved (for a total of 409 courses)
• 31 new continuing education sponsors approved (for a total of 171)
• 27 new continuing education Update Course instructors approved (for a total of 216
• 47 Broker-in-Charge Course sessions conducted for 3,764 licensees
Audits/Investigations
• 131 field investigations completed
• 124 trust accounts examined
• 408 persons interviewed
• 23 trust account sessions conducted for 654 students
• 3,777 students instructed for trust account portion of BIC course
Legal
• 1,344 case (complaint) files opened and 1,402 closed
• 25 licensees reprimanded
• 67 licenses suspended
• 31 licenses revoked
• 18 licenses surrendered
• 91 cases utilized conditional remedies
This article came from the October 2007-Vol38-2 edition of the bulletin.