The statistics here generally reflect the activities of the Real Estate Commission during the period from May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2006.
Contact
— 283,300 telephone calls (a 62% increase)
— 12 million+ website “hits” (a 74% increase)
Publications
— 1,200,000+ publications distributed to licensees, consumers, applicants
Technology
— Online license renewals increased 38%
— 6,300 student rosters electronically processed for CE courses
Licensing
— 294,000 license record changed (an 83% increase)
— 19,652 applications processed for licenses by examination (a 50% increase)
— 18,079 license examinations administered (a 54% increase)
— 10,698 licenses by examination issued (a 54% increase)
— 8,577 broker licenses issued without examination (a 124% increase)
— 700 licenses issued by reciprocity (a 61% increase)
— 1,937 firm licenses issued (a 57% increase)
— 441 expired, surrendered and suspended licenses reinstated
— 618 license applications regarding character issues reviewed by Commission (a 151% increase)
— 297 license applicant conferences conducted (a 93% increase)
— 23 new private real estate school licenses issued and 44 renewed
Education
— 46 real estate instructors approved and 67 renewed
— 71 new continuing education elective courses approved (for a total of 386 courses)
— 23 new continuing education sponsors approved (for a total of 210)
— 35 new continuing education Update Course instructors approved (for a total of 141)
— 49 Broker-in-Charge Course sessions conducted for 4,800 licensees
Audits/Investigations
— 163 field investigations completed (a 54% increase)
— 76 trust accounts examined
— 488 persons interviewed
— 17 trust account sessions conducted for 750 students
Legal
— 1,432 case (complaint) files opened and 1,362 closed
— 20 licensees reprimanded
— 44 licenses suspended
— 26 licenses revoked
— 8 licenses surrendered
— 53 cases utilized conditional remedies
This article came from the June 2006-Vol37-1 edition of the bulletin.