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Numbers

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.