Numbers

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.