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