Numbers

The statistics here generally reflect the activities of the Real Estate Commission during the period from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009.

Contact

• 246,609 telephone calls

• 1.5 million+ Web site “hits”

Publications

• 640,000+ publications distributed to brokers, consumers, applicants

Technology

•  8,645 student rosters electronically processed for CE courses and 859 for post licensing courses

Licensing

•   457,468 license records changed

• 5,663 applications processed for licenses by examination

• 5,273+ license examinations administered

• 2,993 licenses by examination issued

• 339 licenses issued by reciprocity

• 1,051 firm licenses issued

• 209 expired, surrendered and suspended licenses reinstated

• 2,243 Certificates of License History issued

• 216 license applications reviewed by Commission for character issues

• 106 license applicant conferences conducted

Education

•  7 new private real estate school licenses issued and 66 renewed

• 27 real estate instructors approved (a 19% increase) and 109 renewed

• 83 new continuing education elective courses approved (for a total of 437 courses)

• 28 new continuing education sponsors approved (for a total of 231)

• 13 new continuing education Update Course instructors approved (for a total of 190)

• 41 Broker-in-Charge Course sessions conducted for 2,027 licensees

Audits/Investigations

• 152 field investigations completed

• 196 trust accounts examined

•  373 persons interviewed

• 13 trust account sessions conducted for 310 students

• 1,848 students instructed for trust account portion of BIC course

Legal

• 1,037 case (complaint) files opened and 1,101 closed

•   33 licensees reprimanded

• 70 licenses suspended

• 70 licenses revoked

• 20 licenses surrendered

• 95  cases with conditional remedies