Are brokers and salespersons required to complete continuing education?
Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1996 establishes twelve hours of continuing education in different subjects that are contained in a curriculum developed by the licensing board. The twelve hour requirement is for each license term (a license is good for two years). However, the Board does not begin verifying compliance with the continuing education requirement until January 1, 1999. At that time it will use the license renewal application to obtain verification from brokers and salespersons showing completion of continuing education. The licensing board is now involved in the process of notifying real estate brokers and salespersons of the new continuing education requirement. For a list of schools offering continuing education, see the list of Authorized Real Estate Schools in Massachusetts on this site.
To keep your license on an “active” status the state requires both brokers and salespeople to take a 12 hour curriculum for continuing education. If you would like to renew your license but are not using it at the moment you can bypass the continuing education and renew as “inactive” which means you cannot list or sell property but you can receive a referral fee if you refer a client to an active broker. Visit the Continuing Education schedule section for more information.
Chapter 369 of the Acts of 1996 establishes twelve hours of continuing education in different subjects that are contained in a curriculum developed by the licensing board. The twelve hour requirement is for each license term (a license is good for two years). However, the Board does not begin verifying compliance with the continuing education requirement until January 1, 1999. At that time it will use the license renewal application to obtain verification from brokers and salespersons showing completion of continuing education. The licensing board is now involved in the process of notifying real estate brokers and salespersons of the new continuing education requirement. For a list of schools offering continuing education, visit our Authorized Real Estate Schools in Massachusetts web page.
