Continuing Education

DE State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: April 30 every even-numbered year

Hours Required: 21 hours

• 3 hours in Module 1 (agency and fair housing)
• 3 hours in Module 2 (professional standards)
• 3 hours in Module 3 (real estate documents)
• 3 hours in Module 4 (office management)
• 3 hours in Module 5 (legislative issues)
• 3 hours in Module 6 (practices of real estate)
• 3 hours in Module 7 (electives)

Note: courses approved for Modules 1 – 6 automatically qualify for credit as Module 7

Information is listed on our partnership with The CE Shop. Click HERE for more information and online class offerings.

Required Content for First Renewal:

• If you are a newly-licensed Broker or Associate Broker or if you are a Salesperson licensed by reciprocity, the content of your CE must be based on the required Module Course Contents, click here for more details and online class offerings from our partnership with The CE Shop.

State Education Information at:

Delaware Real Estate Commission

PA State Requirements for Real Estate

Renewal: May 31 every even-numbered year

Hours Required: 14 hours

• 2 hours – Fair Housing *
• 3 hours – Agency Relationships *
• 9 hours – elective hours

* The Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission, at their July 10, 2024 board meeting, voted to approve mandatory topics for the 2024-2026 renewal cycle. Of the required 14 hours, a minimum of 2 hours in Fair Housing and 3 hours in Agency Relationships must be completed.

Information is listed on our partnership with The CE Shop. Click HERE for more information and online class offerings.

State Education Information at:

Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission

MD State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: Two years from the date of original licensure

Hours Required: 15 hours

Effective 10/1/24: Continuing Education course requirements must be met not less than 30 days before license expires.

Effective 10/1/25: Changes in Continuing Education requirements. Click HERE to view or download document.

Information is listed on our CIRC partnership with The CE Shop. Click HERE for more information and online class offerings.



INITIAL LICENSEES - Effective 10/1/2023 Click HERE for more information from the MD Dept. of Labor.

All first time licensees who were issued an initial real estate associate broker or salesperson license on or after 10/1/23, the subject matter of continuing education courses must include at least one 3-clock hour course for each of the following topics:

• Contract Writing
• The Principles of Real Estate Brokerage 
• The Principles of Real Estate Practice
• Property Management and Landlord and Tenant Laws

Additionally, the licensee must complete at least one 1.5 clock hour course for each of the following topics:

• Professionalism as it relates to the Maryland Code of Ethics
• Real Estate Financing 

INITIALLY LICENSED -Prior to 10/1/2023 Click HERE for changes effective 10/1/2025

SALESPERSONS AND ASSOCIATE BROKERS

RESIDENTIAL - Salespersons and Associate Brokers:

• 15 hours which includes 3.0 Legal & Legislative Update, 2.0 Fair Housing, 3.0 Ethics, 3.0 Brokerage Relationships and Disclosures, and the remaining 4.0 hours are Electives.

COMMERCIAL Only - Salespersons and Assoc. Brokers:

• 15 hours which includes 3.0 Legal & Legislative Update, 2.0 Federal ADA, 3.0 Ethics, 3.0 Brokerage Relationships and Disclosures, and the remaining 4.0 hours are Electives.

BROKERS AND DESIGNATED BRANCH OFFICE MANAGERS OR TEAM LEADERS

RESIDENTIAL - Brokers, Branch Office Managers or Team Leaders:

• 15 hours which includes 3.0 Legal & Legislative Update, 2.0 Fair Housing, 3.0 Ethics, 3.0 Brokerage Relationships and Disclosures, 1.5 Supervision, and the remaining 2.5 hours are Electives.

COMMERCIAL Only - Brokers, Branch Managers or Team leaders:

• 15 hours which includes 3.0 Legal & Legislative Update, 2.0 Federal ADA (Topic P), 3.0 Ethics, 3.0 Brokerage Relationships and Disclosures, 3.0 Supervision, and the remaining 3 hours are Electives.

*State Education Information:

Maryland Dept of Labor - Continuing Education Requirements

NJ State Requirement Details for: Real Estate Broker, Broker-salesperson, and Salesperson Continuing Education

Renewal Date: June 30th of odd-numbered years. Continuing Education must be completed by April 30th of odd-numbered years.

Hours Required: 12 hours

Information is listed on our partnership with The CE Shop. Click HERE for more information and online class offerings.

Hours Required: 12 hours

6 hours in core topics

1 hour in Fair Housing & New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

2 hours in Ethics

1 hour in Agency

the remaining hours in any core topic

Agency

Disclosure

Legal issues

Ethics

Fair Housing

Rules and regulations

Real estate licensee safety

Financial literacy and planning

6 hours of elective courses - A mix, or all of the same, of any of the following four CE types: ELECTIVES or ETHICS or CORE or FAIR HOUSING

*State Education information at:

New Jersey Real Estate Commission

The New Castle County Board of REALTORS has a real estate school that is currently licensed as an education provider in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and is researching Maryland for us. CIRC will host the classes, utilizing the approved instructors of our choice in the same format that we have been providing CE in the past. We plan on continuing to coordinate CE classes with the dates of our membership luncheons held at the DuPont Country Club.

Note that online Continuing Education courses are typically taken on a state-by-state basis. - one certificate per class. Our affiliation with The CE Shop, does however, offer multi-state custom packages for specific courses and states (see instruction below):

• CIRCDelaware.TheCEShop.com: Use CIRC"s affiliated website with our partner, The CE SHOP
• Get CIRC's Promo Codes for discounted rates! They are shown above, under "Online Continuing Education" banner, or go to: CIRCDelaware.org/CE
• Multi-State Certificates: Before you leave your shopping cart, click the blue "Add additional certificates for other states" link, then select the states you need which may offer reciprocity (not all do). If you have already taken a course, you may have up to one year to select the button "Purchase certificates for another state" and process. For detailed instructions: circdelaware.theceshop.com/faq#section-5.

• New Castle County Board of REALTORS - NCCBOR Members have education benefits available.
• Tri-County Suburban REALTORS - Continuing Ed (PA)