Fair Share: Protecting Consumers and Your Business from Unfair Practices

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LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS Elective Hours: 3 Required: 0 Total Hours: 3

Description

State Requirements

Real estate professionals wear many hats: expert communicator, attentive listener, trustworthy confidant, obedient servant, loyal advocate, and knowledgeable educator, to name just a few. To juggle these roles effectively—and within the lines of the law—licensees must remain informed. Real estate professionals are in a position to provide an invaluable level of consumer protection as they support consumers through their real estate transactions.

This course explores licensees' role as advocate and educator, and how they can protect consumers and their business from the threats of antitrust and fair housing violations and predatory lending. We'll start by looking at what federal protections are in place to combat these unfair practices. We'll also provide the steps you can proactively take to protect the consumers you work with day in and day out and the business you've worked so hard to create.

Course highlights include:

Federal antitrust laws and violations
Avoiding antitrust violations and protecting consumers from them
Antitrust complaint process and penalties
Federal fair housing laws and violations
Redlining, blockbusting, and steering
Buyer love letters
Fair housing complaint process and penalties
Predatory lending
Truth in Lending Act
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
Protecting consumers from predatory lending
Reporting predatory lending

Package Content:

State Requirements For Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: 5/31 every even-numbered year

Hours Required: 14 hours

2 hours – 2026-2028 Cycle Mandatory Topic: Protecting Consumer’s Real Property, Personal Property and Information
12 hours – elective hours

At the May 5, 2026, meeting of the Real Estate Commission, pursuant to 49 PA Code §35.384(b), the Commission voted to impose a continuing education requirement for the 2026-2028 renewal period. The requirement is that a minimum of 2 hours of the required 14 hours of continuing education must be taken in the following topic: Protecting Consumer’s Real Property, Personal Property and Information.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 14 hours

2 hours – PA 2026-2028 Core: Protecting Consumer Property and Confidential Information
12 hours – elective hours

Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.

Expiration Date of Course: Course expiration dates vary by course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in your account. See Terms & Conditions for more details.

Final Exam: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.

Certificates: Immediately upon course completions, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic copy of the course certificate of completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Please refer to your application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

License Renewal Process: The process to renew in this state is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew.

Post-Licensing: Sales licensees are required to take 14 hours of mandatory commission developed modules for the first renewal. Sales licensees must complete the 7-hour general module and either the 7-hour residential module OR the 7-hour commercial module.

Broker Price Opinion (BPO): Pennsylvania requires that a licensee who wishes to prepare a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) must first complete initial education. A salesperson may not prepare a broker price opinion unless the salesperson has held an active license for 3 years.

The Commission has approved the following broker prelicensure courses to satisfy the initial education requirement: Valuation of residential property, Valuation of income-producing property, Basic appraisal principles, and Basic appraisal procedures. Additionally, thereafter, for each future BPO, a 3-hour BPO continuing education course must be completed during the current or immediately preceding 2-year license period. The CE Shop does not currently offer a BPO CE course.

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