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Delaware Continuing Education Requirements:

Total Hours Mandatory Elective
You Need: 21 18 3
We Offer: 15 12 3
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS

Delaware State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: 4/30 every even-numbered year

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.

If this is your first renewal, and you hold a:

BROKER, ASSOCIATE BROKER, SALESPERSON LICENSE
IF you are issued the license… THEN you must complete…
On or after 5/1 even years but before 11/1 even years         18 hours
On or after 11/1 even years but before 5/1 odd years         12 hours
On or after 5/1 odd years but before 11/1 odd years          6 hours
On or after 11/1 odd years but before 1/1 even years          0 hours
On or after 1/1 even years but before 5/1 even years         21 hours
  • If you are a newly-licensed Salesperson who was not previously licensed in another jurisdiction, the content of your CE must meet the following requirements:
    • You must complete the four Newly-Licensed Salesperson Modulestotaling 12 CE hours, within the first 12 months after your license is issued. These 12 hours will be applied to the required amount of CE hours based on the chart above.
    • If your CE requirement is 21 hours based on the chart above, you must complete core modules 1, 5, and 6 listed in Module Course ContentsThese three modules are in addition to the required four Newly-Licensed Salesperson Modules that you must complete in your first 12 months of licensure.
    • If your CE requirement is 18 hours based on the chart above, you must complete any two of core modules 1, 5 or 6 listed in Module Course Contents. These two modules are in addition to the required four Newly-Licensed Salesperson Modules that you must complete in your first 12 months of licensure.
    • If your CE requirement is 12 or 6 hours based on the chart above, you will meet your CE requirement by completing Newly-Licensed Salesperson Modules.

Required by the State for Subsequent Renewals: 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 for Module 7


The CE Shop’s Offering: 15 hours

Reporting: The state requires course completions to be reported to the state. We will report your course to the state upon completion.

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.

Certificates: Immediately upon real estate course completion, 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 renewal application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion with your renewal. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

Final Exam: Final exams must be passed with at least a 80% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.

Seat Time: The Delaware Real Estate Commission requires that all students spend a minimum amount of seat time engaged in the course content. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.

License Renewal Process: The process to renew a license in Delaware is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew. 

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Delaware Real Estate Commission

Street Address: Cannon Building, 861 Silver Lake Blvd., Suite 203, Dover, DE 19904

Telephone: 302.744.4500

Fax: 302.739.2711

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