Providing Exam Proctoring Information to Your Students
Submitted by Christine Anderson on Mon, 2017-10-16 21:16Many education providers have opted for live and in-person proctoring for final exams.
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TREC Complaints and Education Providers
Submitted by Christine Anderson on Mon, 2017-10-16 21:09What methods do you have in place to ensure continued compliance with Commission rules? Do you, or someone on your staff, regularly review your advertising materials and website content? Do you know what you are advertising? Familiarizing yourself and your staff with TREC rules is the key to staying in compliance. TREC investigates complaints directed to the agency. Sources of such complaints may come from students, your competitors or other agency stakeholders. Remember, as an agency charged with consumer protection, it is our responsibility to notify the public of their right to file a f
License Exams Now Available On Military Installations
Submitted by Christine Anderson on Fri, 2017-05-05 12:08The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is pleased to announce that the Texas real estate sales agent, broker, and inspector licensure exams are now conveniently available at over 200 Pearson VUE test centers as well as on military installations across the globe for service members, spouses, dependents, and contractors with authorized base access.
88th Texas Legislative Session update, and the impact on license holders
Submitted by Sierra Pizarro on Sat, 2023-05-27 10:24The 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, began January 10, 2023, and ends May 29, 2023. This session opened with the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) and Texas Appraiser Licensing Board (TALCB) following 358 bills relevant to the administration of the agency. A much smaller number will become law, one of relevance to Texas real estate license holders.
TREC's Houston highlights: changes to Broker Responsibility & Inspection Reports, 'lookback period' soon to end, comment now on proposed changes
Submitted by Sierra Pizarro on Tue, 2023-05-23 11:24To reach more license holders, the Texas Real Estate Commission broke away from its Austin headquarters for the first time ever to meet in Houston on May 16. It was TREC’s second meeting of 2023. There were more than 80 attendees.
Welcoming new Commissioners, thanking the outgoing
TREC’s Chair, Scott Kesner, opened the meeting with a welcome to TREC’s newest Commissioners: Chance Brown, Renee Harvey Lowe, and Stuart Bernstein.
ESAC reviews rule language, recommends 30-hour brokerage course for sales agents
Submitted by Sierra Pizarro on Fri, 2023-05-12 16:02The Texas Real Estate Commission's Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) met April 3.
ESAC addressed comments received regarding proposed changes to 22 §TAC 535.64, Content Requirements for Qualifying Real Estate Courses. TREC staff clarified that the rule proposal simply cleans up the rule language to remove the references to topics required for each course, rather, pointing specifically to each qualifying course approval form to define content.
TREIC April meeting recap: new evaluation form, rule that would make expired licenses inactive
Submitted by Sierra Pizarro on Tue, 2023-04-18 17:10The Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee (TREIC) met April 18.
Broker Responsibility Working Group April meeting recap includes proposed rule changes
Submitted by Sierra Pizarro on Wed, 2023-04-12 14:39The Broker Responsibility Working Group (BRWG) met April 12. Members reviewed public comment submitted in response to a new proposed rule, 535.157 — Obligation to Respond Timely, and proposed changes to 535.2 — Broker Responsibility Rule. The group also continued discussion regarding the difference between a broker and a sponsoring broker, and whether there should be additional education requirements for sponsoring brokers.
Update to the Qualifying Education Course Posting System
Submitted by Summer Mandell on Thu, 2022-04-28 10:10TREC is pleased to announce an update to the Posting System that allows all providers of real estate Qualifying Education (QE) courses to post course credit directly into the agency’s system of record. The student must have a TREC real estate sales agent or broker license number to award qualifying credit.
Rule Amendments Regarding Credit for Professional Designation Courses
Submitted by Jennifer Wheeler on Tue, 2021-11-30 16:11The Commission recently voted to eliminate references in TREC rule §535.92(f) to professional designations and automatic CE credit for taking courses required to obtain one of these designations. These amendments eliminate an alternative path for license holders to request CE credit for professional designations and removes the list of specific designations.
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