Broker & Salespersons

22.5 CE hours total

Brokers & Salespersons

First Time Salespersons License Renewal

• Implicit Bias: 2 CE hours
• Cultural Competency: 2 CE hours
• Fair Housing: 3 CE hours
• Ethical Business Practices: 2.5 CE hours
• Agency: 2 agency hours
• Legal Matters: 1 CE hour
• Electives: 10 CE hours

Second and Subsequent Renewals – Salespersons and Brokers

• Implicit Bias: 2 CE hours
• Cultural Competency: 2 CE hours
• Fair Housing: 3 CE hours
• Ethical Business Practices: 2.5 CE hours
• Agency: 1 CE hour
• Legal Matters: 1 CE hour
• Electives: 11 CE hours

Every two years by the exact day of your license anniversary date

Courses cannot be repeated more than once in a 2 year license term.

Excess credit hours may not be carried forward to the next license term.

Three months prior to your license expiration date, you are sent an email and post card reminder that it's time to renew your real estate license. Both reminders provide you with written instructions on how to renew your license online through your eAccessNY account. Online renewal applications that meet the requirements will be approved immediately and licensees will receive their License and Photo ID Card within two to three weeks.

Renew online

• WebCE courses are classified as distance education courses.
• Students will not be able to complete the course until the student’s time in the course equals the number of approved credit hours for the course. Students must read the course material and answer each set of end-of-chapter quizzes with a score of at least 60 percent.
• Final exams are not required for CE.
• If the end-of-chapter quiz is not passed on the first attempt, students have an unlimited number of retakes.

Courses must be completed within 180 days from the original date of purchase.

Students should keep a copy of their course completion certificate for three years in case of an audit by the Department. Although WebCE does report New York completions on a daily basis, the state does not retain these records.

Online PDF certificates of completion are available to print immediately after the course is completed.

Non-residents are required to complete NY approved continuing education. The Department of State does not currently have reciprocity with any other state. If you complete education outside of New York, you must submit a written waiver request to the state.

The following are exempt from New York CE requirements:

• Any attorney admitted to the New York State Bar who holds a real estate broker's license.

Effective July 1, 2021, all licensees are required to complete the new CE requirements, regardless of how long they’ve been licensed. The only group that is still exempt from the CE requirements are New York licensed attorneys who are also licensed as brokers.