Real estate news

February 2023

Release of the New Fair Housing 3-Clock Hour Curriculum Outline

What’s happening?

We're releasing the revised curriculum for real estate educators. It will include the Fair Housing 3-hour curriculum outline.

You must take the 6-hour Fair Housing course for your first broker or managing broker renewal. You must then take the 3-hour Fair Housing course as part of your continuing education to renew your license.

We're allowing a grace period until June 1, 2023, for you to complete the required training. This provided educators the time to develop courses. It also gives time for over 5,400 licensees to complete the required courses. There are 32 schools and 55 instructors approved to teach the 6-hour Fair Housing course.

Brokers and Managing Brokers Renewal and Renewing Inactive Licenses

If you're selected for audit between June 1, 2022, and June 1, 2023, you'll get an exemption for the 6-hour course requirement. On your 2024 renewal and when renewing an inactive license, you must have taken:

The 6-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course,
Three hours of Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate (CORE), and
21 hours of approved continuing education courses.

Every renewal after that, you must take:

Three hours of Washington Real Estate Fair Housing,
Three hours of Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate (CORE), and
24 hours of approved continuing education courses.

New Brokers & Managing Brokers

If you got a broker or managing broker license before June 1, 2022, you must take the 6-hour Fair Housing course the first time you renew. Each time you renew after that, you must take the 3-hour Fair Housing course. If you got your first broker or managing broker license after June 1, 2022, you must take the 3-hour Fair Housing course the first time you renew.

Reciprocity

If you qualify for reciprocity, you must take the 6-hour Fair Housing course when renewing for the first time. This is part of the continuing education requirements. Each time you renew after that, you must take the 3-hour Fair Housing course.

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