Education Requirements—Maryland Real Estate Commission

What Every Licensee Should Know About Real Estate Continuing Education
The schedules below show the number of hours and course content required to renew a Standard real estate license. Continuing education is completed during the term of the license and prior to submitting a renewal application. Licensees renewing on inactive status may postpone continuing education hours until reactivation, but must complete all hours due for each renewal period prior to submitting a reactivation application. You must renew to remain inactive!

• Residential (all licensees)—15 hours including 3.0 Legislative, 1.5 Fair Housing, 3.0 Ethics (required classes)

• Commmercial Designation (solely—no residential business)—15 hours including 3.0 Legislative and 3.0 Ethics (required classes)

• Licensees with a graduate degree in law or real estate from an accredited college or university (must supply documentation at audit)—7.5 hours including 3.0 Legislative, 3.0 Maryland Ethics and 1.5 Fair Housing (residential); if solely commercial, 7.5 hours including 3.0 Legislative, 3.0 Maryland Ethics and 1.5 elective (required classes)

• Legislative topic (a), Fair Housing topic (c), and Ethics topics (d) are required Maryland courses. The Ethics course must include MD Code of Ethics, Flipping and Predatory Lending.