Key reports, issues, and decisions of interest to licensees and/or the public are reported here from the most recent Commission meeting:
Commission Meeting of August 13, 2025
Pending Cases: The Commission entered into consent agreements to suspend 7 licenses, ordered 7 hearings in cases involving licensees, left 2 cases pending, reprimanded 1 licensee, accepted the permanent voluntary surrender of 3 licensees, accepted the voluntary surrender of 1 licensee, approved the petition for reconsideration of 1 licensee, denied issuance of 1 license, and closed 1 case.
License Applications Involving Character Issues: License applicants who have character issues such as prior criminal convictions or disciplinary actions by another licensing board are separately considered by the Commission. Decisions are based upon criminal background checks, information supplied by the applicant, and in-person interviews.
Total candidates considered: 14; total approved: 3; approved with conditions: 3; continued: 6; deferred: 2.
License Examination Results: If you are interested in reviewing the most recent statistics and pass rates regarding the North Carolina broker license examination, click here License Examination Results.
Education Town Hall: The Assistant Director of Education and Licensing noted that the next Education Town Hall will be on August 19 at 3:00 p.m. The Assistant Director invited all the members to attend. The Town Hall is an open forum for educators to bring forth questions to staff.
Career Accelerator Participant: The Director of Education and Licensing provided a brief report on the Career Accelerator Program noting that the Consumer Resource Officer coordinated the program in partnership with the Wake County Public School System. High school students visited the Commission and discussed the process of becoming a real estate broker and also how the Commission oversees brokers to protect consumers. The Director of Education and Licensing commended the Consumer Resource Officer for receiving her Gold Standard designation from REEA at the recent national conference. The Executive Director commended the Director of Education and Licensing, who was awarded the Jack Wiedemer Distinguished Career Award at the National REEA Conference in recognition of his history of excellence throughout his career.
Legislation: The Director of Regulatory Affairs reviewed the Legislative Report, which summarizes bills currently pending in the General Assembly that relate to real estate brokerage, occupational licensing, or other matters of interest to the Commission.
Rulemaking: The Compliance Manager provided an update on rulemaking noting that recent legislation impacts the rulemaking process. The Commission’s proposed Rule 58A .0503 is affected by the new law, which includes stricter standards for the requirement of adding a fiscal note. Specifically, the Commission must analyze a rule change over a five-year period, and if the cost exceeds the one-million-dollar threshold a fiscal note is required. Because the fee increase proposed in Rule A .0503 will exceed that threshold, staff has withdrawn the proposed amendment and is working on a fiscal note for the Commission’s review at the September Commission meeting.
Ethics Commission SEI Evaluation Letter: The Executive Director read into the record of the Commission’s meeting the results of the evaluations of the Statement of Economic Interest of Commission member Jonathan Barfield, Jr., by the North Carolina State Ethics Commission; namely, that the Ethics Commission did not find an actual conflict of interest but did find the potential for a conflict of interest, and that the potential conflict does not prohibit his service on the Commission.
Strategic Planning RFP: The Executive Director presented an RFP for strategic planning. Upon a motion from Mr. Beaty, the Commission directed staff to discontinue the RFP for strategic planning and work in-house on succession planning for the Executive Director. The Executive Director indicated that she would provide the members with the current succession plan.
Character Conference Schedules: The Executive Director presented the draft 2025 Character Conference Panels.
Commission Member Email Addresses: The Executive Director reported that part of the ongoing projects is to give each member an NCREC email address. The Executive Director asked for feedback on the naming convention. After discussion, the members agreed that the address should be their first initial followed by their surname, e.g., BAceto@ncrec.gov. The Executive Director will provide the Commission with a draft email policy for consideration prior to implementation that will address these and other issues.
Report on License Numbers: As of August 1, 2025, there are 101,428 brokers and firms licensed by the Commission, as follows:
Active Full Brokers – 75,784
Active Provisional Brokers – 3,909
Brokers-in-Charge – 17,086
BIC Eligible Brokers – 6,635
Inactive Full Brokers – 16,299
Inactive Provisional Brokers – 5,436
Firms – 17,076
Limited Nonresident Commercial Brokers – 230
Next Commission Meeting: The next Commission meeting will be held at 8:30 am, September 17, 2025, at the North Carolina Real Estate Commission in Raleigh, NC, and is open to the public. It can be viewed via Zoom online video.
Dynamic score reports are now available!
NCREC is pleased to announce that dynamic score reports for Education Providers (EPs) are now available. You may check the most recent quarterly or annual license examination performance record reports of EPs on our website: ncrec.gov under the Education tab.
The Commission is complying with Session Law 2025-52 (Senate Bill 690) by initiating permanent rulemaking to amend 21 NCAC 58A .0112: Offers and Sales Contracts.
During this rulemaking process, the Commission will not enforce the provisions of the current rule that are subject to change. A broker acting as an agent in a real estate transaction may use a preprinted offer or sales contract form containing provisions concerning the payment of a commission or compensation, including the forfeiture of earnest money, to a broker or firm.
This action is taken in accordance with legislative direction and is designed to provide clarity during the rule revision period. For questions or additional information, please contact Regulatory Affairs at (919) 719-9180.
You are invited!
The monthly Real Estate Commission meetings are always open to the public, and you are invited to attend in person or online via Zoom. The meeting tomorrow, August 13th, 2025 is here at the Commission building, 1313 Navaho Drive, Raleigh, NC. A Zoom link will be available at ncrec.gov on the day of the meeting.