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 December 17, 2025
Pending Cases: The Commission entered into consent agreements to suspend 6 licenses, ordered hearings in cases involving a total of 13 licensees, accepted the permanent voluntary surrender of 3 licensees, accepted the voluntary surrender of 1 license for a period of time, gave 1 licensee an extension to complete the terms of a consent agreement, left 5 cases pending, closed 2 cases without action, and suspended 1 licensee and revoked their instructor and education approval.
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: 15; total approved: 6; approved with conditions: 2; continued: 5; 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.
2026-27 Update Course FAQs: The Assistant Director of Education and Licensing presented draft FAQs for the 2026-2027 General and BIC Update Courses and received direction on the most important topics among them.
LMS Software: The Director of Education and Licensing provided a report on DigitalChalk, the new LMS software program the Commission is using for Commission course production. The Commission commended staff on the improved and modernized appearance of the course offerings.
NC License, Law, & Commission Rules: The Assistant Director of Education and Licensing presented the Commission members with the recently revised NC Real Estate License Law & Commission Rules booklet.
Paper Notices: The Director of Education and Licensing reported that the production of paper “press and seal” notices sent by License Services concerning record changes have been eliminated and replaced with email, providing substantial savings in paper, postage, and related costs.
Periodic Review of Rules: The Compliance Manager presented the Commission with a report on the periodic review of rules, including a brief roadmap of the required review process. Upon a motion from Mr. Alston, the Commission voted to approve the draft report indicating that all the existing rules are necessary. The public comment period will run from December 29, 2025, to March 1, 2026. The Commission will vote on a final report at the March 18, 2026, meeting. The Rules Review Commission (RRC) will review the report in June 2026.
Residential Property and Owner’s Association Disclosure Statement (RPOADS): The Compliance Manager presented comments on the draft RPOADS revisions. After discussion and consideration of the comments, upon a motion from Mr. Alston, the Commission adopted the revisions to the RPOADS as shown in the exhibit. Upon a motion from Ms. O’Connor, the Commission approved an effective date of July 1, 2026.
Report on License Numbers: As of December 1, 2025, there are 122,619 brokers and firms licensed by the Commission, as follows:
Active Full Brokers – 82,812
Active Provisional Brokers – 4,495
Brokers-in-Charge – 17,483
BIC Eligible Brokers – 6,758
Inactive Full Brokers – 21,985
Inactive Provisional Brokers – 5,877
Firms – 17,561
Limited Nonresident Commercial Brokers – 261
Next Commission Meeting: The next Commission meeting will be held at 8:30 am, January 21, 2026, at the North Carolina Real Estate Commission in Raleigh, NC, and is open to the public. It can also be viewed via Zoom online video.