Entries Tagged as ‘Law’

September 4, 2009

Plenty of Required CE Classes For Eastern PA Licensees

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Of the several thousand people who obtained real estate sales licenses in Pennsylvania after Dec. 1, 2007, more than half live and work in the eight-county Greater Philadelphia area. All of them, each and every one, will need special continuing education to renew their licenses before May 31, 2010.
That’s a lot [...]

September 3, 2009

Required CE Classes Available In Western PA

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – For real estate sales persons in Western Pennsylvania who obtained their licenses after Dec. 1, 2007, there’s this important news from Polley Associates:
Your continuing education classes are scheduled.
It’s still not well known among newly licensed salespeople that the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission, in October 2008, issued new requirements for what [...]

September 2, 2009

Just In: Commercial Brokerage Course Online

HARRISBURG PA – Polley Associates was approved Wednesday (Sept. 2, 2009) by the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission to offer the second of only two online real estate pre-broker license courses available in the Commonwealth.
Its title: Commercial Real Estate Brokerage.
Until now, only one broker-level course was approved by the Commission for online delivery. That’s “Valuation [...]

July 14, 2009

New Law Could Free Up Escrow Money

HARRISBURG PA – A change to the Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act, signed into law last Monday (July 6, 2009) by Gov. Edward Rendell, might prevent heartache for future purchasers who find their dream home deal has fallen through.
Senate Bill 241, written by Bucks County (PA) state Sen. Tommy Tomlinson and passed unanimously [...]

June 17, 2009

Commission Extends Old Consumer Notice

HARRISBURG PA – In an announcement posted this week (Wednesday, June 17, 2009) on its website, the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission said it was extending for three months – until Sept. 15, 2009 – the deadline to implement its new consumer notice. Before the announcement, the deadline had been set for June 15.
The Commission [...]

June 4, 2009

June 13 Deadline Looms For PA Consumer Notice

HARRISBURG PA – The Big Switch starts next Saturday (June 13, 2009) for real estate licensees in Pennsylvania.
That’s when a new Consumer Notice, required by the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Commission to be distributed by agents and brokers to their clients and potential clients, goes into effect. After that date, experts say, distributing any earlier [...]