State Real Estate Commissions
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The real estate commissions are official state bodies which license
and regulate the real estate profession. Generally, they provide
resources and testing services for real estate practitioners and
appraisers, as well as information and services for consumers.
However, real estate commissions do not exist in all 50 states of the USA.
A Note on Regulatory Bodies
As regulatory bodies, the role of these commissions is not to protect the industry or the profession that it regulates nor to protect consumers. It is not the role of regulators to be advocates for either a profession or consumers. The role of the regulators is rather to protect the public interest.Protecting the public interest means assuring every individual's right to justice and equal opportunity. Therefore, the public interest demands that regulators use their best efforts to achieve impartiality.
- Regulators protect the public interest when they deny the right to practice to the incompetent and unscrupulous.
- Regulators protect the public interest when they eliminate barriers that unreasonably limit entry into a field of practice.
- Regulators protect the public interest when they refuse to use licensing or registration laws to settle private disputes.
- Regulators protect the public interest when they refuse to use licensing or registration laws to advance the interest of private trade associations.
- Regulators protect the public interest when they encourage free and open markets.
Most states in the USA maintain formal real estate commissions, but some states regulate the practice of real estate less formally. For each state, the commission or other body which regulates real estate issues is identified below with a title and corresponding link.
State Real Estate Commissions
- Alabama Real Estate Commission
- Alaska Real Estate Commission
- Arkansas Real Estate Commission
- Arizona Department of Real Estate
- California Department of Real Estate
- Colorado Division of Real Estate
- Connecticut Real Estate Commission
- Delaware Real Estate Commission
- Florida Real Estate Commission
- Georgia Real Estate Commission
- Hawaii Real Estate Commission
- Idaho Real Estate Commission
- Illinois Division of Real Estate
- Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority
- Iowa Real Estate Commission
- Kansas Real Estate Commission
- Kentucky Real Estate Commission
- Louisiana Real Estate Commission
- Maine Real Estate Commission
- Maryland Real Estate Commission
- Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
- Michigan State Board of Real Estate Brokers & Salespersons
- Minnesota Department of Commerce, Real Estate
- Mississippi Real Estate Commission
- Missouri Real Estate Commission
- Montana Real Estate Commission
- Nebraska Real Estate Commission
- Nevada, Department of Business & Industry, Real Estate Division
- New Hampshire Real Estate Commission
- New Jersey Real Estate Commission
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission
- New York State Division of Licensing Services
- North Carolina Real Estate Commission
- North Dakota Real Estate Commission
- Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing
- Oklahoma Real Estate Commission
- Oregon Real Estate Agency
- Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
- Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation - Real Estate
- South Carolina Real Estate Commission
- South Dakota Real Estate Commission
- Tennessee Real Estate Commission
- Texas Real Estate Commission
- Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate
- Vermont Real Estate Commission
- Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Real Estate Board
- Washington Real Estate Commission
- West Virginia Real Estate Commission
- Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
- Wyoming Real Estate Commission and the Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board
DC Real Estate Commission
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