The Oregon Real Estate Agency, working with exam service provider PSI, recently sent out a job analysis survey by e-mail to all real estate licensees. The survey asks questions about how often licensees use a piece of knowledge or complete a task associated with their licensed activity. The goal is to obtain an accurate picture of what a new licensee should know so that the Agency can review and update pre-license education and examinations.

If you did not receive the survey, you may select the link below that corresponds to the license you hold. The survey closes Friday, April 13th.

Continuing education is required for active license renewals. Brokers, principal brokers and property managers must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years. Continuing education must be taken from certified continuing education providers.

The Agency no longer accepts most paper forms. Most business is conducted online using eLicense.

A few forms still used are available by selecting the Forms and Publication link below.

You can also read and subscribe to the Agency's Oregon Real Estate News-Journal, and other electronic publications.

Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) chapter 696 and Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) chapter 863 are the laws and rules that govern your real estate license.

Check the status of a licensee or find the contact information for a registered business name (a real estate business) in eLicense, the Agency's online license management system.

No. Administrative rule used to require that real estate offices hang the licenses of all licensees on the wall to prove that the agents working there were licensed. This is no longer necessary. Members of the public and others can confirm that a licensee holds a license by using the Agency's online licensee search.

The current recession has reduced state revenues, and has forced the legislature to make deep cuts in agency budgets. Coping with these cuts requires us to close our office on certain days in addition to normal holidays.

The Oregon Real Estate Agency's slide presentation given at the Oregon Association of Realtors-sponsored event on October 11, 2011, is now available.

These questions and answers represent a majority of the specific issues contained in the questions that were collected at the Foreclosure Fraud Symposium held in March 2010. The answers represent a collaborative effort between the Oregon Real Estate Agency, the Oregon Department of Justice, and the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.

A "condominium" is a special form of property ownership which is created and governed in Oregon by statute (ORS 100.005 to 100.910 and 100.990), known as the "Oregon Condominium Act."