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Real Estate/ Continuing Education/ Illinois/ Fair Share: Protecting Consumers and Your Business from Unfair Practices
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Fair Share: Protecting Consumers and Your Business from Unfair Practices

$39
This product includes:
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS Elective Hours: 3 Mandatory Hours: 0 Total Hours: 3
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State Requirements

Real estate professionals wear many hats: expert communicator, attentive listener, trustworthy confidant, obedient servant, loyal advocate, and knowledgeable educator, to name just a few. To juggle these roles effectively—and within the lines of the law—licensees must remain informed. Real estate professionals are in a position to provide an invaluable level of consumer protection as they support consumers through their real estate transactions.

This course explores licensees' role as advocate and educator, and how they can protect consumers and their business from the threats of antitrust and fair housing violations and predatory lending. We'll start by looking at what federal protections are in place to combat these unfair practices. We'll also provide the steps you can proactively take to protect the consumers you work with day in and day out and the business you've worked so hard to create.

Course highlights include:

  • Federal antitrust laws and violations
  • Avoiding antitrust violations and protecting consumers from them
  • Antitrust complaint process and penalties
  • Federal fair housing laws and violations
  • Redlining, blockbusting, and steering
  • Buyer love letters
  • Fair housing complaint process and penalties
  • Predatory lending
  • Truth in Lending Act
  • Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
  • Protecting consumers from predatory lending
  • Reporting predatory lending

Package Content:

State Requirements For Illinois

Illinois State Requirement Details for Real Estate Broker Continuing Education

The Illinois Division of Real Estate has implemented new education requirements to reflect recent changes to the Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000. The 2026 Broker Renewal deadline is April 30, 2026.  The 4-hour Core course, if completed prior to June 30, 2025, will satisfy the Core requirement for this renewal.  However, the Division strongly recommends completion of the 6-hour Core course, which includes at least 2 hours of fair housing training, to satisfy the Core requirement for this renewal.

Renewal Date: April 30th of even-numbered years

Hours Required by the State: 12 hours

  • 6-hour core course (or 4-hour core course if completed prior to June 30, 2025)
  • 6 hours of elective courses (or 8 hours of elective courses if the 4-hour core course was completed prior to June 30, 2025) including
    • 1-hour course in Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Note: Brokers receiving their initial broker license are required to complete the 45-hour post-license education during their first license term and are not required to complete any other CE during that license term.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 12 hours

  • 6-hour core course
  • 6 hours of elective courses including
    • 1-hour Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention Training 

The CE Shop LLC is a Real Estate Education Provider licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate.

Reporting: The state requires course completions to be reported to the state. We will report your course to the state upon completion.

Expiration Date of Course: Course expiration dates vary by course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in your account. See Terms & Conditions for more details.

Certificates: Immediately upon course completions, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic copy of the course certificate of completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Please refer to your application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

License Renewal Process: The process to renew in this state can be found here.

Max Hours in a 24-Hour Period: Licensees will not receive credit for more than 12 hours of continuing education in a 24-hour period. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate

Street Address: 320 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62786

Mailing Address: 320 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62786

Telephone: (800) 560-6420

Email: fpr.realestate@illinois.gov

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