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Using the Code to Solve Ethical Dilemmas

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This product includes:

LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS Elective Hours: 3 Required: 0 Total Hours: 3

NAR® Ethics

Description

State Requirements

While conducting real estate business, have you encountered a situation in which you weren’t sure what the proper course of action was? What the right thing to do might be? Or maybe you’ve heard your colleagues’ stories and got that uncomfortable, itchy feeling that an action they took wasn’t quite on the up and up.

Let’s look at an uncomfortable truth: real estate agents have a small tarnished image problem. With every transaction being unique, real estate licensees often face ethical gray areas. Some real estate professionals simply don’t understand how to handle complex issues in the most ethical manner, and others bend the rules if they think it’ll keep a transaction on track or a commission in their bank account and not a competitor’s.

Aligned to the requirements of the current NAR cycle, this three-hour course helps licensees deepen their knowledge—and practice—of ethical rules of conduct according to the National Association of REALTORS® Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice. The code isn’t applicable to REALTORS® only, who are duty-bound to uphold the code as a privilege of membership. The code’s guidance serves anyone possessing a real estate license, and licensees who heed the code’s various articles and standards of practice can do the greatest good of all: protecting consumers while also bolstering the reputation of all the industry’s professionals.

Course highlights include:

Laws vs. morals vs. ethics
Top articles of the code involved in the most complaints (plus a few more)
A candid look at the industry’s image problem
Common ethical dilemmas and using the code to solve them
Foundation and enforcement of the code
Competency in real estate practice as a matter of ethics
Steering clear of procuring cause disputes
Ethics concerns with technology and social media
Tips and best practices to keep your reputation polished to a high shine

*This course was designed by us to meet the REALTOR® Code of Ethics Training Requirement. Please confirm that your local association, who administers the Code of Ethics training, will accept this course.

Package Content:

State Requirements For Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: 5/31 every even-numbered year

Hours Required: 14 hours

2 hours – 2026-2028 Cycle Mandatory Topic: Protecting Consumer’s Real Property, Personal Property and Information
12 hours – elective hours

At the May 5, 2026, meeting of the Real Estate Commission, pursuant to 49 PA Code §35.384(b), the Commission voted to impose a continuing education requirement for the 2026-2028 renewal period. The requirement is that a minimum of 2 hours of the required 14 hours of continuing education must be taken in the following topic: Protecting Consumer’s Real Property, Personal Property and Information.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 14 hours

2 hours – PA 2026-2028 Core: Protecting Consumer Property and Confidential Information
12 hours – elective hours

Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.

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.

Final Exam: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.

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 is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew.

Post-Licensing: Sales licensees are required to take 14 hours of mandatory commission developed modules for the first renewal. Sales licensees must complete the 7-hour general module and either the 7-hour residential module OR the 7-hour commercial module.

Broker Price Opinion (BPO): Pennsylvania requires that a licensee who wishes to prepare a Broker Price Opinion (BPO) must first complete initial education. A salesperson may not prepare a broker price opinion unless the salesperson has held an active license for 3 years.

The Commission has approved the following broker prelicensure courses to satisfy the initial education requirement: Valuation of residential property, Valuation of income-producing property, Basic appraisal principles, and Basic appraisal procedures. Additionally, thereafter, for each future BPO, a 3-hour BPO continuing education course must be completed during the current or immediately preceding 2-year license period. The CE Shop does not currently offer a BPO CE course.

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