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Department of Real Estate emphasizes consumer outreach, rapid licensing turnaround and wildfire response
Summary
The Department of Real Estate told the joint Assembly–Senate sunset hearing it licenses roughly 430,000 brokers and salespersons, reduced licensing call wait times to under 15 minutes, and set up targeted email and web reporting for unsolicited post‑fire offers to protect homeowners.
Real Estate Commissioner Chika Sanquist and Chief Deputy Marcus McArthur summarized the Department of Real Estate’s (DRE) licensing, consumer‑protection and wildfire response activities at a legislative sunset review hearing, highlighting education partnerships, outreach toolkits for fire‑affected communities and reduced licensing wait times.
Commissioner Chika Sanquist said the department “safeguard[s] and promote[s] the public interests in real estate matters through licensure, regulation, education, and enforcement,” and reported the department licenses roughly 430,000 brokers and salespersons and operates on approximately $65 million in special‑fund resources. She said the department processed about 3,000 public‑report applications for new‑home subdivisions last year and has five regional offices and five…
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