All industry professional authorizations expire on September 30 each year. To remain authorized, real estate, mortgage brokerage, real estate appraisal, and property management professionals must renew on or before September 30.

Renewal applications begin and are processed through myRECA. Review the tutorials for renewing your licence for additional assistance:

Tutorial for renewing an associate or associate broker within myRECA

Tutorial for renewing a brokerage within myRECA

Tutorial for renewing an appraiser licence within myRECA

Brokers—RECA notifies brokers when they can begin renewing their broker and brokerage licences through their myRECA accounts, usually in mid- to late-August. Brokers renew by clicking the Renew button under the My Brokerage tab. Associates and associate brokers in the brokerage are unable to renew until the broker renews the brokerage. RECA usually gives brokers an additional week to renew before notifying the rest of the industry that renewals have started. Brokers will know their brokerage is renewed when the circle next to their brokerage licence turns green.

Real estate appraisers—RECA notifies appraisers when they can begin renewing their licence, usually in mid- to late-August. Appraisers renew by clicking the Renew button under the Licensing tab, following the steps, and paying their fee. They’ll know they’re renewed when the circle next to their licence turns green.

Associates and associate brokers—RECA notifies associates and associate brokers when they can begin renewing their licence, usually one week after RECA notifies brokers. Associates and associate brokers renew by clicking the Renew button under the Licensing tab, following the steps, and paying their fee. They will know they’re renewed when the circle next to their licence turns green. Associates and associate brokers cannot renew until their broker has renewed the brokerage licence.

Current Re-licensing Education

Mortgage Broker Update 2020 – Managing Mortgage Brokers

The Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA) advances knowledge, skills, and practice through education and services to real estate professionals. The Mortgage Broker Update 2020 for Managing Mortgage Brokers is the Re-licensing Education Program (REP) for those who want to maintain their authorization as a broker. Completing the course before September 30, 2020 fulfills the education requirements for re-licensing in this license class. Should you not complete this re-licensing course your license class will be downgraded to associate. Enrol in this eLearning course by logging into your myRECA account and go to the Education tab. You’ll find the course in the Course Catalogue.

Upon completion, mortgage brokers will receive 3 compulsory continuing education credits approved by Mortgage Professionals Canada (MPC). Industry members who have the Accredited Mortgage Professional (AMP) designation can claim these credits by self-reporting their course completion.

Real Estate Re-Licensing Education Programs Under the Real Estate Licence Model

Under the real estate licensing model launched in June 2015, real estate associates can choose the sectors of real estate practice they wish to license in (residential, commercial, rural and/or property management) and only complete the pre-licensing courses for those sectors. In 2016, RECA began launching separate real estate REP courses for specific sectors.

This change could create an issue for real estate professionals licensed in several sectors. In the future, they could potentially have to complete four separate REP courses in order to renew, even if they do not actively practice in one or more of those sectors. To resolve this issue, current real estate professionals will have the option to remove sectors from their licence prior to renewal. Real estate professionals would have the option to re-license in those areas within 36 months without having to complete the pre-licensing education.

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