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Education for the Real Estate Professional
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Online Real Estate School

February 17, 2010

Illinois Broker Management Continuing Education Online Course

Accelerated Discount Learning Centers, Inc. offers a Broker Management 18 Hour Package for Real Estate Brokers to fulfill the requirements to renew their license before April 30th.  The courses offered are:

6 hours of Broker Management

6 hours of Core A & B

6 hours of Ethics and Real Estate

January 25, 2010

Recent changes or additions to the Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000

 New Federal RESPA rules became effective on January 16, 2009 and new forms are required to be used as of January 1, 2010. Lenders are required to use a new Good Faith Estimate form (GFEs) and a new HUD-1 Settlement Statement (HUD-1).

RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act) is a HUD consumer protection statute which covers  closing costs and procedures. It also requires that consumers receive disclosures at various times concerning fees involved in a closing and also prohibits cost inflating “kickbacks.”

These new rules standardize the Good Faith Estimates of Closing Costs, promote transparency, and allow buyers to make educated decisions when shopping for a lender.  These new rules apply to all residential contracts.
More details can be found at www.HUD.org

January 19, 2010

Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000

The Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000 is intended to protect the public through the regulation of all real estate licensees.  Although the Act was passed in 2000, it is amended each year.

On January 1st 2010 The Illinois Human Rights Act was amended by Public Act 96-447 (HB 721) which added “order of protection status,” as a protected class. What this means for housing is that housing cannot be denied to a person based on the fact that the person is covered by an order of protection in Illinois, or any other state.

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