Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Delaware Real Estate Commission. Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Delaware Real Estate Commission
- Prelicense education
- 99 hours
- Exam provider
- Pearson VUE
- Questions
- 120 questions (80 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- Scaled 70 on each portion (handbook example; not explicitly stated)
The steps, in order.
01
Confirm eligibility
Check age, education, background review and other requirements with the regulator.
02
Complete approved education
Confirm the current 99 hours education requirement and approved providers. LicenseIQ does not replace required prelicensing education.
03
Apply and schedule
Follow the regulator’s application and testing authorization sequence; submit required documents and fees. Exact sequencing varies.
04
Prepare and take the exam
Use the Pearson VUE candidate handbook for check-in, accommodations, allowed materials and current scoring.
05
Complete license issuance
After passing, complete remaining regulator requirements. Do not practice until the license is issued and active.
06
Maintain your license
Verify post-license education, renewal deadlines and continuing education with the regulator.
Post-license education
12 hrs within 90 days of licensure (four 3-hr modules)
Continuing education
21 hrs every 2 yrs (18 mandatory)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- The Delaware Real Estate Commission, Discipline, and the Guaranty Fund4 lessons
- Delaware Licensing Requirements4 lessons
- Delaware Agency: Statutory Agents, Presumed Agency, and the CIS4 lessons
- Licensee Conduct: Advertising, Escrow, Documents, and Public Responsibility3 lessons
- Delaware Property Disclosures3 lessons
- Additional Delaware Topics: Common Interest Communities, Transfer Tax, Landlord-Tenant, and Fair Housing4 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
A licensee actually knows a buyer's gift letter is false. Under §2929, the licensee must:
- A. Advise the buyer to correct it and not pass it on
- B. Forward it to the lender without comment
- C. Ignore it, since licensees have no duty regarding finances
- D. Report the buyer to the Commission
Question 2
Delaware real estate licenses expire:
- A. June 30 every year
- B. April 30 of each even-numbered year
- C. December 31 of each odd-numbered year
- D. On the licensee's birthday every two years
Question 3
The association must furnish a resale certificate within how many days of the unit owner's request?
- A. 10 days
- B. 15 days
- C. 30 days
- D. 5 days
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