Connecticut Real Estate Broker License requirements

Follow these steps in order. Deadlines and affiliation requirements can make a passed exam unusable if they are missed.

1. 1

   Bank three years, 1,500 hours, and four transactions as a CT salesperson

   Experience Form is a DCP product. A Massachusetts salesperson year does not count as a Connecticut year on this row.

2. 2

   Finish 15-hour Brokerage + 15-hour Legal Compliance + 30 elective hours (or 20 transactions)

   The 60-hour Principles is already on the salesperson file. Electives are pre-license, not CE.

3. 3

   DCP $120, then PSI $59 at 75% (75/80-point national + 45/40-point state / 180 min)

   Activate $1,150 within two years of the last passed portion. Entity practice: New Business Entity Application after you pass. Calendar November 30 even years.

Minimum age

18 years old

Identification

A Social Security number is required. An ITIN is not confirmed as a substitute.

Residency and identification

Three years as a Connecticut salesperson, plus 1,500 hours including at least four real estate transactions in those three years. Reciprocal brokers: active license by examination in a DCP reciprocal state; Florida / Illinois / Indiana / Ohio (or no exam in the other state) sit the Connecticut state portion. Reciprocal broker cart $1,270.

Qualifying education

All courses from Connecticut-approved schools. The 60 is the same Principles and Practices the salesperson already sat — do not retake it if the certificate is still the DCP product; do not substitute a Massachusetts 40. Electives are pre-license electives, not CE. The 20-transaction substitute is a named form, not a handshake count. Legal Compliance and Brokerage Principles and Practices are not the 3-hour CE mandatory.

Education or filing deadline

One-year DCP eligibility to pass both PSI portions; two years from the last passed portion to activate at $1,150. Broker licenses then expire November 30 even years.

Character review

Same DCP character review as salesperson.

Background process

Live Broker Initial/Exam page does not name IdentoGO.

Experience

Actively engaged as a real estate salesperson in Connecticut for at least three years, and actively engaged as a licensed salesperson under a Connecticut broker for at least 1,500 hours including no fewer than four real estate transactions during those three years. A transaction is a legal transfer of real estate or execution of a lease.

Broker affiliation

A Connecticut broker may hang their own shingle, including as a legal entity after the New Business Entity Application. Salespersons they supervise must hold active Connecticut salesperson licenses. Entity practice is a second broker license in the entity name, not a d/b/a on the individual wall hanging.

PSI after DCP broker approval. Same CTRE bulletin. $59 first sitting / $51 retake. 75% cut. · Fee: $59

Same $59 / $51 table as salesperson. Cut is 75%, not 70%. Both portions inside one year of broker eligibility. Do not sit the salesperson paper as a broker candidate.

These are commission or testing-vendor amounts we can cite. School tuition and optional preparation products are private-market prices.

Live Broker Initial/Exam: application $120; PSI $59; license fee $1,150 to activate. Reciprocal broker $1,270 ($120+$1,130+$20). Renewal $758.00; late $75.00 after November 30 even year. CE 12 hours by August 31 even year (3 mandatory + 9 elective). Application and initialLicense are sequential.

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  Sitting the 70% salesperson paper as a broker candidate

  Broker is 75% on 75/80-point national + 45/40-point state. Wrong series, wrong cut.

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  Counting Massachusetts or New York years toward the three-year Connecticut salesperson clock

  Live page: actively engaged as a real estate salesperson in CT. Reciprocity is a different file.

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  Using the 20-transaction substitute to skip Legal Compliance or the 1,500 hours

  The 20 replaces only the 30 elective hours. 15+15 and 1,500/4 still apply.

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  Practicing as an LLC on the individual broker wall hanging

  New Business Entity Application after you pass. Then move salespersons onto the entity license at renewal.

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  Renewing on the salesperson May 31 calendar

  Brokers expire November 30 even years. CE by August 31. $758, not $578.

Same live reciprocal page: $1,270 broker ($120 application + $1,130 initial license + $20 Guaranty Fund). State portion required for Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, or any reciprocal-state file not issued by examination. Entity practice still needs the New Business Entity Application after you pass.

Is the broker exam the same 70% salesperson paper?

No. Broker cut is 75%. General is 75 questions / 80 points / 120 minutes; state is 45 questions / 40 points / 60 minutes; combined 180 minutes. Some national items score up to two points.

Do I retake the 60-hour Principles?

It is a named broker prerequisite. If you already completed the DCP-approved 60 as a salesperson, that certificate is the one the broker page lists — do not substitute a foreign 60.

What is the 20-transaction substitute?

In lieu of the two 15-hour electives or one 30-hour pre-license course: 20 real estate transactions in the previous five years, on DCP’s Transactions Form. A transaction is a legal transfer or a lease execution. It does not waive the 15-hour Brokerage or 15-hour Legal Compliance, and it does not waive 1,500 hours / four deals in three years.

When do brokers expire?

November 30 of every even-numbered year. CE by August 31. Renewal $758; late $75. Salespersons are May 31 / February 28 / $578 — do not mix the calendars.

Can I practice as an LLC on my individual broker license?

No. Live page: obtain a broker license in the name of the legal entity via the New Business Entity Application after you pass, with applicable fees and passing broker score reports.