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Real Estate Disciplines
Following are recent disciplinary actions taken by the Real Estate Division of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Visit their website for more details and the most current disciplinary action.
- Real estate broker license fined $900 and shall complete a four-hour core course for failing to properly advertise the sponsoring broker’s name on their website and not at all on the signage at their satellite office.
- Real estate broker license fined $1,500 and ordered to complete an ethics course for allowing a buyer to move items of personal property into a premise before closing and against the direction of the seller.
- Real estate broker license placed on probation and ordered to complete a class due to a felony conviction for the offense of Harassment of Jurors.
- Real estate managing broker license fined $500 for allowing a previously sponsored licensee to practice without a license and failure to supervise.
- Real estate broker license fined $500 for aiding another’s practice without a license.
- Real estate broker license granted with probation for one year for a past felony conviction.
- Real estate managing broker license and real estate broker corporation license fined $2,000 jointly and severally and the real estate managing broker licensee ordered to complete education for engaging in licensed real estate activities while the license was not renewed; for failure to complete continuing education prior to renewing the license and for stating on the renewal application that the continuing education had been completed; for failure to provide the department documents upon request; and for aiding or abetting and failing to supervise a licensee engaged in licensed activities who was sponsored by another Real Estate Corporation for engaging in licensed real estate activities while their license was not active.
- Real estate broker license fined $500 for practicing real estate after the license was expired.
- real estate broker license fined $1,500 for practicing real estate while the license was in not renewed status.
- Real estate broker license issued on probation and fined $2,000 for failure to disclose prior discipline on their application and for a misleading advertisement.
- Real estate managing broker license suspended for a minimum period of 6 months and fined $2,500 for failure to comply with the Department’s request for documents pursuant to a brokerage examination.
- Real estate managing broker license suspended for being more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of child support.
- Real estate broker license suspended for failure to file and/or pay Illinois state income taxes.
