Suspend or revive your licence

Voluntarily suspension

• You can suspend your licence for up to 7 years. If you have an agent’s or branch manager’s licence, you must have done 3 years’ real estate agency work in the last 10 years to be eligible to renew your licence. Please take this into account when considering the length of time you suspend your licence.
• You pay a suspension fee when you suspend your licence. You can pay by credit card or bank transfer.
• If you suspend your licence for more than a year, you pay an annual suspension fee. This is due on the anniversary of the suspension. If you don’t pay the annual fee, your licence will be cancelled.

See details of the suspension fee  here .

How to voluntarily suspend your licence

• Log in to the licensee portal.
• Select ‘Suspend licence’ from the green navigation ribbon on the homepage and complete the details.

We will send you a confirmation email on the date you have chosen to voluntarily suspend your licence to confirm that your licence has been suspended.

If you’re unable to suspend your licence using the licensee portal, please contact us .

Licensee portal (external link)

See details of the suspension fee  here .

The annual suspension fee

You can pay your annual suspension fee online using the licensee portal.

When you have logged in, select ‘Suspend licence’ from the green navigation ribbon on the homepage. Select ‘Pay annual suspension fee’.

If you don’t pay the annual fee, your licence will be cancelled. You will not be able to reapply for a licence for a minimum of 5 years.

If you’re not able to pay your annual fee online using the licensee portal, please contact us .

Extending your suspension

You can extend your voluntary licence suspension online using the licensee portal and your RealMe login.

You need to submit the suspension extension application before your current suspension ends. You can check your suspension end date on the licence details page in the licensee portal.

You can extend your suspension for 12 months at a time. When you have logged in, select ‘Suspend licence’ from the green navigation ribbon on the licensee portal homepage. Select ‘Extend your suspension’. You need to pay a suspension fee when you extend your suspension.

If you don’t extend your suspension, your licence will revive and become active again.

If you’re not able to extend your suspension online using the licensee portal or if you need help, please  contact us .

Revive your licence

Revive your licence automatically

Your licence will revive automatically the day after your suspension end date. We will confirm the revival of your licence as soon as possible.

Revive your licence early

You can revive your licence early by completing a Notice of revival of voluntarily suspended licence [PDF, 33 KB] a  Notice of revival of voluntarily suspended licence [PDF, 237 KB]  form and sending it to us.

Continuing education requirements

• If your licence is suspended for less than 12 months

  If yo ur licence is suspended for less than 12 months, you will need to complete the continuing education requirements for both the calendar year in which you suspended your licence and for the year in which you reactivate your licence, if they are different years.

  The continuing education requirements for the year you suspended your licence need to be completed within 6 weeks of your licence being revived.

• If your licence is suspended for 12 months or more

  If your licence is suspended for 12 months or more, you will need to complete a refresher training course of 10 hours of verifiable training focused on ensuring you are up to speed with any significant issues or changes in the law. You have until the second renewal of your licence (following the revival of your licence) to complete this refresher training. This training needs to be completed by an approved provider and is set by the REA.

  This training will be in addition to the 10+10 continuing education requirements you will need to complete in the calendar year after you revive your licence.

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