How hard is the Virginia Real Estate Broker exam?

You need to score 60 of 80 points national; 38 of 50 state on the Virginia Real Estate Broker exam.

The Virginia Real Estate Broker exam has 125 questions, with a 160-minute time limit.

The Virginia Real Estate Board, within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR), licenses brokers and salespersons. Va. Code § 54.1-2104 gives the Board nine members — seven licensees of at least seven consecutive years and two citizen members — and § 54.1-2105 gives it the power to regulate. DPOR contracts with PSI to administer the licensing exams.

Under 18VAC135-20-35(C), a broker applicant must have been “actively engaged … as a real estate salesperson for a period of 36 of the 48 months immediately preceding application,” verified by the principal or supervising broker for whom the applicant worked. 18VAC135-20-10 defines “actively engaged” as active licensure performing licensed activity for an average of at least 40 hours per week. Va. Code § 54.1-2105(B)(2) adds a high school diploma or equivalent and not less than 12 semester hours of real estate instruction, which subsection D specifies must be in real estate brokerage, finance, appraisal, law and related Board-approved subjects.

PSI candidate information bulletin 466 gives the broker exam a national portion of 75 items scored to 80 points in 105 minutes and a Virginia state portion of 50 items worth 50 points in 55 minutes — 125 items in 160 minutes together. Passing is published as points correct rather than a percentage: 60 of 80 on the national portion and 38 of 50 on the state portion, and you must pass both. If you are applying for a reciprocal license you need only pass the state portion.

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