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WV Real Estate License Fees

You might find it hard to get excited over fees placed by the WV Real Estate Commission so I’ll keep my excitement level to the least annoying level here. There is a need to point out the changes though. Pearson Vue might test on them on the state specific portion of the exam. Which could mean you passing or failing your WV real estate license exam. We can apply it to real life too! If you already passed your WV real estate license exam, well, there are fees to be paid annually. Remember the fiscal year stuff? Yep. See?

Ok, so here’s the scoop and an interesting sidenote here to a fee geek. These fees haven’t changed since 2018 and YES, I’M UPDATING ARTICLES SO THIS IS CURRENT! That’s kind of amazing to me when you think of how inflation has dramatically gone up during this same time frame. I wish the US economy matched the WVREC’s fees. (Something I never thought I’d say)

US dollar bills representing the cost of a WV real estate license
Every fee on this list boils down to green paper like this — and thankfully, the WVREC hasn’t touched theirs since 2018.

The fees I feel are the most important to a future WV Real Estate Licensee are…

  • The State Application Fee is $25 (Paid online when using their application system located here the WVREC’s online application system)
  • The EXAM FEE can vary. Pearson Vue is currently charging $59 PER SECTION and there are TWO SECTIONS so its a total of $118 but that CAN change at any time as they’re a third party and can decide their fee at any time. Law DOES regulate that they can NOT charge over $150. This money does NOT go to the WVREC. It is paid to the test provider.
  • To activate your license is going to cost $75 and is due to the WVREC AFTER passing the state exam to activate your real estate license
  • The salesperson renewal license fee is $75 and is due to the WVREC every fiscal year. If you need help understanding what a fiscal year is I published a video on it that can be found here my video on fiscal years and continuing ed !

Now the larger list if you’re curious of specific changes that the WV Real Estate Commission has implemented

  • The Salespersons Application Fee will stay the same at $25
  • The Exam Fee will stay the same at “up to $150”. It’s worth note that Pearson Vue currently charges $118 FOR THE FULL TEST so pay attention that this amount reads “up to” and that NONE of this amount goes to the West Virginia Real Estate Commission.
  • The initial Broker and Associate Broker License Fee remains at $150
  • The initial Salesperson License Fee remains at $75
  • The Branch Office fee will remain at $150
  • All license renewal fees are the same.
  • Changing your employing broker HAS INCREASED to $20 from $10
  • Getting a duplicate license is the same amount of $10
  • Certificate of Licensure has increased to $20 from $10
  • Change of personal info has increased to $20 from $10
  • Change of office address has increased to $20 from $10
  • Change of Company Name has increased to $20 from $10
  • Late Renewal Fees have increased in a variety of ways July – September is now a $50 late fee rather than $10. September – December is now $75 rather than $50 and January – June 15th is the same at $100. After that you lose your license, kids!

The other fees implemented by the WV Real Estate Commission are primarily for educators so for the sake of keeping it real, I’m gonna leave those fees out as most of you are simply concerned about your own individual real estate license.

If you would like to see ALL of the fees directly at the West Virginia Real Estate Commissions site you can find that here the WVREC’s full fee schedule

There’s actually a WV-specific textbook that covers all of this too

Here’s something that blows my mind every time I think about it. Before Spruce School of Real Estate published one, NOBODY had ever written a textbook specifically on the WV Real Estate Law Code. Not a chapter buried inside some generic 50-state textbook. An actual, state-specific book built around WV Code 30-40 and the fees, rules, and specifics that the WVREC actually tests you on.

Here’s why that matters to you. We’re based in WV, we serve WV, and we cater to WV. We’re not spreading ourselves thin trying to be everything to all 50 states. Since Pearson Vue tests you on West Virginia specifics (yep, the same fee stuff covered above included), that focus is exactly what keeps us the best resource out there for this exact content. You’re not getting watered-down, generic real estate info that sort of applies to WV. You’re getting WV.

We go over these fees (and a whole lot more) inside that textbook, and you can find it here: our WV Real Estate Law Code textbook. We even made an audiobook version so our students can study while they drive or work out instead of staring at a page. The audiobook comes bundled with the physical book purchase, and our students get it at half off the retail price. Kind of hard to beat, honestly.

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