If you hold a real estate licence or registration in Queensland, there is a change to your renewal you need to know about. From 6 June 2026, the way CPD connects to renewal is shifting, and it removes a habit a lot of agents have relied on for years.
Here is the short version. You can no longer renew your licence and sort your CPD out afterwards. The training has to be done first, and you have to say so when you renew.
What the new rule actually says
From 6 June 2026, anyone applying to renew a Queensland real estate licence or registration must declare that their continuing professional development is complete, or provide exemption details, before the renewal can be processed. The Queensland Office of Fair Trading sets the requirement, and the declaration becomes part of the renewal step itself.
The CPD requirement has not changed. It is still two CPD sessions in your CPD year. What has changed is the order of events. Previously, some agents would renew on time and then complete CPD during the year. That gap is closing. Now the renewal and the proof of completed CPD arrive together.
What this changes in practice
The practical effect is simple but it catches people out. If your two sessions are not finished, your renewal does not go through. There is no renew-now-train-later option to fall back on.
That matters because a stalled renewal is a trading problem. If your licence lapses while you wait to finish CPD, you can be left unable to legally trade until it is sorted. A training task that takes a day can hold up your income if you leave it to the last moment.
It also rewards agents who plan ahead. If your CPD is already done well before renewal, the declaration is a formality. You tick the box, you renew, you carry on.
What to do now
The fix is to stop treating CPD as a renewal-week chore and start treating it as a small annual task you finish early. Three steps get you there.
- Know your CPD year. In Queensland it runs 12 months from the anniversary of your licence or registration issue date, not the calendar year. If you are not sure when yours falls, our guide to working out your QLD CPD year and the free calculator will work it out for you.
- Finish your two sessions early. Months ahead is ideal. That way the declaration at renewal is never a scramble.
- Keep your completion certificate somewhere you can find it when you renew.
For the full picture of what Queensland CPD involves and how the sessions work, read our QLD CPD requirements explained. And if you want to understand the cost of getting caught short, see what happens if you miss your CPD deadline.
The reassuring part
None of this needs to be stressful. Queensland CPD with Archer Institute is online, self-paced, and often completable in a day. So even if your renewal is close and you have not started, you can get compliant quickly and make your declaration without the panic.
If you are due to renew after 6 June 2026, the best thing you can do today is get your two sessions booked in. Browse QLD CPD training or call our Australian-based team and we will confirm exactly what you need for your CPD year. As always, check the current requirements with the Queensland Office of Fair Trading, since the licence is issued by the state authority and we issue the training.
