How to Get a Real Estate License in Maine

Maine requires 55 hours of pre-licensing education and uses PSI for its licensing exam, administered under the Maine Real Estate Commission within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. The state's real estate market is driven by two genuinely distinct segments: a year-round residential market centered on Portland and its growing suburbs (one of the fastest-growing cities in New England), and the vacation and second-home market that drives prices in coastal communities like Bar Harbor, Camden, and the Kennebunks. Choosing which segment to focus on is one of the most consequential early decisions a new Maine agent can make.