Continuing Professionalism Development (CPD)

NOTE: From 1 Jan 2026, CEA has rolled out a new CPD framework. It moves from credits to training hours, and the cycle now aligns with the calendar year.

• Salespersons must complete 16 training hours per cycle:
  • 4 hours Prescribed Essentials (PE, CEA-specified topics, e.g. laws, regulations, ethics)
  • 8 hours Professional Competencies (PC)
  • 4 hours Self-directed Learning (SDL), aka Generic Competencies, as approved by your KEO
• Cycle runs 1 Jan – 31 Dec, aligned with your RES registration validity
• The 2026 renewal exercise runs 1 Oct–30 Nov 2026
• New or returning RES applications received by 30 Sep 2026 still need to take part in this renewal exercise. Applications received after 30 Sep don’t.
• Check your outstanding hours in My CPD Portal
  • After finishing a course, you must submit feedback too
• Only selected CPD courses are UTAP-eligible (look for the asterisk on the provider’s course list). Notably, the mandatory Prescribed Essentials course is usually not covered. Reimbursement is up to 50% of the course fee, capped at $250 per year ($500 for 40yo and above). Proceed to claim after completing the course.
  • Life Mastery Academy ($40)
  • SIEA — full 16hr bundle ~$270 member / ~$380 non-member; instant eLearning also available
• These are courses with no UTAP:
  • Hastor

CPF Medisave

As a self-employed, you need to settle any outstanding Medisave liabilities.

Login to CPF dashboard > my cpf > Self-employment > Pay if in arrears.

If you’re using Giro, then it is alright and you can continue to renew.

Your GIRO arrangement is active. You are cleared for licence application/renewal (if applicable).

How to renew your RES registration

The CPD Portal doesn’t handle renewal. It only tells you whether you’ve fulfilled the training requirement. The actual renewal is done through Huttons HiP and CEA’s ACEAS portal.

For Huttons, the 2026 exercise has 2 parts:

1. Log in to Huttons HiP, open CEA Renewal 2027, choose the renewal package and complete the acknowledgements.
2. Log in to ACEAS as an Individual with Singpass. Click Renew, complete the survey and application, then submit it to Huttons.

You can only proceed after your CPD and CPF MediSave requirements are cleared. My CPD dashboard showed PASSED after all 4 SIEA courses, attendance records and feedback were processed.

The official renewal window is 1 Oct–30 Nov 2026. CEA will still accept applications in December, but approval may not arrive before 1 Jan 2027. Normal processing takes about 2–3 weeks when everything is in order.

Once approved, the registration is valid from 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2029. This is the first 3-year registration cycle.

Renewal fees

CEA charges a $60 application fee once per 3-year cycle and a $280 registration fee. Registration fees will still be collected annually. Huttons’ 2027 HiP guide lists its renewal bundle at $340, with professional indemnity insurance included.

If you stop halfway in ACEAS, your draft appears on the dashboard with the status Pending RES Submission. After submitting, Huttons checks the application and sends it to CEA. Then you wait for the approval email.

You can check the status later under ACEAS → Services → RES Management → Renewal.

One new requirement for the next renewal

During the 2027–2029 cycle, you must complete at least 3 property transactions or pass CEA’s Refresher Examination. This Currency Requirement affects your next renewal for 2030–2032. It doesn’t add another step to the current application.

Filing Income Tax

Not to do with renewing license, but an important process as a self-employed person every April. Your agency likely will sumbit your gross income to IRAS, and all you have to do is verify and submit.

But if your agency do not auto submit, then you have to declare your commission and other self-employment income at the ‘Sole-Proprietorship/ Self-Employed Income’ page of your Income Tax Return.

You do not need to register a sole-proprietorship business with ACRA.