All applicants must complete eight classroom hours per year of continuing education in order to renew their license on active status. The North Carolina real estate broker licenses are issued at no charge, but the application fee is $30 and the exam fee is $66.Licenses are issued for a one year period ending on June 30th and renewal of the licenses begins 45 days before that date.here is only one “type” of real estate license, a broker license in North Carolina. There are however, there are several license status categories. Provisional Broker: This is the “entry level” license status category.