Law and Ethics

Now that practice changes have taken effect, ensure consumers are treated equally by developing policies to guide your conversations about compensation.

Although you may be curious, it’s against the ethics code to reach out to former clients to ask why they have chosen to list their property with a different broker.

Starting Aug. 17, the MLS will no longer be a platform for communicating offers of compensation. However, they still remain an option for consumers.

Giving legal advice to clients instead of telling them to consult a lawyer can get you into serious trouble.

Know the remedies available to you and your clients to protect property from being taken over by people who have no legal rights to live there.

From the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings, Washington, D.C., May 4-9

The watchdog organizations are fighting a wave of state efforts to block property ownership by certain foreign buyers.

NAR’s attorneys outline deadlines, practice considerations and ethical duties in a wide-ranging legal update.

From the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings, Washington, D.C., May 4-9

If you take time to learn the niche, there are benefits to a probate specialty.

Leaving buyer clients alone in a home could be grounds for an ethics complaint.

MLSs and brokerages seeking to be released under the settlement agreement must act by June 18.