Law and Ethics

Real estate laws, court cases, and rules that may affect your commercial or residential real estate business.

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August 22, 2024

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

Unpermitted work on a home can stall sales years later. Here’s what your sellers should understand.

Listing brokers can’t lower payments to selling agents after a purchase offer is made.

Real estate professionals have to keep fair housing practices in mind at all times, but what responsibilities face an appraiser when it comes to...

The Code of Ethics addresses how you should behave online. Here are a few provisions to keep in mind.

New ombudsman services at local associations can keep disagreements from escalating into more severe problems.

Whether you hire a company to operate a UAV or do it yourself, know your insurance options.

To avoid misunderstandings, listing agents should not delay communications with sellers when a buyer makes a bid.

Procuring cause acknowledges that to earn a commission a broker or a salesperson doesn’t have to be present when the buyer and the seller...

Here are 10 ways to lose or endanger your license. Every one of them can be avoided through better professionalism, greater disclosure, more...

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