A Dual Agency exists when a broker or agent represents both the buyer and the seller of a property.
Not exact matches
The
dual - use rules come into force immediately, and
agencies will have 90 days to report
existing projects of
dual - use risk to their parent
agencies.
However, it was found that Dacas certainly did not rule out the possibility of
dual contracts
existing between a worker and the
agency as well as the end user.
Buyer consumers need to be protected, but the
existing system has failed buyers and sellers by allowing
dual agency.
Your correct reasoning also sheds light on the reality that most Realtors can not be trusted to equitably / ethically conduct
dual agency, because on any given day most Realtors are failures - in - waiting for whom the necessary qualities needed for success as laid bare within your editorial do not
exist, but most important... they desperately need that double commission.
Two of the key recommendations: that regulators adopt Designated
Agency and Transaction Brokerage (see Definitions on page 8) to help overcome problems with the existing dual agency relatio
Agency and Transaction Brokerage (see Definitions on page 8) to help overcome problems with the
existing dual agency relatio
agency relationship.
Agents doing
dual agency transactions should take special care to make clear all
existing relationships that could be perceived as conflicts of interest.
Although «disclosure» of risks may be statutorily satisfied, conduct inconsistent with fiduciary duties is not exempted and presumptions of breach of duty still
exist in a
dual agency situation (brokers are still
dual agents).
In - house commission splits, floor time and other significant financial consequences
exist for the broker's agents who avoid
dual agency.
One does not need to look far in order to find the anti-competitive, anti-consumer and deceptive schemes that
exist which increase the frequency of
dual agency at large firms.
For example, if a brokerage firm engages in conduct that increases the frequency of
dual agency, the liability may
exist for the undisclosed
dual agency as well as self - dealing for intentionally manipulating the clients» risk in order to profit from a double commission.
The conflicts of limited
dual agency continue to
exist, however, if the same designated agents are acting on behalf of a seller and a buyer in relation to the same transaction, or acting on behalf of two buyers who are interested in buying the same property.