* The commission's role — The commission arbitrates only those disputes involving earnest money deposits
held by a real estate licensee.
Not exact matches
An individual licensed in the state within which the board is located or within the state in which the
real estate firm of the REALTOR ® is located shall be deemed to be licensed with a REALTOR ® if the license of the individual is
held by a REALTOR ® or
by any broker who is licensed with the REALTOR ®, provided that such
licensee is not otherwise included in the computation of dues payable
by a sole proprietor, partner, corporate officer or individual in a position of management control of the entity.
After a complaint was made, the
Real Estate Council
held a hearing and found that the
licensee was in a position of conflict (she had placed her own interest ahead of those of the sellers»)
by listening to the presentation of the competing offer and then making her own offer without any advance warning.
As a
real estate licensee, Fred should ensure his clients understand which of his services are regulated under RESA, which are subject to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, and that any funds he collects on behalf of the clients will be
held by his brokerage in segregated accounts.
If there is no
real estate component in the sale of a business
by assets or sale of 100 % of the shares of the corporation that owns the business, or in circumstances where there is the sale of less than 100 % of the shares,
licensees must advise the party that engages the
licensee to list and sell the business that they are not acting as a
licensee and that the
licensee is not regulated under RESA in relation to the sale, including
holding the deposit.
40 (1) Following an investigation under section 37 [investigations], the
real estate council may issue a notice to the affected
licensee advising that a hearing
by a discipline committee is to be
held respecting the
licensee.
(4.01) Subsection (1) does not apply to money
held or received
by a
licensee providing trading services in relation to a trade in
real estate if
(2) If a brokerage or a related
licensee holds or receives money in relation to a trade in
real estate, the brokerage must prepare and retain a record sheet respecting the trade, in a form approved
by the council, that includes the following information:
79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed;
licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24
by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients
by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller
by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited
by buyer as such forfeiture clause could,
by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of
real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended
by a joint bar /
real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller
hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness
by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish
by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound
by the knowledge acquired
by and is responsible for acts committed
by its
licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained
Agreement Under Section 27 (4) of the
Real Estate Services Act (where money is to be
held by someone who is not a
licensee)
The Council recommends that
licensees advise clients to obtain such advice in any circumstance where a deposit is going to be
held by a third party other than a
real estate brokerage, including
by one of the parties to the transaction.