Such is not always to be said about individual
protected buyer agency.
Not exact matches
MI: Yes, but do those profit margins they are trying to
protect with
agency pricing help authors and book
buyers?
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Buyers should be
protected by a
buyer agency representation and be a client, not just a customer.
Therefore, the seller's rep breached a duty to
protect the
buyer client and is in a dual
agency conflict of interest.
This case turns more on the patent nature of the defects, on the agent electing to represent both parties by Limited Dual
Agency, and on the agent's failure to ensure her
buyer client was adequately
protected by having a building inspection clause in the contract.
Buyer agency offers tremendous opportunities to clear up implied agency issues, develop loyalty from the buyer client, and protect your
Buyer agency offers tremendous opportunities to clear up implied
agency issues, develop loyalty from the
buyer client, and protect your
buyer client, and
protect your fee.
I believe RECO requires the absolute minimum standards of practice in
Buyer Agency and the Act has been manipulated to
protect commissions and prevent consumers from considering suing agents who are practicing outside their areas of expertise.
Buyer consumers need to be
protected, but the existing system has failed
buyers and sellers by allowing dual
agency.
In this scenario, both the seller and the
buyer initially enter into an
agency relationship with the brokerage as represented by the two licensees because they want and need advice and advocacy to
protect and advance their respective interests.
The problem with the approach that Mr. Weisleder has suggested in his editorial, which is shared by the vast majority of salespeople, is that we want our
buyers to sign the
buyer agency agreement because it
protects our commission.
When we act in an
agency capacity, sellers (and
buyers, too) rely on us to
protect and promote their interests.
But just as one area is covered, another surfaces: Now there's a whole new set of disclosures to
protect those engaging in exclusive
buyer agency.
Is
buyer agency really working or has it been designed to
protect the Realtors best interest?
Owners who sell by them selves and FSBO
agencies who encourage «selfies» aren't insured to
protect the
Buyers or themselves.
The NAR's shrug - and - wink position on non-
agency (including consensual dual
agency) is self - serving and fails to
protect buyers and sellers.
The best way to be certain your interests are being considered and
protected is to sign a
buyer agency agreement with a trained
buyer's rep, which clearly establishes client - level services and spells out what services you can depend upon.
It actually
protects buyers and sellers by eliminating dual
agency (double commissions) and preserving two of the top three reasons
buyers hire Realtors: to help them negotiate price and terms (taken from National Association of Realtors survey)(the third reason is to help find the house).
Educate your customers — As the trusted professional to your
buyers and sellers, partner with a title
agency who has a proven track record of
protecting everyone at settlement.
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
The court found that the
agency relationship the
buyer's representative had with her client did not impose a duty upon her to
protect clients» safety on a
buyer's rep since the
buyer's rep had no control of the property.
In a letter dated Dec. 3, Elizabeth Julian, the assistant secretary for fair housing at HUD, wrote that she sent the «wrong message» when she told a
buyer agency franchise in October that agents don't violate fair housing law if they merely accommodate the specific instructions of clients who state a housing preference based on race or any other
protected class.
Unfortunately, most agent in Canada see nothing wrong with «dual
agency» and feel that as long as
buyers and sellers sign the limited
agency forms created by their boards and associations they are legally
protected.
Whether it's Disclosure,
Agency Explanations, MLS Sales Data, MLS predictions, MLS sourced Agreements and forms, nothing is in place to fully
protect buyers but a GREAT REALTOR.
If they would
protect themselves and their own clients by using
Buyer Agency properly, you and how you do your business would not even be an issue.