The trial court found that the amount of control being exercised over the individual salespeople was in line with what the state's
real estate license law required.
The Association
of Real Estate License Law Officials estimates that there are nearly 2 million active real estate licensees in the United States, and with new agents hitting the market every day, competition can be fierce.
* Data from the Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials shows there are approximately 2 million active real estate brokers and sales agents in the U.S. out of nearly 3 million licensees.
Looking down the road, should the banks in real estate rule be finalized by the Fed and Treasury, the OCC could cite its lending - law preemption as a precedent for preempting
real estate licensing laws for national bank financial subsidiaries.
Gov. George Voinovich's signature on legislation establishing a new
real estate license law in Ohio represents a major victory for the Ohio Association of REALTORS ® and, indirectly, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTOR ®, but a major defeat for the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents.
The sales associates appealed the decision, and in yesterday's ruling, the state's top court affirmed the lower court decision, holding that
real estate license law controls and not the more general independent contractor statute.
In 2006, she went to work for the Florida Realtors ® Association as an in - house staff attorney advising Realtors ®
on real estate license law, real estate contract interpretation and disputes, including foreclosures, short sales, and landlord tenant law.
Colorado recently passed a
new real estate licensing law that'll help by increasing the number of mandatory training hours for all new licensees and renewals.
Not mentioned by the court, but in addition, since many state
real estate license laws prohibit conduct which constitutes a breach of fiduciary duty, a broker who violates a fiduciary duty also may be putting his real estate brokerage license in jeopardy.
The association also began working with state legislatures to enact
uniform real estate licensing laws and lobbied Congress for tax incentives to help promote homeownership.
The court found that the state's
real estate license law bars an unlicensed party from bringing a lawsuit in the state's courts for a real estate commission.
The Division's Enforcement section wants all licensees and the general public to be aware of individuals, groups, training seminars, coaching programs or otherwise, which may be providing instructions on how to
circumvent real estate license law.
Many of the countries in South America
lack real estate licensing laws, but the Cooperating Associations in these countries are lobbying their governing authorities to institute changes.
The court determined that the procuring cause standard contained in the
N.C. real estate license law did not apply because the building owner had paid a commission to the listing broker.
Looking at the New
York real estate license law, the court found that no one could bring a lawsuit seeking a payment «for services rendered... in the buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or negotiating loan upon any real estate without [being]... a duly licensed real estate broker or real estate salesman on the date the cause of action arose.»
The Association
of Real Estate License Law Officials at a September meeting blasted the country's largest relocation company, Cendant Mobility, for disregarding an agreement it had made in the spring to stop collecting after - the - fact referral fees from unsuspecting brokers.
Instead, the court ordered summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that the Massachusetts real estate statute required the broker to exercise some degree of supervision over the plaintiffs in order to comply
with real estate license laws and acknowledging that it was impossible to read the real estate statute and the independent contractor statute in harmony.
A Kentucky federal court has considered a constitutional challenge to a prohibition contained in the state's
real estate license laws prohibiting the splitting of a commission with out - of - state licensees.
CE Network recently earned distance education certification from The Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) for its Canadian course entitled Recreational Properties and the Real Estate Registrant: An Overview.
Yet real estate licensing is a complex, political, and shifting issue that varies with each state, says Jeanne Jackson - Heim, executive director of the Idaho Real Estate Commission, current president of Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials, and a former REALTOR ® AE.
The Association of
Real Estate Licensing Law Officials (ARELLO) has published the NAR Fact Sheet, which is now being distributed by many state real estate offices.
The Real Estate Council of Alberta is this year's recipient of the Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) Education Award in the Post - Licensing / Continuing Education category for its Real Estate Update 2014 course.
An idea of the scope of issues likely to confront the real estate industry in the near future can be gathered from a glance at the forthcoming Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials» midyear meetings agenda.
The Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials has posted guidelines to help the industry avoid regulatory trouble as online listings become ubiquitous and more real estate information is shared online.
REM Magazine recently participated on a media panel at ARELLO's (Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials) Annual General Meeting in Portland, Ore..
The real estate licensee population is declining — ever so slightly — according to data recorded by the Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) in the Digest of Real Estate License Laws and Current Issues.
The Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials has posted guidelines to help the industry avoid regulatory trouble on the «net.
Colorado's experience offers a glimpse at the transition and should encourage single licensure's proponents in other states, says Mike Gorham, director of the Colorado Division of Real Estate and president of the Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials.
ARELLO presented the award at its Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. ARELLO is an international organization dedicated to supporting jurisdictions in the administration and enforcement of
real estate license laws to promote and protect the public interest.
The Association of
Real Estate License Law Officials, in an effort to reduce the confusion, is considering drafting a model agency law, says Mike Gorham, ARELLO president.