This issue is not so much about federal regulations or inconsistencies between state laws and RESPA so much as is about HUD
recognizing agency representation for the borrower as a compensable service, fair and equal application of RESPA to all costs (including borrower's broker), and a formal acknowledgment that some brokers are intermediaries that sell access to money while others are fiduciaries.
Founded on a mission to promote buyer
agency and to support buyer agents, REBAC has grown into a leading voice in the field of buyer
representation, with a nationally
recognized designation and comprehensive curriculum.
As used in this Code of Ethics, «client» means the person (s) or entity (ies) with whom a REALTOR ® or a REALTOR ®'s firm has an
agency or legally
recognized non-
agency relationship; «customer» means a party to a real estate transaction who receives information, services, or benefits but has no contractual relationship with the REALTOR ® or the REALTOR ®'s firm; «prospect» means a purchaser, seller, tenant, or landlord who is not subject to a
representation relationship with the REALTOR ® or REALTOR ®'s firm; «agent» means a real estate licensee (including brokers and sales associates) acting in an
agency relationship as defined by state law or regulation; and «broker» means a real estate licensee (including brokers and sales associates) acting as an agent or in a legally
recognized non-
agency capacity.