The listing agent or sellers agent, owes
the seller fiduciary responsibility.....
You have the listing agent or seller's agent that work for a seller and owes
the seller a fiduciary responsibility.
Not exact matches
Besides completely botching everything you could possibly do from a short sale perspective and maintaining your
fiduciary responsibility to the
seller, the Realtor does not even understand appraisals 101.
The agent's
fiduciary responsibility in this case is to treat the
seller and buyer as equals and to not give one side better representation than the other, says Kent.
This seems obvious but if you work with a sales agent that you find at an open house, for example, he is likely working for the
seller and not you — meaning his
fiduciary responsibility is to get the highest price and best deal for his client.
2001 — 2007: Realtor — Century 21 Licensed Realtor who successfully generated real estate sales with buyers or
sellers, and
fiduciary responsibility for all funds.
UpstreamTM represents the best opportunity for it to be placed with the care that our
sellers and our
fiduciary responsibility require.»
The two main concerns are your
fiduciary responsibility to your client, the
seller and your
responsibility to your broker.
A licensee's
fiduciary responsibility is to see that his / her
seller, and the
seller only, benefits from the listing salesperson's efforts that rightly ``... requires the skill and a commitment to help...» the
seller, you know, that person who contracted with the licensee to work for him / her only on a one hundred percent basis.
When a home
Seller is counselled to offer a lower than average amount of selling commission to a Cooperating Brokerage, are they being advised as to how this may possibly interact negatively with a prospective Buyer's «Buyer's Agency Contract», and if so, why would such a
Seller agree to proceed as such — especially, if they've been made aware of any discounts that may apply to their List Price, later, as a result of extended market time?The aforesaid is fundamental to a
fiduciary responsibility — yet, I believe that most Provincial Regulatory Authorities would be reluctant to prosecute such a negligent Registrant or Practitioner because the accused would hide behind the argument they were being wrongly persecuted for offering a «competitive business model»!
By keeping a listing in - house, even for a short time instead of placing it with the MLS or refusing to work with a cooperating agent, a broker isn't fulfilling his or her
fiduciary responsibility to the
seller.
Furthermore, a listing agent has a
fiduciary responsibility to the
seller.
You still have all the same basic duties when you are working with a
seller — loyalty, honesty, accounting, confidentiality, obedience and
fiduciary responsibility.
They work for the
seller, by contract, and have a
fiduciary responsibility to get the highest price possible for the home!
After all, as a
sellers agent it is your
fiduciary responsibility to get your
seller client the best terms and conditions.
Impartiality is essential when dealing with clients and a Realtor's ability to place their client's needs first is impeded when the brokerage's
fiduciary responsibilities are divided between buyers and
sellers, or buyers and buyers.
Rich: Sure, first and foremost, a buffer between the agent who's at the open house who represents the
seller and who has a
fiduciary responsibility to the
seller.
Working directly with the listing agent gets you closer to the decision maker and inherently creates an incentive for the listing agent to sell to you - they'll get BOTH sides of the commission (although they won't admit it, and they have a
fiduciary responsibility to the
seller, they're excited about the prospect).
These types of agents owe a
fiduciary responsibility to the
seller under a listing agreement and must protect that interest.