The debate on Clear Cooperation Policies (CCPs) continues, with the real estate industry almost unanimously rallying behind these supposedly virtuous rules. Meanwhile, anyone challenging the status ...

Most home sales have two real estate agents representing the buyer and the seller, but some home sales use one agent to represent both sides of the real estate transaction. While it’s legal in most ...

Oftentimes, a homebuyer and seller have a different real estate agent, but in 10% to 20% of home sales, both parties have the same agent. However, this practice, called dual agency, can sometimes ...

Aug. 17 has been circled on many a real estate agent’s calendar this year. That’s when big changes are coming to how those agents make their money. It’s part of a settlement between the National ...

Poll data shows most home buyers do not fully understand dual agency; an exclusive buyer agent firm urges consumers to ...

In the world of residential real estate brokerage, some find it shocking that the same brokerage firm might represent—and negotiate on behalf of—both the buyer and the seller, or the property owner ...

vSometimes the buyer agent working with would-be homeowners and the listing agent representing the sellers of a house they want to purchase are one and the same. It’s called dual agency. Realtors ...

It’s considered the dark side of real estate — dual agency representation. The term means one agent represents both sides in a single real estate transaction: the buyer and the seller. Legal in only a ...

Commercial real estate brokerage is a profession filled with traditions and legacy, passed through generations of new agents — and it is one that has long been resistant to reform. But a pair of ...

Those of you in the real estate world know about dual agency, where a real estate agent represents the buyer and the seller. A dual agent owes a fiduciary duty of utmost care, integrity, honesty and ...

Question: My Princeton college roommate is an attorney with an international law firm and came into town last week to look at $3 million to $4 million homes in Paradise Valley. I showed him my three ...