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Law & Ethics: Ethics Articles

  • Internal Squabbles
    Tue, 04/01/2003

    Although we may have long-standing relationships with some customers, they aren’t our clients unless we establish an exclusive relationship with them.

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  • Offers: Fair Play
    Sat, 03/01/2003

    When seller clients instruct listing agents to disclose terms of competing offers, the agents should consult with their broker and attorney to ensure the disclosure is legal in their state and for guidance on how to carry out their clients’ instructions.

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  • A Looming Deadline
    Wed, 01/01/2003

    Don’t wait until the last minute to meet NAR’s ethics education requirements.

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  • Whose Client is it?
    Fri, 11/01/2002

    When a salesperson leaves with clients in tow, legal, ethical, and moral issues may arise.

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  • Disclosure is Never the Wrong Move
    Sun, 09/01/2002

    What are the listing and buyer’s reps’ responsibilities to ensure that a new disclosure for this property is completed before it’s marketed to a new buyer?

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  • Code Resolves Agency Conflicts
    Thu, 08/01/2002

    The struggle between listing agents and buyer’s agents is one of the most difficult issues we face in today’s cooperative real estate environment.

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  • Listing Contract Key to your Fee
    Sat, 06/01/2002

    Your protection in any client relationship is a well-crafted listing agreement and a well-reasoned business decision about how to treat the client.

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  • Be Loyal First to Your Clients
    Wed, 05/01/2002

    We, as real estate professionals, can be torn between business relationships with service providers and our legal responsibilities to clients. Our clients deserve to know all material information about the transaction.

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  • Self-dealing or Misunderstanding?
    Mon, 04/01/2002

    Self-dealing creates a negative impression in the minds of real estate consumers. Article 1 requires honesty to all parties in the transaction. Standard of Practice 1-6 requires offers to be presented objectively. Article 2 requires us to avoid exaggeration, misrepresentation, and concealment of pertinent facts about the transaction.

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  • Don't Cover up Misdeeds
    Fri, 02/01/2002

    There’s no mandatory reporting rule for individual REALTORS® in the Code. NAR has considered a mandatory duty but hasn’t adopted it. But certainly the spirit of the NAR Code of Ethics is that violations of law should be reported.

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