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It’simportanttounderstandwhatlegalresponsibilitiesyourrealestatesalespersonhastoyouandtootherpartiesinthetransaction.Askwhattypeofagencyrelationshipyouragenthaswithyou:

SELLER’S REPRESENTATIVE (also known as a listing agent or seller’s agent)Aseller’sagentishiredbyandrepresentstheseller.Allfiduciarydutiesareowedtotheseller.Theagencyrelationshipusuallyiscreatedbyalistingcontract.

BUYER’S REPRESENTATIVE (also known as a buyer’s agent)Abuyer’sagentishiredbyprospectivebuyerstorepresenttheminarealestatetransaction.Thebuyer’srepworksinthebuyer’sbestinterestthroughoutthetransactionandowesfiduciarydutiestothebuyer.Thebuyercanpaythelicenseedirectlythroughanegotiatedfee,orthebuyer’srepmaybepaidbythesellerorthroughacommissionsplitwiththeseller’sagent.

SUBAGENTAsubagentowesthesamefiduciarydutiestotheagent’scustomerastheagentdoes.Subagencyusuallyariseswhenacooperatingsalesassociatefromanotherbrokerage,whoisnotthebuyer’sagent,showspropertytoabuyer.Insuchacase,thesubagentworkswiththebuyerasacustomerbutowesfiduciarydutiestothelistingbrokerandtheseller.Althoughasubagentcannotassistthebuyerinanywaythatwouldbedetrimentaltotheseller,abuyer/customercanexpecttobetreatedhonestlybythesubagent.Itisimportantthatsubagentsfullyexplaintheirdutiestobuyers.SubagencyisnotcommoninTexas.

DISCLOSED DUAL AGENTDualagencyisarelationshipinwhichthebrokeragefirmrepresentsboththebuyerandthesellerinthesamerealestatetransaction.Texasdoesnotallowdualagency,butratherintermediary,inwhichtheconsentmustbeinwriting.Dualagencyrelationshipsdonotcarrywiththemallofthetraditionalfiduciarydutiestoclients.Instead,dualagentsowelimitedfiduciaryduties.Becauseofthepotentialforconflictsofinterestinadual-agencyrelationship,it’svitalthatallpartiesgivetheirinformedconsent.Discloseddualagency,inwhichboththebuyerandtheselleraretoldthattheagentisrepresentingbothofthem,islegalinmostotherstates.

DESIGNATED AGENT (also called appointed agent)Thisisabrokeragepracticethatallowsthemanagingbrokertodesignatewhichlicenseesinthebrokeragewillactasanagentofthesellerandwhichwillactasanagentofthebuyer.Designatedagencyavoidstheproblemofcreatingadual-agencyrelationshipforlicenseesatthebrokerage.Thedesignatedagentsgivetheirclientsfullrepresentation,withalloftheattendantfiduciaryduties.Thebrokerstillhastheresponsibilityofsupervisingbothgroupsoflicensees.

NON-AGENCY RELATIONSHIP (called, among other things, a transaction broker or facilitator)Somestatespermitarealestatelicenseetohaveatypeofnon-agencyrelationshipwithaconsumer.Theserelationshipsvaryconsiderablyfromstatetostate,bothastothedutiesowedtotheconsumerandthenameusedtodescribethem.Verygenerally,thedutiesowedtotheconsumerinanon-agencyrelationshiparelessthanthecomplete,traditionalfiduciarydutiesofanagencyrelationship.InTexas,anon-agencyrelationshipisnotpracticed.Instead,aRealtorinTexaseitherrepresentsthebuyer,theseller,orisinanintermediaryrelationship.

Source: REALTORMag. Official Magazine of the National Association of REALTORS.® www.realtor.org

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