Legal Issues
Should you or shouldn’t you pay a subagent?
From time to time, we will get calls on the Hotline about the "legality" of a listing agent refusing to compensate a subagent. The reason most frequently given by listing agents is a belief that they are protecting their sellers from liability. The easy answer to the question is that the law does not require a listing agent to compensate anyone, nor does the NAR Code of Ethics....
Sept. 21, 2009 • 2 min. read