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Changes in Rules and Real Estate Practices

A settlement was reached in Moehrl v. National Association of REALTORS® in March 2024. NAMLS has opted-in to the settlement as the best path forward. In short: the spirit of the lawsuit is that buyer commission is not predefined before a relationship with the buyer. To fulfill the terms of the settlement, NAMLS has published new rules and practice changes. Click the button below to view updated NAMLS Rules & Regulations:

NAMLS Clear Cooperation Policy

  • Within one (1) business day* of marketing a property to the public, the listing broker must submit the listing to the MLS for cooperation with other MLS participants. Public marketing includes, but is not limited to, flyers displayed in windows, yard signs, digital marketing on public facing websites, brokerage website displays (including IDX and VOW), digital communications marketing (email blasts), multi-brokerage listing sharing networks, and applications available to the general public.

    *Business days exclude Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The NAR MLS Advisory Board specifically revised the policy’s time frame due to concerns with enforcement to provide greater flexibility for days when submitting the listing to the service could be a challenge. For consistency among all REALTOR® Association MLSs, the approved time frame is 1 business day; “holidays” include all recognized federal and state holidays.

  • January 1, 2020 (fine notices to begin May 1, 2020) 1st offense: $500 per property. Fine will increase by $250 for each additional occurrence/per property.

  • The policy was created to provide sellers with access to the largest possible group of buyers and buyers with the widest possible selection of listings. It was also created to encourage competition and cooperation of professionals within the marketplace.

  • To report a violation, email feedback@nazrealtor.com or click HERE to make a web submission. If you're reporting a violation, include the following information:

    • FULL address of the property

    • Listing agent name and company

    • Documentation (image of sign, URL of property, email, flyer, etc.)

  • The policy allows for Office Exclusives, or private listings, on the condition that they are marketed through internal office networks, but not publicly to other agents outside of their brokerage firm or publicly to consumers.

  • Public marketing includes, but is not limited to, flyers displayed in windows, yard signs, digital marketing on public-facing websites, brokerage website displays(including IDX and VOW), digital communications marketing (email blasts), multi-brokerage listing sharing networks, and applications available to the general public.

  • Yes, that would be considered public marketing requiring the listing to be input into the MLS and shared with other Participants and Subscribers.

  • The listing member would be held to clear cooperation. As the listing agent, you should have total control over marketing the property, and that includes talking to your vendors that are part of the marketing process.

  • Yes, this would be considered marketing requiring any listings posted on the site to be entered into the MLS.

  • If the office caravan is solely between the listing broker and her agents, then this sounds like it would be covered under the office exclusive handling. So long as there is no public marketing outside of the listing brokerage then the listing, assuming it was excluded from the MLS from the get go, would not need to be submitted under this policy. However, if the caravan includes brokers/agents from an outside brokerage then yes, that would be public marketing.

If you have additional questions, please email them to feedback@nazrealtor.com

NAAR Green MLS

  • A “Green MLS” is just an industry term for adding more data fields in our MLS system that allow agents, and sellers, to include data that accurately reflects sustainable features that a property may have. It can include fields related to insulation, reducing energy consumption, air quality, and more!

  • The leaves our just another way to remind agents and sellers that those particular items are considered “green features” and should be accurately entered so as to not pollute our MLS data with inaccuracies. If you’re unsure whether or not the property has these features, PLEASE err on the side of caution, and not include them. If the seller is unaware of what a particular feature is, it’s very likely the property doesn’t have that feature!

  • The Green Disclosure is another new form that NAAR generated utilizing info from other MLS systems across the country, to allow agents and sellers to further expand on what sustainable features their property may have. Think of it as a “Green SPDS.” It is NOT a required item but is HIGHLY encouraged to use if the property you are listing has a significant number of these features! Again, it’s one more way to verify accurate information, and also allow sellers to elaborate on some of the great sustainable features of their property.