Chapter 4: Real Estate Agency Flashcards
The person that a Licensee represents in a real property transaction
Client
A person for whom an agent provide services, which are only to be provided by a licensee, or a person who seeks such services from a licensee
Consumer
structural defects that would not normally be uncovered over the course of an ordinary inspection
Latent defect
Parties formally expressed their intention to establish an agency and state its terms and conditions
Express agreement
Authorizes the sponsoring broker to find a buyer or tenant for the owners property
Listing agreement
When the actions of the parties indicate that they have mutually consented to an agency
Implied agreement
A person empowered to do anything the principal could do personally
Universal agent
May represent the principal in a broad range of matters related to a particular business or activity
General agent
Authorized to represent the principal in one specific act or business transaction only, under detailed instructions
Special agent
A person authorized by the sponsoring broker to act as the agent for a specific principal
Designated agent
When an agent or firm represents only one party
Single agency
Agent represents two principles in the same transaction
Dual agency
What best describes an agent?
A person who is placed in a position of trust and confidence
A seller listed his property with ABC realty. The agency relationship between the seller and the sponsoring broker would be what type of agency?
Special agency
What is true of a real estate broker acting as the agent of the seller?
The broker is obligated to render faithful service to the seller
A seller list his home with a real estate broker for $289,500. Later the same day, a potential buyer comes into the brokers office and ask for general information about homes for sale in the $250,000 area to the $300,000 price range. Based on the facts what is true?
The seller is the brokers client; the potential buyers the customer
A licensee who is contracted with the condominium owner to manage a high-rise apartment is probably a?
General agent
What will terminate an agency in a broker seller relationship?
The owner declares personal bankruptcy
A brokers hired by a first time buyer to help the fire purchase a home. The buyer confides to the broker that being approved for a mortgage loan maybe complicated by the fact that the buyer filed for bankruptcy two years ago. When the buyer offers to buy a home, what is the brokers responsibility?
The broker should have the buyer qualified by a lender and then politely refuse to answer any questions that would violate the duty of confidentiality
A broker list of residents. For various reasons, the owner of the residents must sell the house quickly. To expedite the sale, the broker tells A prospective purchaser that the seller will except at least $5000 less than the asking price for the property. What is true based on the facts?
Disclosure was improper, regardless of the brokers motive
A buyer who is the client other broker wants to purchase a house that the broker has listed for sale. What is true about the statement?
The seller and buyer must be informed of the situation and agree to the brokers representation of both of them