Does Colorado Law Inhibit Creative Buyer-Broker Compensation?
Does CRS §12-10-301 inhibit buyers and their brokers from having creative fee arrangements? Learn why the answer to this question is “no.”
Real Estate Law
Seller Side Requirement of the NAR Antitrust Settlement
Learn about removal of compensation fields in the MLS and the prohibition of using the MLS to communicate co-op amounts. Related Webcast: Is it Time to Think about Evolving Past the Realtor® Code of Ethics?
Is it Time to Think about Evolving Past the Realtor® Code of Ethics?
A portion of the Realtor® Code of Ethics provided part of the legal justification for the $1.78 billion jury verdict against the National Association of Realtors® in October of 2023. The offending language (and its accompanying case study) could be surgically removed from Article 16 of the Code. Perhaps, however, we have blind spots about … Continue Reading
How Do Landlords and Property Managers Comply with the Rental Application Fairness Act?
Rental Application Fairness Act: What actions must Colorado landlords and property managers take after passage of the new state law known as House Bill 19-1106?
Help! My Tenant Can’t Pay Rent Due to the Coronavirus
We’ve recently heard from a number of Colorado landlord and property management clients whose tenants have encountered financial hardships due to the COVID-19 coronavirus and are therefore unable to make their next rent payment. This is a quickly-evolving situation, which we’ll continue to monitor and update. Typically if a tenant can’t pay their rent, the … Continue Reading
NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy
NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy Sellers will no longer be able to waive MLS rules that require listing brokers to promptly submit listings to the MLS. Brokers must enter the property into the MLS within one business day after the property is “publically marketed.” Learn how this rule will affect your business model and get a … Continue Reading
Rent Control
Boulder Rent Control Boulder and rent control have an interesting history, and past efforts to impose rent control in the city directly contributed to a statewide response from the Colorado Legislature. In 1980, the City of Boulder passed a citizen initiative to impose rent control in existing buildings that would have capped and tightly regulated … Continue Reading