Is Your Long Island Realtor® Breaking The Law?
Please keep in mind that most Long Island Realtors® do not break the law. The few that do, make the rest of us look bad and I am so done with it!
Over the past few weeks, I'm being told from other Long Island Realtors® that pursue expired listings that the homeowners have told them they re-listed with their "current" agent. The Realtors® show the homeowner the expired listing and in our MLS and it doesn't state the home is back on the market. What form did they sign in order to put the home back on the market?
NOTHING the homeowners are telling my fellow Realtors®
These homeowners have not signed any paperwork stating that they wanted the home back on the market with their "current" Realtor®.
So, how is the home being placed back on the market in our MLS without the homeowner's permission you ask? It's simple. These Realtors® are breaking the law.
In order to extend the listing before it expires, the form below has to be signed as per the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island:
Take a look at #2: Expiration Date of Listing Agreement is amended to: the date the listing will expire will be placed on the line to the right. Then at the bottom it states you are entitled to a copy of said Listing Agreement Amendment.
Report of Change for Listings for Long Island Realtors
If the listing expired, a new Listing Agreement and corresponding paperwork needs to be completed.
If you discover your home is back on the market and you didn't want it to be, call the Realtors® Broker. Some homeowners feel there is nothing they can do but there is. The choice to do something about it is yours.
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