CALIFORNIA LEGISTLATURE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING
A BILL REQUIRING BUYER-BROKER AGREEMENTS
The California legislature is currently considering AB-2992, which would require a buyer’s agent and a buyer to execute a buyer-broker agreement as soon as practicable, but no later than the execution of the buyer’s offer to purchase real property. The bill would prohibit a buyer-broker agreement from lasting longer than three months from the date the agreement was executed, unless the agreement was executed between a real estate broker and a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership. The bill would also prohibit a buyer-broker agreement from renewing automatically and would require the renewal of a buyer-broker agreement to be in writing, dated, and signed by all parties.
It is anticipated that this bill will pass through the legislature and become law.