A comprehensive guide to the real estate agency law you need to know
This authoritative reference explains the duties, liabilities, and earning of commissions by real estate brokers, with careful attention to pleading, practice, and judicial interpretations. It presents the law as applied to principals and agents, and to the various ways agency can arise in real estate transactions.
The book emphasizes presenting the decisions of the courts in their own words, helping practitioners and students understand how the rules are applied in different fact patterns. It is organized to illuminate every phase of the law of real estate agency, from contracts and authority to the handling of sub-agents and commissions. The text is grounded in case history and practical illustrations, making complex points clearer and more usable in real settings.
- Who can act as principal or agent, and how authority is created and limited
- How agency ends, is extended, or is reassigned, and what that means for duties and compensation
- How commissions are earned, calculated, and defended in disputed sales or exchanges
- Guidance on pleading, practice, and judicial interpretations that shape real-world outcomes
Ideal for practicing lawyers, law students, and anyone needing a solid, practical grounding in the real estate agency framework.