{"id":7170,"date":"2014-02-14T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmlscentral.com\/?p=7170"},"modified":"2016-05-05T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T18:18:38","slug":"new-office-exclusive-form-and-policies-coming-march-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmlscentral.com\/v1\/2014\/02\/14\/new-office-exclusive-form-and-policies-coming-march-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"New Office Exclusive Form and Policies Coming March 3rd (Updated April 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE (April 25): Office Exclusive Changes Finalized<\/strong><\/em>
\nRMLS\u2122 has finalized changes to office exclusive policies, effective May 5, 2014<\/a>.
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UPDATE (February 28): Office Exclusive Changes to be Delayed<\/strong><\/em>
\nA significant number of questions were raised when we outlined changes to the office exclusive form, rules, and contracts. RMLS\u2122 will be delaying the release of these changes until we can work through these concerns and clarify details. If you have a comment, please email communications@rmls.com. We anticipate this process will be worked out by the end of March.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There has recently been a lot of national buzz about\u00a0pocket listings. The RMLS\u2122 Board of Directors and Rules Committee received several inquiries over the past year about the practice, and how pocket listings affect our own real estate community. So at the November 2013 meeting of the Board of Directors, the Office Exclusive Task Force was appointed to evaluate the issue of office exclusives and pocket listings.<\/p>\n

The Office Exclusive Task Force was comprised of five members of the RMLS\u2122 Board of Directors: Mark Meek (Task Force Chairman), Rick Jenkins (Chairman of the Rules and Regulations Committee), Ed Petrossian, George Perkins, and Steve Lucas.\u00a0 They looked at and discussed our\u00a0current policies and rules\u00a0regarding Office Exclusive listings and various interpretations among subscribers about\u00a0List Date and Date Marketing to Begin.<\/p>\n

Their recommendations were presented to the RMLS\u2122 Board of Directors at their February 2014\u00a0meeting. The recommendations were approved and will take effect March 3, 2014<\/strong>. Three documents are affected:<\/p>\n