When is a Real Estate Agent a Realtor?

The term Realtor is a registered collective membership mark that identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of Realtors and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

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Code of Ethics

The Code establishes time-honored and baseline principles that come from the collective experiences of Realtors since the Code of Ethics was first established in 1913. Those principles can be loosely defined as:

• Loyalty to clients
• Fiduciary (legal) duty to clients
• Cooperation with competitors
• Truthfulness in statements and advertising
• Non-interference in exclusive relationships that other Realtors have with their clients

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