Important Updates Effective January 2025

The Audit Policy and the Brokerage Transaction and Trust Account Policy
(replacing the Audit Program: A Guide to Real Estate Audits in Nova Scotia)

and

Commission By-law Part Six - Trust Accounts & Record Keeping

For more information, click HERE.

For Sale By Owner & Brokerage/Designated Agent Relationships

September 30, 2020

The Commission regularly deals with questions from licensees and consumers regarding different relationships a brokerage can offer when dealing with For Sale By Owner’s (FSBO) sellers. There are a range of services that a brokerage/designated agent can provide to a customer or to a client. Sometimes a consumer will seek customer services from one brokerage and agency representation from another.

Out Clauses in the Agreement of Purchase and Sale

This page includes obsolete information on satisfying buyer’s conditions. The processes and clauses involved were changed on January 3rd, 2022. For information on the new process of satisfying buyer’s conditions, visit https://www.nsrec.ns.ca/news-practice-resources/commission-news/item/buyer-s-conditions-updates-effective-january-3rd-2022.

January 31, 2020

The Commission regularly deals with questions from licensees and consumers regarding the application of out clause(s). Please ensure you clearly understand the following concepts.  

*The following may also apply to a lease agreement or an agreement of purchase and sale that is not written on a Commission-approved form.  

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