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An office manager in North Carolina is testing a new associate on buyer agency agreements and the written-agreement deadline. Which statement is NOT accurate under current North Carolina law?

Correct Answer

D) The agreement can wait until settlement because agency arose orally under current North Carolina rules

This choice is the inaccurate statement. The other three options describe the current North Carolina rule or guidance more accurately.

Answer Options
A
If a broker is only assisting a buyer as a customer and not as an agent, the broker still must follow WWREA and disclosure duties, but agency-specific promises should not be implied.
B
A provisional broker providing buyer agency services must do so through the affiliated BIC and cannot independently create side buyer-agency relationships outside that supervision.
C
North Carolina permits a broker to work with a buyer on an oral basis initially, but any buyer agency agreement must be express, in writing, and signed no later than the time an offer is made.
D
The agreement can wait until settlement because agency arose orally under current North Carolina rules

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Related Concepts

A non-agency relationship where the broker facilitates a real estate transaction without representing either party, owing limited duties of honesty, fairness, and competence to both.

The legal principle that holds a broker responsible for the actions of their agents and employees performed within the scope of the agency relationship.

An agency relationship created when a principal's actions or words lead a third party to reasonably believe that an agent has authority, and the principal fails to correct this belief.

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