Connecticut recognizes which agency relationships?

Limiting recognition to only seller agency would return Connecticut to the pre-reform era of the 1980s when buyers had no formal representation, a consumer protection failure that modern agency law was specifically designed to correct.

Recognizing only buyer agency would eliminate the foundational seller agency relationship that has existed since the origins of real estate brokerage, leaving listing agents without a defined legal framework for their representation.

Transaction brokerage, in which a broker facilitates a transaction without representing either party as a fiduciary, is recognized in some states such as Florida and Colorado but is not the primary framework Connecticut uses; Connecticut's law is built around agency relationships with attendant fiduciary duties.