The latest Legal Briefs video discusses new requirements that take effect January 1, 2026, relating to your representation of clients and addresses whether an agent can show a property to potential buyers or tenants without representing them.
Learn what this means for showing a home and when you’ll need a separate written agreement, such as the Residential Buyer/Tenant Representation Agreement (TXR 1501) or the Information About Brokerage Services (IABS) form.
This change allowing a broker to show residential property for sale or lease without representing the prospective buyer or tenant goes into effect January 1, 2026.
This video is the first of a three-part series covering changes to agency law in Texas. Watch this episode below or click here.
this did not need to be a video. Just a quick paragraph.
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This arrangement is great when showing a property for a fee.
Who is responsible for damage during the showing off theft?
Always the seller per the listing agreement if using the TAR forms
Is this change that starts January 1, 2026 a Texas thing? I know that Alabama declared a month or so ago that it would not have their citizens being forced to sign a buyer rep agreement just to see a property Or is it a NAR thing? Or both NAR and Texas?
Please send back around to agents without requiring video watching. I do not want to join a new app to watch this
Ugh. a Video that I could probably read the transcript for in about 30 seconds. The only times that I ever show to a prospective buyer/tenant is on my own listings and I always tell them that represent the owner. This has been true for me for over 3 decades. Requests for showings of properties that I am not the listing agent of by a prospective buyer/tenant that I don’t already represent is zero.
This is what? The millionth change already? It’s so hard to keep track of the changes done every few months. NAR really turned its back on Realtors.
NAR and Trec are run by complete idiots. Texas is a non disclosure state yet we are forced to disclose what our listing sold for even if the buyer request that we dont. MLS is controld by NAR and Trec bends over for MLS and NAR. The Attornies that are making the contract changes dont have the intelligence to do thier job properly. How mamy of us have delt with foreigners that have a license and dont know anything about contracts or Real Estate. How are they getting thier license?
James, make sure to check your grammar and spelling are up to date on this post seen by thousands of Texas Realtors. I feel your pain. Hang in there brother.
This was your Texas Legislature at work. No doubt, there was a lobby for this bill. Since WE HAVE OUR OWN PAC, TREPAC, most assuredly NAR was behind it. Since State Law trumps TREC and any law suit settlement. I am guessing this was how they decided to undo what the lawsuit created. It’s not over, there will be more. It’s a power play. If you think about what this does, it’s full circle back to pre settlement. As a Broker, I make policy for my agents and my policy requires my agents to have a signed buyer rep before… Read more »
YES!!
It’s not necessary to have buyer representation to purchase a house either. They already do this for rentals or use the property manager to pay the listing agent’s commission, no more buyer representation. No pay leads. No more teams managing the listing for buyer and seller into team! Totally more changes are coming!
Good policy, Brenda!!
To the author of this site: I do not open videos, and from the comments, many other Realtors feel the same way. Give us an option to read the text, ’cause whatever you put in the video is not getting through to many of us.
I completely agree – just put it in writing – I hate videos