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Agency and Fiduciary Duties, 17% of the examination

Subagency

An agency relationship in which a cooperating broker acts for the principal through the principal's original agent.

Subagency differs from buyer agency because the cooperating broker's fiduciary loyalty runs to the seller rather than the buyer. Modern transactions more often use buyer representation, but the exam can still test whose agent the cooperating broker actually became.

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What is a subagent in California residential practice?

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Where this is tested

Laws of Agency and Fiduciary DutiesWho you represent, when that duty begins, and what you owe someone you do not represent. California runs its own disclosure regime and permits dual agency with consent, which is where borrowed national study material fails.17%Practice Agency and Fiduciary Duties34 questions on this area, every option explained.Practice

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