MLS Cooperation Regulation

Signs the agency contract, authorises publication on the MLS and sets, with the listing agent, the fee offered to the buyer's agent. May ask in writing for the listing not to be published.

Holds the agency contract, is responsible for the accuracy of the listing, sets the fee offered to the buyer's agent together with the owner and keeps the information current.

Presents the property, handles the offer and due diligence, and does not contact the seller directly without the listing agent's consent.

Views, offers and negotiates through the agent they chose, who handles the offer and due diligence. Contact with the seller always goes through the listing agent.

A listing may be published on the MLS without sharing. When it is shared, it states the percentage or amount offered to the cooperating agent — no stated offer, no sharing.

APMLS does not set, suggest or standardise commissions. Each member freely sets its own prices.

Listings are uploaded to the MLS within 48 working hours of signing the agency contract, unless the owner instructs otherwise in writing.

Reserved, sold or withdrawn is updated within 24 hours. Stale listings are removed.

The cooperating fee belongs to whoever was the uninterrupted procuring cause of the purchase — not merely whoever showed it first.

Each viewing is logged in the MLS with date and cooperating agent. This is the evidence in a dispute.

A cooperating agent may only advertise another member's listing with written consent, always identifying the listing agent.

MLS information is for the practice of brokerage. Bulk extraction or resale to third parties is prohibited.