Texas Choice of Flat Fee MLS

	Limits choice of brokerage services
	Allows brokers to offer rebates to consumers

Texas law requires real estate brokers to accept and present offers and counteroffers and answer their clients’ questions in every real estate transaction, even if consumers do not wish to buy these services.

Press release:

• Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Urge Texas Real Estate Commission to Continue to Allow Flexibility in Brokerage Services (04/21/2005)

Comment letter:

• Letter to the Texas Real Estate Commission Re: Proposed Amendments to 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 535.2 (04/20/2005)

Related documents on the Internet:

• Texas Occupations Code Title 7 § 1101.557 requiring brokers to perform minimum services

14 MLS Coverage Areas

DFW Metroplex MLS

Austin MLS

Houston MLS (HAR)

San Antonio MLS

Bryan – College Station MLS

Central Texas MLS

Corpus Christi MLS

El Paso MLS

Highland Lakes MLS

Killeen – Fort Hood MLS

McAllen MLS

Temple – Belton MLS

Tyler MLS

Waco MLS

Counties covered by above MLS areas

Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell Entry Only Realtor Listing, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Cameron, Camp, Chambers, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Cooke, Coryell, Culberson, Dallas County Entry Only Realtor Listing, Delta, Denton, Duval, El Paso Entry Only Real Estate Listing, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hudspeth, Hunt, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kendall, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, Madison, McLennan, Medina, Milam, Montgomery, Morris, Navarro, Nueces Entry Only Listing, Parker, Polk, Rains, Robertson, Rockwall, Rusk, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Smith, Somervell, Starr, Tarrant, Taylor, Titus, Travis, Upshur, Van Zandt, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, Wise, Wood