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The trade record for transaction coordinators
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Contract forms, agreement changes and the association rulemaking that rewrites a coordinator's checklist.
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A new line on the statutory Resale Disclosure Certificate, in force since 1 August, requires copies of the association's written preventative maintenance plan, schedule and budget or a statement of how to get them electronically. Minnesota Realtors revised four common interest community forms to match.
The 1 July revisions to the NC REALTORS and NC Bar Association forms rewrite Form 2-T paragraph 1(i), define a banking day, add a governmental reporting clause naming FinCEN, let a seller withhold physical access until the fee arrives, and turn Form 220 into a contract addendum rather than a standalone agreement.
NAR's 2026 survey counts 67,100 purchases concentrated in Florida, California and Texas. The all-cash share is the figure that rewrites a coordinator's checklist, and the seller side carries a withholding rule most files never meet.
Written buyer agreements became mandatory on 17 August 2024. The forms work that created is now routine, and there is nothing in the record to suggest it is going back.
C.A.R.'s programme runs to 17 hours or more, is open to licensed and unlicensed coordinators, and renews every two years. No national equivalent exists.
Coordinators who handle rentals pick up a new habitability list, a default rule that returns deposits electronically, and a landlord duty to remediate after a disaster. Most of it took effect on 1 January 2026.
Altered listing photos now need a link to the original. Thirdhand smoke joins the disclosure family with its own cancellation right. The HOA balcony report becomes standard. And in fifteen fire-affected zip codes an attestation gets recorded with the deed.