Form 200 for use in the Province of Ontario. GENERAL USE: This Form is a contract between a Seller and a real estate company that gives the real estate company permission to act on the Seller's behalf when they offer their home for sale in the open market.
This agreement creates a sole agency relationship with the brokerage under common law, as the Real Estate Council of Alberta's Consumer Relationships Guide (Guide) explains. That means you cannot appoint anyone else as your agent during this agreement. However, we may represent buyers and other sellers.
Buyer-Broker Agreement: A legally binding contract that ensures your real estate agent is fully committed to representing your best interests. Transparency & Protection: The agreement outlines responsibilities, clarifies expectations, compensation, and ensures your agent works in your best interest.
Form 200 (formerly the only option) creates brokerage-level representation and 271 creates Designated Representation. In the majority of cases a Seller of a residential home is better served by Designated Representation because it largely avoids multiple representation scenarios.
If I agree to provide you legal advice, but retain the right to also provide legal advice to other people, then that is a non-exclusive agreement. If I agree to provide you and only you with legal advice, and I will not provide that service to anyone else, then that is an exclusive agreement.
In Ontario, you are only required to sign a Buyer Representation Agreement () when you are ready to put and offer on a home. The ensures one agent presents your offers to the selling agents on your behalf.
A typically lasts 90 days, but buyers can opt for a longer time frame of 6 months or more. A can also be cancelled if a) both the buyer and agent agree to do so b) the contract includes a clause allowing it. If the agent refuses the cancel the , the buyer can ask the brokerage to do it.
This means the buyer's agent represents solely you — not the seller — in the transaction. These agreements are often exclusive, which means that you will not hire another agent to represent you while you shop for a home.
The ways to get out are to negotiate your way out with the agent agreeing to release you, or waiting until expiration of its terms.