Quoted on Inman: Abio Properties broker Cameron Platt weighs in on Clear Cooperation Policy
Quoted on Inman: Abio Properties broker Cameron Platt weighs in on Clear Cooperation Policy
Clear Cooperation is a rule NAR approved in 2019 that requires agents to put their listings into their NAR-affiliated multiple listing service within one day of marketing those listings. The rule also includes an exception for “office exclusives,” meaning brokerages are allowed to privately promote listings internally to their own agents. Clear Cooperation has been controversial from the get-go, with big names lining up both for and against it.
A supporter of Clear Cooperation, Cameron Platt, broker at Bay Area brokerage Abio Properties, told Inman that “as much as sunlight is the best disinfectant, I believe that an open, honest and transparent method of advertising property listings to the widest possible audience is the single best way [to] command a market price.”
“In my experience,” he continued, “I can’t recall any instance where restricting information about or access to a property listing has been in the best financial interest of the seller.”