MLS Rules & Compliance

A-Frames and Marketing
The team at SFAR has received an increasing number of complaints about A-Frames and standing signs that have been positioned improperly or abandoned after t...
Mon, 31 Jan, 2022 at 11:35 AM
Cancel and Re-Sign New Agreement
This article covers the current practices and recommendations for handling true listing agreement cancellations and re-list cases, and what types of behavio...
Thu, 19 Oct, 2023 at 8:38 AM
NAR MLS Policy Statements 7.13 and 8.4 (Compensation)
SFAR's Board of Directors has reviewed and adopted the mandatory changes to rules and business procedures around offers of compensation and discussed an...
Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 at 8:16 AM
NAR MLS Policy Statement 7.85 - Rule 12 (Attribution)
SFAR's Board of Directors has reviewed and adopted the mandatory changes to rules and business procedures around listing attribution at the 2021 NAR Ann...
Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 at 8:49 AM
Parking Rules and Fields in SF
UPDATED: March 24, 2022 This article covers the rules for specifying parking in the MLS. For a complete guide on how to use the SFARMLS field set to spe...
Tue, 5 Apr, 2022 at 8:35 AM
Pausing Listings Over a Holiday
NOTE: As of November 2024, we have fine tuned the language throughout and updated the section for handling cases where agents want to bring a property back ...
Tue, 26 Nov, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Guide to Changes for NAR Settlement
The following sections from our newest release of the SFARMLS Rules & Regulations with changes related to the specific terms of the settlement are extra...
Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 at 9:51 AM