Invitation for Public Comment/Hearing Notices
2025 Annual Fee Review - Required by Statute
The Business and Professions Code requires the Department of Real Estate to hold at least one regulation hearing each year to consider its authorized fee structure. This year’s hearing will take place on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Please see the attached Notice for details of the hearing.
2025 - AB 2992 Buyer-Broker Representation Agreements
The Department of Real Estate (“DRE”) proposes a set of new regulations to implement portions of AB 2992 (Stephanie Nguyen, Chapter 516, Statutes of 2024). That legislation, along with this proposed set of regulations, requires that buyer-broker representation agreements be executed between buyers’ agents and buyers and specifies, among other things, term length, timing of execution, and renewal of such agreements as well as when they are required. For additional information, please see the Notice of Rulemaking, Proposed Text, Initial Statement of Reasons, and the Notice of Modification to Text of Proposed Regulations (below).
AB 2992 Buyer-Broker Representation Agreements - Initial Statement for OAL Publication
AB 2992 Buyer-Broker Representation Agreements - Notice of Rulemaking for OAL Publication
AB 2992 Buyer-Broker Representation Agreements - Regulations for OAL Publication

