The National Association of Realtors published their support of the Clear Cooperation Policy yesterday, and added a change they called Delayed Marketing Exempt Listings.

As usual, they are trying to make everyone happy, resulting in nobody being happy.

They can’t even use proper punctuation. Isn’t there a hyphen missing?

I don’t fully know what their intention, but it looks like they opened the door to listing agents who want to advertise their listings on their own websites before putting them on the search portals. The #16 above is from the FAQs:

https://www.nar.realtor/about-nar/policies/multiple-listing-options-for-sellers#faq

Listing agents are going to do what they feel is in their best interest, and in the best interest of their sellers (probably in that order, unfortunately). Until the DOJ lays down a specific law preventing them, off-market sales will keep happening.