STATE REFERENCE · BUYER AGREEMENTS
Massachusetts: buyer-agreement requirements.
Massachusetts — buyer-agreement requirements. Regulating authority: Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons — Division of Occupational Licensure. Written agreement required: Not verified.
This page lists what Massachusetts requires, at the state level, before a licensee represents a buyer: who regulates real-estate licensees, whether a written buyer agreement is required by state law or rule, the statute or rule that says so, and whether the state mandates an agency-disclosure form or publishes an approved agreement form.
It is built for broker-owners and transaction coordinators who need the state rule in one place before setting office policy. Read it alongside your brokerage's own forms and your broker of record's guidance — the written-agreement question became a national practice issue in 2024, but the rule that binds you is your state's, and it is the state rule this page cites.
Massachusetts, field by field.
- Regulating authority
- Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons — Division of Occupational Licensure
- Written agreement required by state law
- Not verified
- Statute or rule
- Board-published 'Massachusetts Mandatory Licensee-Consumer Relationship Disclosure' and 'Consent to Dual Agency' forms (mass.gov, Forms for real estate brokers and salespersons); designated agency consent at M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA¾; professional standards of practice at 254 CMR 3.00. THIS CITE COVERS THE DISCLOSURE DUTY AND THE BOARD FORMS — IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE WRITTEN-AGREEMENT QUESTION.
- Agency disclosure form
- Yes — mandatory. A licensee must disclose in writing which party they represent at the time of the first personal meeting to discuss a specific property, and the Board publishes the mandatory relationship disclosure form for that purpose.
- State-approved form available
- Yes — mandatory use
Notes. M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA¾ says consent to designated agency may be given by a purchaser 'in a buyer representation agreement' or in a separate consent form, signed no later than the date the buyer makes an offer or a purchase and sale agreement is executed, whichever is first. That establishes that Massachusetts CONTEMPLATES a buyer representation agreement. It does not establish that one is compelled — and we found no primary source that compels it, so the answer stays 'Not verified' rather than being inferred. We read the Board's published forms and § 87AAA¾; we did not read the full text of 254 CMR 3.00.
Where this comes from.
Regulator. Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons — Division of Occupational Licensure
Cited. Board-published 'Massachusetts Mandatory Licensee-Consumer Relationship Disclosure' and 'Consent to Dual Agency' forms (mass.gov, Forms for real estate brokers and salespersons); designated agency consent at M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA¾; professional standards of practice at 254 CMR 3.00. THIS CITE COVERS THE DISCLOSURE DUTY AND THE BOARD FORMS — IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE WRITTEN-AGREEMENT QUESTION.
Status. Verified — cited, last verified 2026-08-15. Start with the regulating authority link — it is the primary source. Then read the statute or rule cite and confirm it against the authority's current published text. The verification status below tells you exactly how far this row was checked; anything marked "not verified" is a starting point for your own confirmation, not a conclusion.
What to confirm.
Ask the Board directly: does Massachusetts law or 254 CMR require a written buyer representation agreement, and if so by what point? Then read the current 254 CMR 3.00 yourself rather than relying on this row, and confirm you are using the Board's current mandatory relationship disclosure form.
Massachusetts, answered from the row.
Who regulates real-estate licensees in Massachusetts?
Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons — Division of Occupational Licensure
Where is the Massachusetts rule written?
Board-published 'Massachusetts Mandatory Licensee-Consumer Relationship Disclosure' and 'Consent to Dual Agency' forms (mass.gov, Forms for real estate brokers and salespersons); designated agency consent at M.G.L. c. 112, § 87AAA¾; professional standards of practice at 254 CMR 3.00. THIS CITE COVERS THE DISCLOSURE DUTY AND THE BOARD FORMS — IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE WRITTEN-AGREEMENT QUESTION.
Does Massachusetts mandate an agency-disclosure form?
Yes — mandatory. A licensee must disclose in writing which party they represent at the time of the first personal meeting to discuss a specific property, and the Board publishes the mandatory relationship disclosure form for that purpose.
Illustrations only — not legal, tax or accounting advice. Verify your own splits, caps and fees against your independent contractor agreements, and verify any disbursement question with your closing agent and your counsel.
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