Ohio

	Allows choice of brokerage services
	Allows brokers to offer rebates to consumers

Ohio law contains minimum service provisions, but it allows home sellers to choose the services they wish their broker to perform by including a provision allowing for waiver of the performance of certain services.

In 2005, the Ohio Association of Realtors formed a task force to investigate the needs of their consumers. The task force determined that, while Ohio law should require that brokers provide certain minimum services, consumers should also have the option to waive those services.

Learn more about:

• Brokerage services: Discount Brokers Can Make Selling a Home Less Costly
• Rebates: Rebates Make Buying a Home Less Expensive

Antitrust Division documents:

Comment letter:

• Letter to Ohio Association of Realtors Re: OAR Task Force on Minimum Services for Listings Report & Recommendations (10/19/2005)

Related documents on the Internet:

• Ohio Revised Code Title XLVII §§ 4735.621, 4735.63, and 4735.65 requiring brokers to perform minimum services, but allowing consumer waiver

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