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Make Your Mark in 2027

Your voice belongs at the table. Apply to serve on a 2027 Washington REALTORS® committee and help shape the work that impacts real estate across the state. No prior committee experience is required.

Apply by October 19, 2026. Members may apply for multiple committees, workgroups, and task forces, though service is limited to one CORE Committee at a time. Assignments will be announced November 30.

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2026 Fall Conference in Spokane: Were You in the Room?

Three days in Spokane. Two leaders elected. $100,000 committed to the REALTORS® Relief Foundation. The 2026 Washington REALTORS® Fall Conference, September 23–25, is where a lot of the association's real work happened.

Read the full event recap here to learn what you missed if you weren't in the room.

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Know the NEW Red Flags of Real Estate Fraud

AI is making real estate fraud faster, more targeted and harder to spot. This new NAR article highlights the latest red flags, from changing wire instructions to unexpected urgency, and shares practical ways to verify identities and protect your transactions.

New resource: NAR’s Protecting Your Clients and Your Business From Fraud site brings fraud prevention guidance together in one easy-to-scan spot that's organized around three steps: Prevent, detect and report. Covering common real estate scams, the red flags to watch out for, and what to do and who to contact if you suspect fraud.

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Forms Deep Dive is Underway. But it's Not Too Late to Jump in!

The Forms Deep Dive series will run weekly on Zoom, Thursdays at 9:00 AM, now through December 3, with classes running 3 hours each (3CE).

Led by instructors Annie Fitzsimmons, Karene Loman & Sabrina Jones-Schroeder, this course is perfect for:

Anyone ready to take a deeper dive into contracts and transaction strategy.
New and experienced brokers
Designated Brokers seeking expanded forms training for their offices (discounted pricing available).

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Big news from The CE Shop: Pre-Licensing is now available in all 50 states! Wherever your career is headed next, The CE Shop is there.

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Legal Hotline Q&A of the Week

Question

Seller is under contract with a 22B in their contract. Seller wants to make an offer on a home contingent upon the successful closing of their pending (home sale contingency) deal. Should they be using a 22Q and attaching their contingency PSA, or using a 22B. My understanding is that a 22Q should be used, but listing broker is arguing that the offer should include a 22B.

Answer

Buyer broker is correct. The buyer's home is sold, pending closing and thus, the proper form to include in buyer's offer to purchase seller's home is a Form 22Q. The fact that buyer's buyer has a home sale contingency is not relevant to the question of which form buyer broker should use. The only option, based on the facts, is Form 22Q.

If buyer broker used a Form 22B, then buyer would have to find a buyer for buyer's home but if, prior to buyer succeeding, seller bumped buyer then buyer could choose to take buyer's home off the market and stay there. However, that is not consistent with these facts. In this situation, buyer already has a buyer and in fact, buyer's home is already subject to a binding contract meaning that if buyer's buyer succeeds in purchasing buyer's home, then the home is sold and buyer no longer has the option of staying there. However, if buyer broker included a Form 22B in buyer's offer to purchase seller's home, then seller could bump buyer and leave buyer homeless. In addition, what would be the meaning of the bump provision? If seller bumped buyer, what would buyer have to accomplish to satisfy the bump? Buyer's home is already sold so could buyer simply respond to any bump notice with proof that buyer has a binding PSA? If so, then what was the purpose of the bump provision? Or would buyer have to demonstrate something more than just that the home is sold to the contingency buyer? Would buyer have to demonstrate that buyer's buyer's contingency has been satisfied because if so, that requirement is not specified anywhere in Form 22B.

Simply put, Form 22Q should be used in this scenario and Form 22B should not. Inclusion of Form 22Q, however, requires that buyer provide seller with a copy of buyer's pending sale. When buyer provides the copy of that pending sale, seller and listing broker should review to discover that buyer's pending sale includes a home sale contingency. If, based on that, seller does not want to accept buyer's Form 22Q offer, then seller should reject the offer. That feature of Form 22Q ensures that seller understands the full terms of any offer seller accepts without creating the risk of leaving buyer homeless.

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