Massachusetts has NOT passed its own state statute codifying buyer-agent representation agreement requirements. Unlike Texas (SB 1968) or California (AB 2992), no bill has been enacted by the Massachusetts legislature specifically mandating written buyer agency agreements. Instead, Massachusetts relies on (1) the national NAR settlement's practice changes, effective August 17, 2024, which apply to all Realtor MLS participants nationwide, and (2) rules of MLS PIN (Massachusetts' dominant regional MLS, which is independent of NAR but adopted parallel/compatible rules), including MLS PIN's own separate antitrust class-action settlement that received final federal court approval on September 29, 2025 (in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts). The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS (MAR) updated its standard forms (e.g., the Exclusive Buyer Agency Agreement) to comply with these rules, but these are industry/MLS contractual/association rules, not state law. A search of the Massachusetts legislature (malegislature.gov) and Mass.gov real estate broker/license law pages found no enacted statute on this specific topic as of the current date. This makes Massachusetts's situation like New York's — governed by MLS/NAR settlement rules rather than a standalone state statute — though Massachusetts has the added wrinkle of a separate, Massachusetts-specific MLS PIN settlement layered on top.
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