On February 19, NAR hosted a webinar on marketing and services agreements (MSAs) and other agreements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). There have been a number of enforcement actions targeting disclosures and practices under the anti-kickback provisions of RESPA. No one may give or accept anything of value for the referral of settlement services in residential transactions involving a mortgage. MSAs are under particular scrutiny.

Visit www.realtor.org/respa to see the latest updates on new RESPA changes and join the next RESPA webinar on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 2 p.m. on the changes to the closing process set for August 1. Click here for a recording of the February 19 webinar. Click here for dos and don'ts for MSAs.