For-sale listing agreement is with broker, not the real-estate agent

Question: We recently signed a listing agreement to sell our Chandler home. Although the broker’s name was typed on the listing agreement, only our real-estate agent signed the listing agreement. Is our listing agreement with the broker, or with our real-estate agent? Or both?

Answer: Your listing agreement is with the broker only. The real-estate agent can only sign on behalf of the broker. The distinction becomes important if the real-estate agent goes to a new broker. Although many brokers will let realestate agents transfer their listings to the new broker, the real-estate agent has no right to transfer any listing to the new broker.