History
The EBA movement started in the late 1980s and, by the early 1990s as with the rise of buyer agency in general in U.S. states, firms came into being and a national trade association, the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA), was formed. According to NAEBA, EBA firms offer service to buyers in almost all 50 states.
Real estate firms in the United States can represent both buyers and sellers in the same transaction, and when representing both, derive profit from both the seller and buyer side of the transaction. While some states have, at the insistence of Realtor trade groups, created various forms of dual agency to allow one company and in some cases a single agent to represent both sides, other states have continued to hold such practices as illegal. In the opinion of EBAs, it is not possible to faithfully represent clients with opposing interests simultaneously.
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