(a) A real estate broker or salesperson may prepare, provide, and collect a fee for issuing a brokers price opinion for:(1) An existing or potential seller for the purposes of listing and selling real estate;(2) An existing or potential buyer of real estate;(3) A third party making decisions or performing due diligence related to the potential listing, offering, sale, exchange, option, lease, or acquisition price of real estate; or(4) (A) An existing or potential lienholder.(B) However, a brokers price opinion prepared for an existing or potential lienholder in conjunction with the purchase of a buyers principal residence shall not be used as the primary basis to determine the value of the buyers principal residence for the purpose of a loan origination of a residential mortgage loan secured by the buyers principal residence.
(1) An existing or potential seller for the purposes of listing and selling real estate;
(2) An existing or potential buyer of real estate;
(3) A third party making decisions or performing due diligence related to the potential listing, offering, sale, exchange, option, lease, or acquisition price of real estate; or
(4) (A) An existing or potential lienholder.(B) However, a brokers price opinion prepared for an existing or potential lienholder in conjunction with the purchase of a buyers principal residence shall not be used as the primary basis to determine the value of the buyers principal residence for the purpose of a loan origination of a residential mortgage loan secured by the buyers principal residence.
(A) An existing or potential lienholder.
(B) However, a brokers price opinion prepared for an existing or potential lienholder in conjunction with the purchase of a buyers principal residence shall not be used as the primary basis to determine the value of the buyers principal residence for the purpose of a loan origination of a residential mortgage loan secured by the buyers principal residence.
(b) The Arkansas Real Estate Commission may prescribe rules for the preparation and issuance of a broker's price opinion.
(c) Licensees shall have the authority to prepare and provide broker's price opinions pursuant to this section, notwithstanding the provisions of the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act, § 17-14-101 et seq., § 17-14-201 et seq., and § 17-14-301 et seq.
(d) A broker's price opinion or market analysis issued by a real estate licensee shall not contain the terms “market value”, “appraised value”, or “appraisal”.