What are the laws on real estate agents placing ads? Do they need to include certain information in their ads?
According to the regulations adopted by HUD, all advertising of RESIDENTIAL real estate for sale, rent, or financing should contain an equal housing opportunity logotype, statement or slogan as a means of educating the home-seeking public that the property is available to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. The choice of logotype, statement or slogan will depend on the type of media used and in space advertising, on the size of the advertisement. 45 CFR 109.30. This means that if ads for residential real estate (renting or for sale) are placed by real estate agents or anyone else, they must have the appropriate logo in their ad with the appropriate slogan. There are different size logos for different size ads. For classified ads, newspapers should have a fair housing notice at the beginning of the real estate section. This serves as the appropriate notice for all real estate ads in that edition of the newspaper. For displ
