Agency
A Louisiana listing agent who knows the listing will expire without a sale and pressures the seller to accept a below-market offer to earn a commission is violating their duty of:
AAccounting
BLoyalty — putting their financial interest above the seller's best interest✓ Correct
CConfidentiality
DDisclosure
Explanation
Pressuring a seller to accept an unfavorable offer for the agent's benefit (to earn commission before expiration) violates the agent's fiduciary duty of loyalty — which requires putting the seller's interests above the agent's own.
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