Agency
A Vermont agent who receives a material adverse fact from their buyer client during negotiations — that the buyer has already found another property and will offer much less — must:
AImmediately tell the seller's agent
BKeep this information confidential under their fiduciary duty of confidentiality to the buyer client✓ Correct
CWithdraw from the transaction
DReport it to the VREC
Explanation
A buyer's agent owes their client the fiduciary duty of confidentiality, which requires protecting information about the buyer's negotiating position, motivations, and alternatives. This information is not material property fact that must be disclosed to the seller — it is the client's confidential strategy.
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