41 CFR § 302-12.2 - Homesale participation requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s302-12.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 302-12.2 - Homesale participation requirements."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-12.2"
section_name: "Homesale participation requirements."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "RESIDENCE TRANSACTION ALLOWANCES"
part_number: "302-12"
part_name: "12—USE OF A RELOCATION SERVICES COMPANY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 5738 and 20 U.S.C. 905(c)."
regulatory_source: "FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "302-12"
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# 302-12.2 Homesale participation requirements.
(a) Employees are required to participate in homesale counseling if they are going to use the RSC. The RSC and/or the agency must provide counseling to help employees understand the process, select a broker, prepare the home for sale, identify an appropriate selling price, set realistic expectations, etc.
(b) Employees are not required to accept a buyout offer from the RSC. Agencies must give employees the option to accept or reject an offer from the relocation services company.