With the holiday season comes the traditional wave of corporate gift-giving to foster goodwill among company clients and friends. But for the real estate industry, the issue is complicated by RESPA and state anti-rebating laws, as mortgage, real estate and title companies have been fined by regulators and taken to court over their holiday parties and gifts to industry associates. In this special report, we examine what the rules allow when it comes to gifts and what is strictly prohibited.

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