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I was selling my house and signed with a realtor. One day a buyer's agent was showing my house to a couple for the 2nd time. When I came home I was very excited and called the buyer's agent, she had left her card.
The next day My realtor called me and said he and the other realtor were upset. He said I am not allowed to call the buyer's realtors that showed my house, I could only get updates from him.
Is this true? |
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You're paying the commission, you have a right to call the shots. I think your agent was out of line. The buyer's agent, of course, does not owe you any of the fiduciary duties -- obedience to your instructions, keeping what you say confidential etc. All the buyer's agent owes you is honest treatment. Of course it does work out better, most times, if you let your agent be the contact with other parties -- that's part of what you hired him for. And it'd work best if you did get your updates from him. Talking directly to prospective buyers, or their agents, you could accidently say something that might work against you later in the negotiations. But "not allowed"? I think that's a lot of nerve. Your agent could have explained all that in a much pleasanter fashion and left the decision about how to handle things in the future up to you. |
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Edith
Originally published on August 5, 2007 |
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