04-16-2009, 02:46 PM
WHiiP wrote:
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Am i missing something?
When a seller agrees to go through an agent are they forbidden to sell the property themselves anymore?
Yes, until the listing expires. However, if the eventual buyer was shown the house while it was listed, the the agent comes into play again. If you have someone who might be interested before listing with the agent, then you can have them excluded from the contract, thus making a sale to them possible.
YMMV.
Ahhh.. ok. Nowadays these home listings online are all available to the public and are so detailed in info and pictures and "virtual tours". I was wondering how all this is not counter-productive to the selling agent. How they protected themselves from being cut out of the commission.
I was surprised to see info about how long a property has been sitting on the market and the previous selling price right there in the listing with the exact address. Thanks for the info.