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Scoodle
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Hello all.
We have been trying to buy a house and were shown around by the original estate agent who had also tried to negotiate a mid-way price between what the sellers were looking for and we believed its true value to be. Just as we were about to put in our first offer, the seller moved it to another estate agent.
The agent we had been dealing with made it clear to both us and the seller that they should handle any subsequent offers and negotiations if it involved us as he had been the one to introduce us and had been very involved at trying to find a compromise purchase price for both parties, and we were ok with this.
When we came to make our first offer - roughly 3 weeks after it had changed agents - we asked the new agent to confirm who we should be dealing with. When they replied "Us - we have sole rights now", I asked them to contact the original agent to confirm and agree this as we understood they obviously felt differently. He refused, insisting it wasn't necessary. A few days later I asked again, more insistent this time. The 'negotiator' said he'd check with his manager and call me back. This he did (well, he called me back anyway...) maintaining the same line - "confirmed - it's all ours, we don't need to involve the old agent and offers should be placed via us".
Before we go any further, can anyone clarify, please?
Thank you.
We have been trying to buy a house and were shown around by the original estate agent who had also tried to negotiate a mid-way price between what the sellers were looking for and we believed its true value to be. Just as we were about to put in our first offer, the seller moved it to another estate agent.
The agent we had been dealing with made it clear to both us and the seller that they should handle any subsequent offers and negotiations if it involved us as he had been the one to introduce us and had been very involved at trying to find a compromise purchase price for both parties, and we were ok with this.
When we came to make our first offer - roughly 3 weeks after it had changed agents - we asked the new agent to confirm who we should be dealing with. When they replied "Us - we have sole rights now", I asked them to contact the original agent to confirm and agree this as we understood they obviously felt differently. He refused, insisting it wasn't necessary. A few days later I asked again, more insistent this time. The 'negotiator' said he'd check with his manager and call me back. This he did (well, he called me back anyway...) maintaining the same line - "confirmed - it's all ours, we don't need to involve the old agent and offers should be placed via us".
Before we go any further, can anyone clarify, please?
Thank you.