Property Sale - Advice

[SSG1000]

Hi all,

My house sold pre-COVID but the deal fell through post-COVID as a result of the purchaser's mortgage being changing by their lender. I since changed my estate agent (due to the original agent doing half a job and ignoring incoming queries to view my property).

I recently received an email from the original purchasers with a new offer on my property following a new mortgage offer, which I'm strongly considering. Can I sell my property without engaging my new estate agent, or will the offer have to go through them?

[dogz]

The original agent found you the buyer so the commission should go to them - if they hear of the sale and you don't tell them, they will rightly come after the commission from you

I would bet agent 2, if already engaged, will try and claim the commission or a slice of it

Best of luck

[SSG1000]

dogz said:

The original agent found you the buyer so the commission should go to them - if they hear of the sale and you don't tell them, they will rightly come after the commission from you

I would bet agent 2, if already engaged, will try and claim the commission or a slice of it

Best of luck

Thanks for the reply!

Estate Agent A listed the property for close to 42 weeks. The contract with them has been signed off and all fee's paid approx 3 weeks ago.

So even if that's the case I could still be liable for double commission?

[JulianPH]

SSG1000 said:

Thanks for the reply!

Estate Agent A listed the property for close to 42 weeks. The contract with them has been signed off and all fee's paid approx 3 weeks ago.

So even if that's the case I could still be liable for double commission?

If you would like to send me a copy of the contract I can let you know. Anything else is purely speculative.

[anonymous-user]

SSG1000 said:

So even if that's the case I could still be liable for double commission?

You need to read both agency contracts very carefully, because potentially the answer to your question is "yes".

[SSG1000]

JulianPH said:

If you would like to send me a copy of the contract I can let you know. Anything else is purely speculative.

Much appreciated Julian, have dropped you a message!

[eliot]

I was in discussions with a private individual when i was putting my house on with an agent - there was a box on the contract that i could put his name into, thereby avoiding paying commission to the agent for a "client" that i was already in discussion with.

[anonymous-user]

I would guess that EA2 will try to get paid but will back down when you refuse.

[JulianPH]

SSG1000 said:

JulianPH said:

If you would like to send me a copy of the contract I can let you know. Anything else is purely speculative.

Much appreciated Julian, have dropped you a message!

You have mail mate!