{"id":918,"date":"2007-01-20T20:51:34","date_gmt":"2007-01-21T03:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=918"},"modified":"2007-01-20T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2007-01-21T03:54:30","slug":"ask-the-broker-why-is-my-agent-steering-me-away-from-this-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/918\/ask-the-broker-why-is-my-agent-steering-me-away-from-this-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask The Broker – Why Is My Agent Steering Me Away From This House?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After moving to the area and looking around at properties for a while, I saw one place I was interested in and contacted the seller’s agent directly. She agreed to show me the property, and since she was located out of town encouraged me to find a local agent who could show me more things in the area. After looking for a while with another agent and not finding much that I was interested in, I told him about this place that I had already seen and we went and looked at it together.<\/em><\/p>\n

My question:
\n-Is there any reason that my agent would like me to buy another property instead of this one? Is the sellers agent entitled to more of the commission? I get the impression that he was hesitant to show me this property again and that he is trying to steer me toward other places.<\/em><\/p>\n

-Also, would it be unreasonable to ask that he reduce his commission since I was the one that found this place?<\/em><\/p>\n

You have a small predicament here that I’ll try to explain.<\/p>\n

The listing agent who showed you the first property did so in the interest of selling her listing… but not to pick you up as a client, as you are geographically undesirable… hence why she recommended you find a local agent who could show you more listings.<\/p>\n

When she showed you the property, she became the procuring cause of your interest in purchasing the property… and as such, she might try to deny a commission to the subsequent agent who has been showing you properties that you don’t want to buy.<\/p>\n

The reason why this subsequent agent is hesitant to show you that property again is that he fears he will not get paid to represent you… which may happen should he write an offer and take you through to closing.<\/p>\n

If I were the listing agent, I would pay the new agent… and so would Bloodhound Broker Greg Swann, as well as many other brokers. Ultimately, we want our listings sold, and many Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After moving to the area and looking around at properties for a while, I saw one place I was interested in and contacted the seller’s agent directly. She agreed to show me the property, and since she was located out of town encouraged me to find a local agent who could show me more things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-ask-the-broker","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":919,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/919\/i-told-my-agent-about-the-house-i-wanted-to-buy\/","url_meta":{"origin":918,"position":0},"title":"I Told My Agent About The House I Wanted To Buy","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"January 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Rob wrote: After moving to the area and looking around at properties for a while, I saw one place I was interested in and contacted the seller 's agent directly. 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