{"id":919,"date":"2007-01-20T21:34:50","date_gmt":"2007-01-21T04:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=919"},"modified":"2007-01-20T21:37:44","modified_gmt":"2007-01-21T04:37:44","slug":"i-told-my-agent-about-the-house-i-wanted-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/919\/i-told-my-agent-about-the-house-i-wanted-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"I Told My Agent About The House I Wanted To Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rob wrote:<\/p>\n

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

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I just<\/u> saw the excellent response from Doug Quance, after writing this one. Decided to go ahead and post mine too – as my answer is a bit different.<\/p>\n

Rob, the issue your current agent seems to be concerned about is called “Procuring Cause<\/a>” – who was the “reason” you chose that particular property. Based on my understanding of how it works – and would be enforced if a subsequent agent were to interfere with an existing relationship – your current broker doesn’t have much to be worried about. There is a vital component of procuring cause that is not evident here and that is usually referred to as an “uninterrupted chain of events<\/a>“. Also, taking into consideration the fact that the listing agent encouraged you to get your own agent, my take on this is it would be totally alright for your current agent to write the offer on the house you want.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t have any way of knowing what the listing agent’s commission would be if she wrote the offer or if it was written by another agent, so can’t answer that Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":[12,11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-ask-the-broker","7":"category-dual-agency","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":918,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/918\/ask-the-broker-why-is-my-agent-steering-me-away-from-this-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":919,"position":0},"title":"Ask The Broker – Why Is My Agent Steering Me Away From This House?","author":"Doug Quance","date":"January 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"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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