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do estate agents black list

we put an offer in for a home, had a full survey found several faults but while waiting for a builder to quote on the repairs, we found by chance the estate agents still had the home up for sale behind our back.

we were angry we wasted all that money and with the estate agents and we pulled out.

now when we phone other estate agents in the area to make an appoint to view other places they never call back.

do you think we may be blacklisted and what can we do about it.

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  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    julie88 wrote: »
    we put an offer in for a home, had a full survey found several faults but while waiting for a builder to quote on the repairs, we found by chance the estate agents still had the home up for sale behind our back.

    we were angry we wasted all that money and with the estate agents and we pulled out.

    now when we phone other estate agents in the area to make an appoint to view other places they never call back.

    do you think we may be blacklisted and what can we do about it.

    1: they can continue to market it, you havent signed contracts. You should've insisted it was taken off if your offer accepted.
    2: They can in theory, their contract is with the seller not with you. So if the seller found out that potential buyers were being excluded they may have a case - you dont
    3: Nothing in reality, as how can you prove it?
  • freeisgood
    freeisgood Posts: 554 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    It is not up to the estate agent to still market the property, but the vendors decision. The agent is just following the vendors instructions. What did the vendor say? Did they promise they would remove the property from the market while you did all this stuff or was it just an assumption by you?
  • julie88_2
    julie88_2 Posts: 87 Forumite
    guest 101

    we were told it would be off the market and offer accepted, fully agree they can continue to market it. But its the fact they did not tell us.

    point 3 is what i was wondering, as any one heard of this before.
  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Why did you pull out? It's something that can be easily fixed, second thoughts spring to mind.
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Timewasters do tend to get known after a bit.
    Friend of mine is an EA and most of them in the area know who they are.
  • Callie22
    Callie22 Posts: 3,444 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    I really doubt that any estate agent would be that organised, certainly our experience was that they were just generally useless.
  • Gonzo1987
    Gonzo1987 Posts: 1,208 Forumite
    Agent's don't share their applicant lists with other agents. So no. You're not blacklisted.
  • julie88_2
    julie88_2 Posts: 87 Forumite
    thanks for the replies
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