Property off the market but still on the website

Justcoll

blinko wrote: »

When making an offer and adding the condition that it is taken off the market, how realistic is it that such condition is enforceable in all reality?

This is precisely what we did.

The house we are buying went on Rightmove on the Saturday and I called the agents to request a viewing. They offered one on the Monday as no one was available to show us round before that because the office was closed on Sundays. I told them that work meant we couldn't do that. They asked if we would be happy to be shown around on the Sunday by the vendors if they were happy to do that. They were so we saw it, loved it and they agreed to take it off the market if we asked FAP. I phoned the EA first thing Monday telling them what had been agreed. After confirming this with the vendors he phoned back and agreed not to hold any more viewings.

westv

Justcoll wrote: »

Also, there are some EAs who leave ALL their properties on Rightmove until sold! We experienced this recently when enquiring about a couple of properties with a particular agent. When I asked why they weren't marked 'under offer' she told me that this is done as a service to their clients so that, should the sale fall through, they would have a list of interested buyers for the vendor! A load of tosh, of course - obviously they want to look like the most popular EAs online - but in fact whenever we saw anything marketed by this agent we didn't bother enquiring about it.

westv wrote: »

Seems strange as anyone choosing an agent for selling would be interested in seeing how many of that EA's listed properties were sstc.

Hoploz wrote: »

Not strange at all. It gives you an idea which level of the market their customers tend to be. If your house is 600k but the agent tends to have properties sstc at 200k then they are a different market, and another agent up the road may be more specialist at your higher price range.

Sorry. I don't quite understand what you mean.