Are Agents Allowed To Lie About Viewings

esault

Hi,
Our house has suddenly (and suspiciously) started having a lot of viewings ever since we told the estate agents we were thinking of taking the house off of the market.
We usually get an email to confirm a viewing of our property, however sometimes we don't get these emails.
Also, after these viewings, we never seem to be able to get any feedback from the estate agents.
I was just wondering if estate agents are allowed to lie about viewings. Fed up of tidying up the house to find out noone has viewed,
Anyone else had the same problem?
Thanks!

davidmcn

In these days of webcams etc, it would seem hazardous for agents to lie about viewings which aren't happening at all. If you want to meet these viewers yourselves then why not just stay in?

TN1984

Before we had an offer on our property, we had 6 viewers, which I know all turned up as we were there for each viewing. Only 2 of those viewers provided any feedback to the agents, so I wouldn't assume no feedback equals no viewing. A lot of people don't do it, perhaps as it was just wasn't right for them and they don't want to have that conversation.

robatwork

No more than they lie about anything else.

googler

Are viewers allowed to lie to agents?

PasturesNew

They might; they might not. It could be an agent who makes a 'viewing' at yours so he can meet a mate for a burger up the road.... who knows.

The only way you'll know is if you monitor the property, bug it, or set up a camera, or, get a neighbour to look out the window and report back what they see.

AdrianC

So who's doing these viewings? Actors...?

Or are you thinking they're simply lying and nobody's viewing? Wouldn't that be a rather substantial risk of being caught?

Occam's Razor says that it's simply that now Xmas and NY are out the way, people are starting to look again...

DCFC79

Just set up a camera or your phone to record just before you go out/just before the time for the viewings.

lookstraightahead

House buying and selling is just one big long set of lies. Like a story written by the brothers Grimm.

kinger101

It's possible they're trying to funnel lots of viewers whom the property is not suitable for. When I was searching, I'd regular get phone calls about properties which matched none of my criteria, and would repeatedly have to tell them "don't call me, I'll call you".

Regardless, hardly anyone leaves feedback.

Spriggan

When I was flat hunting we probably ended up seeing about 50 places and I gave feedback on a very small fraction of those. It becomes exhausting to have endless phone calls saying ‘no, just not what we’re looking for’. I realise that can be frustrating for sellers, but I found I rarely had anything constructive to say.