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Unethical seller agent or are we naive?

BayHouse Credit Forum: Real Estate: Unethical seller agent or are we naive?
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Dorothy Cox (Dot)

Friday, August 25, 2000 - 06:14 pm Click here to edit this post
We put in an offer for a house in the SF Bay area for $1000 over the asking price. We were the only offer at the offer deadline. Our agent was allowed to present the offer to the seller and her agent, but they gave her a hard time, questioning the truthfulness of her statements and her representation of our financial worth. We believe that the questions were discriminatory. Our mortgage broker called the seller's agent and clarified the financial matters but several hours later the seller's agent called our agent to let her know that the seller was not accepting our offer (even though she had no other offers) because she wanted more money. We think she had been hoping for one of the bidding wars that are common in this area or that she did not want to sell her house to us because of her assumptions of our race (but she did not want to say that outright.) Any suggestions for complaints, etc.?

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Christine Baker (Admin)

Monday, September 18, 2000 - 01:27 am Click here to edit this post
I'll try this again. I remember responding in Calgary, must have shut down the computer before posting.

Anyway, in a case like this you want to try to get as much as possible in writing and then you follow up to see what happened.

If they sell to someone else for less, you might have a case. Discrimination is often very difficult to prove.

Have your agent send WRITTEN (fax or e-mail) inquiries every week or two, stating that you're still interested. If you don't get a response, keep trying. Keep fax receipts, record any VM messages.

It sure is odd to see an offer of $1,000 over asking price not accepted. Keep us posted!


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