Unsatisfied with my realtor. Can I switch, despite contract?
My fiance and I have been searching for a house for about 6 months. In the beginning, our realtor was very helpful and flexible, but I feel she may be playing games with us now. After looking at 4 or 5 houses, we found one we were interested in and viewed it 2 seperate times. The 2nd time, there was another couple inside the house with their realtor at the same time we were there. Knowing that others were interested in the house, we rushed to complete our pre-approval,, but just as we were ready to make our offer, our realtor went out of town.
Just recently, we found another house we were interested in, only this one was listed through a seperate realtor than the one we go through. Staying loyal to our realtor, I called her to tell her we were interested in seeing this house. Since our pre-approval had expired, we had to do another one before we could make an offer on the house. When the time came to make the offer, she said she couldn't get ahold of the realtor who was selling the
house. She said she had no other contact information for the realtor and we would have to wait until they called her back or responded to her e-mail. Not wanting to wait around, I did a search for the realtor on the internet and found two contact numbers within minutes. Needless to say, I contacted the other realtor myself and he explained to me that there was already another offer on the house and he thought the chances of it going through were really good. Having heard this, I called my realtor to ask her if we could make our offer immediately, but she said because of the weather we wold have to wait another day. By the next morning, she called to tell us the other persons offer went through. Not believing what I'd heard, I called the other realtor and he didn't say anyone's offer had gone through, all he said was there were now TWO offers on the house and we would have to be put on a waiting list before we could make our offer.
I signed a contract with this realtor saying I
would only go through her, but now I'm changing my mind. First of all, she shouldn't have shown us a house while another couple was looking at it, and secondly, she should have moved faster when it came time for us to make an offer. I also do not appreciate the fact that her story and the story of the other realtor did not match up.
What should I do?
Don - Why have we taken so long? Maybe because buying a house isn't something you just jump into. The first few houses we looked at were complete dumps. It just so happens to be that we've only found 2 houses worth making an offer on. Yes, our realtor may be very busy, but it is her job to close deals on houses .. that's how she makes her money. I don't recall telling any of my customers at my job that I am too busy to fulfill their requests, that's just bad customer service.