Due Diligence and Real Estate Ethics

[Andrew Major]

So I have a New York State (Jefferson County) house with agreed upon price between my agent and the sellers. However the other agent is dragging her feet on getting us the purchase contract returned with signatures. She is definitely being unethical because the house is still listed as available on the MLS. What can I do?

[Scott Wolf]

Originally posted by @Brad Baker:

@Andrew Major

It's very hard to say what's going on and if she is being unethical. The agent is working for the client and it may be the client who is being difficult. Maybe the client is out of state, elderly, works an odd schedule, or just plain difficult to work with. In SC our offers have expirations so you could press them on that.

I agree. I don't know how long they've been dragging, but you can say my offer expires on Friday if we don't get a P&S.

Good luck!