Folks, we recently went to a new construction showing by appointment and it completely slipped my mind to let the showing agent know beforehand that I have a realtor. We like the house but now the selling agent is saying the NJ law doesn’t allow us to work with our realtor but with this him. Ofcourse this guy will have his vested interest in selling the house. What are my options in this case? NJ market
Mentor
Tell your realtor you did this and have them deal with it.
Dunno about NJ law but in general you don’t want the selling agent to be the buying agent (conflict of interest) and unless you signed some working agreement you shouldn’t be bound to the selling agent
Is this law real?
I think the selling agent is making that up
I’d bet a lot of money it’s BS. If you want to make an offer, just do it through your new agent. Selling agent is required by law to show it to seller.
Never heard of a law like this. There are scenarios where an agent can have rights to commission but this doesn’t look to be one. Talk to your agent and let them sort it through their brokerage.
Thanks folks. Yeah seem more of an arrangement. Seller agent def wants more commission. I can just let me agent figure this out. Thanks!!