thanks for all the replies guys. I appreciate it.


One thing i forget to mention,

I signed a 3 month contract with this agent. So i guess I am stuck
with him for another month and half. I have emailed him a detailed
instruction on the house i am looking for and what price range. I have
also strictly stated that under no circumtances will I pay more than
my stated maxium price. I have told him that I am in no rush to buy a
house. So this in friendly terms have told the agent that I am no
longer looking to buy a property through him. I will wait it out for
another month and a half until it expires. Meanwhile I will simply
wait it out i guess let it expire and keep on the look out for another
agent /house


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:18:03 -0600, "John A. Weeks III"
wrote:

In article ,
" CID wrote:

am I correct to say that if they accepted my offer VERBALLY during the
original deal, are they ethically or legally force to go through the
deal?

I don't know about Canadaland, but here in the states, there
is no such thing as a verbal agreement when it comes to real
property. The courts only look at what is in writing, and
sometimes only what has been legally recorded.

do I have any legal ground to raise some hell on this?

No.

Am I right to say the whole thing sounds very suspicious? not able to
contact the owner agent for 2 days.. making my offer wait and wait..
never really be told a final answer? Simple ys or no should be
sufficient. I am not even getting a counter offer, i am simply being
told its being looked at! both offers have now expired!

Yes. First off, I think you are being advised to set your
offers to expire too quickly. Second, you don't trust your
agent, so you should part company. He/she will probably
still get a commission, but I think they are screwing
with you. For example, he said that he couldn't contact
the selling agent...that is BS...that is supposed to be
the communications path.

If it was me, I'd write a brief letter to the agent stating
that you are terminating your representation agreement, you
wish to do not further business, that you are retaining a
different real estate agent, and if the agent thinks that
he has some type of commission coming, that you will be
happy to pay that commissions once you are so ordered to
do so by a court of the proper jurisdiction. If you
signed an agreement you the real estate agent, this letter
will not hold up, but at least it will get his attention.
In the mean time, I'd contact the selling agent, and see
if you can work out a deal. Make sure you are up front
about the scumbag dude that you started working with.

-john-