Can She Do That???

[buyorhold]

Ok, so, we have listed our house for sale after interviewing an agent that came recommended by a co-worker.

During the interview, the agent brought up how she has a great team working for her, e.g. holding the open house, taking calls, etc. At the time, we did not think much of it, and since she sold herself so well, we decided to sign with her, remember with HER.

Now, the listing is on MLS, but our listing is someone else, apparently, our agent had someone on her team as our listing agent.

My question is, can she do that? How can her name be on the listing contract, but another person is our agent???

[SD Realtor]

Generally a listing agreement is between you the seller and the broker, (brokerage). All agents actually are under the employ of the broker. So the listing agent may have signed the agreement, however the actual listing really belongs to the broker. (An example would be if that agent went and left the brokerage, the listing would still belong to the broker/brokerage, and would not move with the agent to the new brokerage unless she received permission from her original broker to take it with her and give it to her new broker)

If you are unhappy simply call the broker up and ask the broker to go ahead and have the listing agents name put on the MLS listing because you were under the impression her name would be attached to your listing, not somebody on the team.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Generally a listing agreement is between you the seller and the broker, (brokerage). All agents actually are under the employ of the broker. So the listing agent may have signed the agreement, however the actual listing really belongs to the broker. (An example would be if that agent went and left the brokerage, the listing would still belong to the broker/brokerage, and would not move with the agent to the new brokerage unless she received permission from her original broker to take it with her and give it to her new broker)

If you are unhappy simply call the broker up and ask the broker to go ahead and have the listing agents name put on the MLS listing because you were under the impression her name would be attached to your listing, not somebody on the team.

SD Realtor

[SD Realtor]

Generally a listing agreement is between you the seller and the broker, (brokerage). All agents actually are under the employ of the broker. So the listing agent may have signed the agreement, however the actual listing really belongs to the broker. (An example would be if that agent went and left the brokerage, the listing would still belong to the broker/brokerage, and would not move with the agent to the new brokerage unless she received permission from her original broker to take it with her and give it to her new broker)

If you are unhappy simply call the broker up and ask the broker to go ahead and have the listing agents name put on the MLS listing because you were under the impression her name would be attached to your listing, not somebody on the team.

SD Realtor

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