Can I use Housewolf to sell my house alongside an estate agent?
Yes. If you are already signed with an agent, you can still use housewolf. So long as your contract gives the agent ‘sole agency rights’ rather than the rarer ‘sole selling rights’ then selling your house through an enquiry from housewolf will mean you do not have to pay commission fees. (You do not need a multi-agency agreement, as Housewolf is not an agency, multiagency agreements can be more expensive.) The Office of Fair Trading state in their guide “Using an estate agent to sell your home”, “Sole agency; The estate agent you appoint is the only agent with the right to sell your property. As you are not an agent, if you find a buyer yourself you don’t have to pay the estate agent’s commission.” So if a buyer comes to you through your advert on housewolf, you get to keep your commission. Think of housewolf as rather like a newpaper, you pay a fee to place an advert on our publishing website. By answering your advert the buyer approaches you directly, so you are actually selling the
