Home Buyer — and Buyer’s Agent — Beware
According to reliable sources (as they say), it’s officially now happened at least twice in the Twin Cities: a homeowner with electronic monitoring eavesdropped on Buyers viewing their home during a showing — and what they overheard influenced their selling decision.
Surprisingly, the overheard comments cut both ways.
So, in one case, a homeowner apparently heard a prospective Buyer disparage their home — they planned a gut renovation — and chose another Buyer.
In another, the eavesdropping owner heard a prospective Buyer gush . . . and decided to work with them.
Presumption of Privacy. Not
At least in this former attorney’s mind, all this begs the question: how long until such Sellers have to formally disclose to Buyers that they’re being monitored?
In the meantime, well-advised Buyers (and their agents) should assume that they are (especially in upper bracket, high-tech homes).
