Made an offer on a house, another agent still has it up for sale? (Shared Ownership)

[ArfaStone]

DH and I made an offer on a Shared Ownership house on Friday, offer was accepted and changed to Sold both on Rightmove and on the board outside.

House was previously on with a different agent, but THEIR board was taken down a week ago and changed for our estate agent.

Checked Rightmove today and it's still on with original agent AND they've erected (snigger) another board today. So on one side it says SOLD and the other FOR SALE. Madness.

Can they do this?

Our application is yet to be sent to the Housing Association for allocation (just getting all the necessary paperwork together) so it's not officially ours yet. Can the other agent still market it until it's been allocated to us?

(tried to call original agent today but no one will return my calls!)

[CrapBag]

We have recently sold a shared ownership house. It is not a done deal until the HA approve you. The first person who applied for ours didn't get it because she didn't qualify. The second person got it but the process took 3 weeks for him to be approved and the house wasn't taken off the market until he got the say so from the HA. We did stop viewings despite frequent requests from the EAs but there is always a chance a buyer won't be approved so it isn't sold until the HA says so.

I would phone the EA you have gone through and get them to ask the vendor why the house is up with someone else.

[LottyLikesWindows]

Until the surveys etc are booked, it isn't unusual that the property is still on the market, in case your offer falls through. I think EA used to mark this as under offer, until the process is further down the line (as opposed to sold).

Good luck OP.