Renting and looking to buy / same agent - bad idea??

[RaisingMissDaisy]

I am currently renting as didn't want to complicate our sale by being in a chain. Sale now completed and have started looking for place to buy. I have been looking at a property that is being marketed by the same agent as the one I am renting with. I am worried if I contact them they will alert my landlord about the fact that I might potentially be wanting to move out soon and then my landlord might in turn want to start looking for a new tenant straight away, although i am only in the very early stages of potentially moving out and realistically it will probably not happen for months and months? So in a nutshell my question is: should i avoid properties that are with the agent I am renting through, as they (rental agent) might alert my landlord about the fact I might be moving in the nearish future?

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We are currently buying our first house through the same agent we are renting through.

This did cross my mind as we don't intend to give notice on our tenancy until we have completed on the house, we don't want the LL to know. However their rental and sales departments are separate - I don't think the sales team would necessarily know we rent through them unless they specifically went looking for that info. And I'd like to think that even if they are aware that they would not pass it on to the LL - feels like that would be a data breach of some kind?

We bought a house via the agent we were renting through. It didn’t cause an issue although was a few years ago.

Agents just want a sale. You moving out of rented won’t inconvenience them. If anything it’d be a win win as they’d be able to charge the landlord for finding new tenants.

If they are advertising a house you like, go and see it.

I don't think they'd care? Rental and sales are often two different teams (in some agents here they are physically in two different offices!). They'd probably ask your current position and you can just say you're renting.

Sorry, didn't realise there had been responses! Thank you! :-)