What happens to your listing when you change estate agent?

[ROYGBIVain]

I’m selling my house and currently on Zoopla and rightmove with my current estate agent who hasn’t been great. Have given them notice and will be using a different estate agent. Has anyone done this, and is your house listed as a ‘new’ listing in these circumstances, going to the top of the queue again?

Yes it will be listed as a new property. When changing the agent I would recommend going on at a new price and new angles of photos.

Thank you! I tried googling it but all it came up with was a 14 week rule of it having to be off the site before it can show as new again on Rightmove - not sure what that was about then?

Worth pointing out if you switch agents and the first agent did a viewing and then you swapped to another agent and that same couple viewed again and made an offer with the second agent you may find the first agent will claim fees for the introduction, Nearly fell over this one when selling my Mum retirement flat. The offer came on the second viewing with a different agency. Only got away with it as the contract with the EA was under different name

According to Rightmove FAQ it doesn’t appear as a new listing unless it has been off the market for 14 weeks so I’m not sure you will get a new listing just from changing EA.

If you reduce the price by 2% or more then Rightmove automatically sends alerts out re the new price. Though 2% isn’t a very big reduction & EAs may suggest a higher reduction if the property is failing to sell. The main reason a house doesn’t sell is that it is priced too high for the current market.

I changed agent, left the 1st one on the Friday, listed with the new one on the Tuesday and immediately went live with Rightmove, we didn't have to wait 14 weeks, went on at the same price as well. Good luck, I hope it goes well for you, we got where we wanted, so it will happen for you.

Something to be aware of @ROYGBIVain is that buyers can now track the history of listings and price reductions by using Property Log extension on the Rightmove website.

www.propertylog.net/

Thank you, that’s great to hear! Fingers crossed I get somewhere quickly with the new one too, their marketing and photography looks fantastic