VA-Realtor Discrimination

[Letitgo]

A year ago I made an offer via realtor (also the broker) in Virginia. The realtor called the seller while I was sitting there and the offer was accepted verbally (according to the realtor). Realtor told me he would overnight the paper offer to seller and get to me. After no call from realtor, I called him. He said the seller has accepted another offer. I told if anything fell thru with the new buyer, to contact me--he never called.

Almost a year later, the house if still for sale. I contacted the seller myself. The seller denied getting my offer and stated that she had not found a buyer yet.

There are number of issues with this particular realtor.
1. He list all of his propertys as exclusive listing--but does not advertising on internet, newspaper of brochures.
2. My initial contact with him, he focused on the type of financing I would be using, and talked negative about FHA loan--which is what I said I would use--I had already been approved for a convential loan 4x the amount this fixer upper cost--but did not feel that was any of his business.
3. Another realtor contacted him to show a one of his properties, but he refused because her company was out of the immediate area--although she lives in this area


Is this some type of discrimination?

Thanks

[elklaw]

I don't see this as discrimination, but more a lack of ethics. The board of realtors usually governs discipline for lapses of ethics like you described. However, it is possible that voice mails never were listened to or passed in the wind, and the other realtor thought something better was out there but it never materialized. I had that happen to me once-- made a decent offer and they pursued a better offer tha never worked out and called me a year later.

[Dan Harrison]

It sounds like the realitor is shopping the contract which in my opinion is unethical. Do they have buyer's agents in your state? This is the route I would take. This is an agent who will look out for your best interest. He/she will be representing you.