Nail that Realtor to the wall....She breached her fiduciary responsibility to you by giving you false data. Sounds like she violated the Realtor's Code Ethics and committed either Actual or Constructive Fraud. File a complaint with her Realtor Association.
See an attorney immediately and sue for the difference and also for punitive and exemplary damages. The misinformation that your Realtor provided you and relied on as fact was wrong causing to overpay, based on the real comps, for the property. Constructive Fraud comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence.
Constructive Fraud: Constructive fraud consists of any breach of duty which, without actual fraudulent intent, gains an advantage to the person in fault, or any one claiming under the person in fault, by misleading another to the prejudice of the person misled, or to the prejudice of anyone claiming under the person misled. In addition, constructive fraud consists of any act or omission that the law specially declares to be fraudulent, without respect to actual fraud. Realtor Code of Ethics: Article 1 When representing a buyer, seller, landlord, tenant, or other client as an agent, REALTORS® pledge themselves to protect and promote the interests of their client.
This obligation to the client is primary, but it does not relieve REALTORS® of their obligation to treat all parties honestly. When serving a buyer, seller, landlord, tenant or other party in a non-agency capacity, REALTORS® remain obligated to treat all parties honestly. Article 2 REALTORS® shall avoid exaggeration, misrepresentation, or concealment of pertinent facts relating to the property or the transaction.
Providing you with wrong information, by mistake (constructive fraud) or on purpose (actual fraud) is subject to legal remedy. Article 12 REALTORS® shall be honest and truthful in their real estate communications and shall present a true picture in their advertising, marketing, and other representations. Practice 12-8 The obligation to present a true picture in representations to the public includes information presented, provided, or displayed on REALTORS®’ websites.
You should have enough sense to start at a low price then increase it if seller does not accept first offer. You are supposed to take into account the comps but not stick to them mindlessly. When she did the comps there asking prices were probably higher, then they had to sell for less.
You hired her to use her best judgment about which comps were the best. She may not have been a good agent.
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