I don't know whether or not this is a legal issue, but it is definitely unethical for the realtor to give away something you paid for. I would contact the local realtors association and the agents broker.
Since they didn't buy and walked the Realtor received no commissionI would be very mad, too. Maybe see if the person is willing to chip in half. or if your idiot Realtor will knock $450 off the commission they make from you...
I'd be ticked too but would have gladly shared it for 1/2 the fee. If nothing else, this should be your ticket to end all relations with this realtor. Tell her based on her misassumption, you are requesting release from your contract with her effective immediately. If she has a boss, let them know why. I would not waste another month with her, you have lost enough buying time with her mishandling your business.
I spoke with the realtor on the phone, she explained she thought I would be fine with it since the sellers realtor had already seen the report and gotten to review it when we were negotiating our deal. So according to her, he already had a copy from when we were negotiating with him. She explained to me that she will tell him he does not have our permission to use it or share it with the new buyer, but she also said she could not be sure he had not already done that. I told her I was emailing the inspector and she got all upset about that. So she must have known she was wrong to share it. I am guessing both realtors know that.
All of our inspections were ours & ours alone. No copies were given to anyone else. My own realtors were never even privy to them unless we chose to show them for concessions. When we sold 3 times, we never saw inspection reports.Have read only the first page of responses. When we have had inspections done, copies have gone to us, our realtor, and the seller. When we have sold houses, we've received copies of all inspections done by the prospective buyers (as we should...). One time, our initial buyers backed out (not due to a problem with the house, but rather a personal finance issue). After that, our realtor told us we were OBLIGED to share that inspection report with any other buyers...it was information we had about the house that we HAD to share with other buyers. Made sense to me. Personally, I would NOT be bothered by what the agent did. Inspection reports are part of the sunk cost of entering into a real estate transaction.
Have read only the first page of responses. When we have had inspections done, copies have gone to us, our realtor, and the seller. When we have sold houses, we've received copies of all inspections done by the prospective buyers (as we should...). One time, our initial buyers backed out (not due to a problem with the house, but rather a personal finance issue). After that, our realtor told us we were OBLIGED to share that inspection report with any other buyers...it was information we had about the house that we HAD to share with other buyers. Made sense to me.
Personally, I would NOT be bothered by what the agent did. Inspection reports are part of the sunk cost of entering into a real estate transaction.
I paid 450 for a home inspection on a home we wanted to buy. Turns out the home had a slew of problems, including structural problems and a leak "under the slab". We walked. Well, I got an email from my idiot realtor today, which cc'd the realtor who was selling THAT home asking if we minded letting the new buyer have our inspection report. I ,of course, said no let them pay their own 450. I hate to be a jerk, but I spent my hard earned money getting that report and I am out that money. It is gone. Why would anyone give it over for free? Got another email from the realtor apologizing, she had already sent it over and didn't think we would mind. Is that even legal? The end of October cannot come soon enough. Is this a normal thing to do? I have never heard of anyone doing that before. I am mad that my 450 bucks is going to someone else's profit.