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Originally Posted by zacsoccer6
Have never been to an open house on either of the times we were looking at a house. Only person who appears at the house when we are there is... my agent.
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There's 2 different things here an open house and a showing.
An open house is just that. The listing agent (seller's agent) markets the property and says at X date and time we are having an open house. People can come by whenever they want (during the specified time frame obviously) and view the home. Most seller's agents do this to try and drum up new business (hence why you sign in and give contact info for them to follow up with you on) and maybe even double end the transaction (keep the full 6% versus splitting it with the buyers agent).
A showing is setup between the seller's agent and the buyers agent. It's a specified time that the buyers agent sets up for their client (the buyer) to view the house.