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Price Dropped on a House We Love - Problem is Our Potential Buyer's Agent is the Seller's Agent

My husband and I just started looking at houses. We have a loan pre-approval and are interviewing buyers agents right now. The agents that we really like and thought we were going to pick are also the agents for the house we like. We haven't finished with the interview process so right now we don't have a backup agent to go with. When I asked what they would do in the case that they represent a house that we like, they said they could refer us to someone else in their group that isn't part of their team.

This is the Bay Area so houses are usually sold within a week of showing them and I feel we need to move quickly if we love this house. I want to make sure our interests are protected. Do you think we should quickly look for other agent to work with or should we ask them for the referral? Also if this house falls through, would we be able to work with them as our agent or would we be stuck with whoever we got in a hurry when trying to get this house?

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