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I didn’t know that they can still do open houses on the house you have an accepted offer, contingent on selling your own.

Basically did a Google/Reddit search and didn’t see a whole lot of this topic, so I just wanted to post it for others that might have the same scenario.

We have an offer accepted on a house and in the last week we have done a very thorough inspection, rented a storage unit in preparation for showing our house, and have packed up perhaps a fifth of our home already with the plan to list our home in a few days, five days under our deadline to list (we did all of this within the last 6 days). Tonight after a day of hard labor, we looked at our realtor app (quick/easy way to access house details) and saw that not only was the house not listed as contingent anymore, but there was an open house tomorrow.

Come to find out after a hasty response from our realtor that the app just must not show the house is contingent if there’s an open house. In details that don’t show in the app, our house is still contingent but the open house is still happening. It’s so frustrating - we are exceptionally good buyers with an amazing house in an incredibly desired area that will sell like hotcakes, and now I’m freaking out that someone else will swoop in. We didn’t underball either; the house has been listed for months and we made an offer at their most recent listing price and our offer was accepted within two hours.

I just don’t have any words right now, I’m tired and frustrated. I know this is allowed because we are contingent on the sale of our home, but if I were the sellers of a house that had been on the market for 5 months, I’d just be happy there was genuine interest at asking price. My husband and I are hobbyists and a handyman/woman who intend to enjoy this house and not tear it down to rebuild, unlike the cash offers they’re receiving under asking.

This open house has me completely confused.

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