Yes — you can switch realtors on a presale. Your Contract of Purchase and Sale is between you and the developer. It does not tie you to the agent who wrote it. If you have no active written listing agreement in force right now, you are free to hire whoever you want to sell your assignment or guide you to completion.
I get this call constantly, and it is almost always the same story: the agent who sold you the presale two or three years ago has stopped replying. They have moved on to new launches, or they simply do not want the assignment listing — assignments are slower, more paperwork, developer-dependent, and there is no guarantee of a sale. A lot of agents have quietly stopped taking them.
I have not. Presale contracts are the only thing I do. I've helped 450+ families buy more than $200M in new homes over five years, with only 2 defaults.
Switching does not restart or jeopardize anything with the developer. Developers care about who the assignee is and whether their consent conditions and fees are met — not which brokerage represents you.
Yes. Your purchase contract is with the developer, not with a brokerage. It does not lock you into one agent for a future assignment sale or for completion support. As long as no written listing agreement is currently in force, you can hire whoever you want.
Usually no. The agent who represented you on the original purchase was typically paid by the developer at the time of that sale — that transaction closed and was paid years ago. An assignment sale is a separate transaction with its own listing agreement and its own commission. The exception is an assignment listing agreement that is still in force: check its expiry date and any holdover clause, and ask the brokerage for a written release if you are unsure.
Put your request in writing — email is fine — and ask for either an update or a release from any listing agreement. Keep the paper trail. If there is no agreement in force, you do not need their permission at all; just move. Then send me the file and I will pick it up from there.
Later, not too late — but the clock matters. Once the developer issues a completion notice your window to assign narrows sharply, and the conversation shifts to whether you can complete, extend, or need to sell quickly. If your completion date is inside six months, call this week rather than next month.
Four things: the original Contract of Purchase and Sale, the Disclosure Statement and any amendments, your deposit receipts, and any listing agreement currently in place. I read the assignment clause, confirm the developer's current consent and marketing position, price it against today's developer price list, and tell you honestly whether assigning is your best move. No charge for that review.
No. Consent is about the incoming buyer and the developer's own conditions and fees. Changing representation does not affect a consent request that is already in motion.
Call or text me directly at +1 (778) 231-3592, or book a free 15-minute call. I represent buyers and assignors — never developers.