At its most basic definition, a showing is a private viewing of your home and an open house is a more public one. In a showing, a buyer's agent reserves a time for their client(s) to privately tour your home. In an open house, the house is open for buyers to come by and walk through at their leisure.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Starting this week, most home shoppers will need to sign contracts with agents to view properties for sale, binding them to paying their own commissions if they can't get a seller to cover it.
time showing agreement is a contract between a real estate seller and an agent who does not represent the seller but has a potential buyer interested in viewing the property. This document grants the agent the right to show the property to the interested buyer for a single occasion.