No. It is against the data protection act for the agent to provide the information without the express permission of the owner regardless of whether the information is easily obtainable. That was the point I was making. Without the owners permission, I as an agent (hypothetically) wouldn’t go sending out copies of the lease to someone just because they may want to make an offer - on what basis does the agent have any reason to trust that person will act responsibly with the information regardless of who they are? The owner is the agents client and it is by their instruction that the agent must act.i wouldn’t want a copy of my lease entering less inbox and that ending up on the internet for others to see. Regardless of what’s in it.
Of course, if it is the instruction of the owner that the lease is not divulged until such a time as an offer is made, then that should be made clear to the potential buyer. It goes both ways - and trust in the buying / selling game is one of the hardest things to nurture and easiest things to loose - hence lots of people are very cautious (I.e, with leases in this instance) right from the get go.
