Pat
Home Buyer
Belleville, IL

I recently made an offer on a house, through my buyers agent, and it was accepted. However, there was a pending contingency offer from another buyer. While waiting to see if this other offer was going to be accepted, I found another house and wanted to make an offer on it. My agent informed me that I couldn't, because if the other buyers contingency bid fell through, I'd be legally bound to my offer on the first house.
Can this possibly be true? Are my hands tied because a seller accepted my offer in the event that his first offer fell through? Thank you.