When a buyer and a seller sign a house sale agreement through a real estate agency, they shall conduct a property right investigation and verify the transaction information. In addition, buyers and sellers should also confirm important contract terms such as transaction amount, delivery time and transfer period.
Don't believe in false propaganda and false promises.
Driven by interests, real estate agents often make all kinds of false promises, the purpose of which is nothing more than competing for customer resources, facilitating the transaction as soon as possible and collecting commissions. Buyers and sellers can consult professionals without knowing the truth of their propaganda and promises.
3. Sign the contract carefully, leaving no blank.
When signing the agreement, the buyers and sellers of the house and the real estate agent should avoid leaving blank clauses, and use ""or "X" instead when they don't fill in, so as to avoid the real estate agent from tampering with the contract privately. Even if there are other agreements between buyers and sellers of houses and real estate agents, they should be made in writing, not just verbally.
4. Request to explain the standard contract and standard terms.
Real estate agencies often make the signed housing sales agency agreements into pre-drawn format contracts and format clauses, and both buyers and sellers are not very professional and do not understand the meaning of relevant clauses. According to the relevant provisions of the law, real estate intermediary companies, as providers of standard contracts, have the obligation and responsibility to actively explain the standard terms. When the real estate intermediary company can't explain clearly, the buyer and the seller must let the real estate intermediary company take the initiative to explain the relevant format terms to avoid falling into a passive predicament.
5. Refuse to sign "overlord contract" and "overlord clause"
Real estate agents usually increase the responsibilities of buyers and sellers and reduce their own responsibilities through format contracts and format clauses, which are "overlord contracts" and "overlord clauses", such as clauses that only stipulate the liabilities of buyers and sellers for breach of contract but not the liabilities of intermediaries.
6. Keep the originals, receipts and invoices.
When the buyer and the seller sign the house sales agency agreement with the real estate agency, they should make two copies, keeping the original, and the signature should be sealed by the agency. When paying the deposit, house purchase price or other taxes and fees, the real estate agency shall be required to provide an official invoice or a receipt stamped with the official seal of the real estate agency, and the reasons for payment shall be stated.
How to calculate the agency fee for selling a house?
1. If the intermediary company fails to facilitate the signing of the sales contract (agreement) between the buyer and the seller, it has no right to collect the agency fee. But it is worth noting that intermediary companies can ask for appropriate service fees.
2. The intermediary company facilitated the buyers and sellers to sign the sales contract (agreement), but it was not because of the intermediary company that the buyers and sellers could not perform the contract and complete the transaction. Intermediary companies still have the right to charge agency fees, but they should be lowered as appropriate.
3. The intermediary company facilitated the buyer and the seller to sign the sales contract (agreement), but because of the intermediary company, the buyer and the seller failed to perform the contract to complete the transaction, and the intermediary company has no right to charge the intermediary fee.
How much is the real estate agency fee?
1. At present, the agency fee is generally charged at 2.7% of the total house price, including 2.2% agency fee and 0.5% guarantee service fee (guarantee fee). Small intermediary companies generally charge 1- 1.5%, and sometimes they can charge as much as they can if they can't receive it, because they all collect their own net income.
2. Although a few particularly complicated residential brokerage services are stipulated by the competent authorities, they can be appropriately floated on the basis of the prescribed charging standards with the consent of both parties to the transaction, and the floating range shall not exceed 10%. However, in practice, some intermediary companies regard transactions as "particularly complicated transactions" and loosely regard transactions with loans as complicated transactions, charging an intermediary fee of 2.2%. The agent of the intermediary company said: What is a complex transaction is not clearly defined. Our company charges an intermediary fee according to complex transactions.
3. At present, housing agencies including Zhongyuan Real Estate, Wheat Field Real Estate, Xinzun Real Estate and Zhong Da Henderson Real Estate all charge 2.7% agency fee. Only a few real estate agents charge 2.2%-2.5% economic service fees. For example, in idy real estate, the company stipulates that if the buyer needs to apply for a loan, the agency fee is 2.5%. If the buyer does not need a loan, there is room for further negotiation. Another example is Yuyu Real Estate. At present, its second-hand housing service fee is 2%.