Looking for an intermediary to buy a house, who will pay the agency fee?

Legal analysis: In the house transaction, the agency fee is generally borne by the buyer and the seller, and of course it is also borne by the seller in full. There is no strict restriction on who will bear the agency fee, as long as all parties reach an agreement.

Legal basis: Notice of the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Construction on real estate intermediary service charges.

Article 2 Real estate intermediary service charges are important operational service charges in the real estate trading market. Intermediary service institutions shall accept voluntary entrustment based on the principles of rationality, openness, honesty and credit, and both parties shall sign a contract, and the intermediary service institutions shall negotiate with the entrusting party to determine the intermediary service fee in accordance with the charging methods and standards stipulated in this notice.

Article 4 A real estate intermediary service institution may, at the request of a client, provide consulting services on real estate policies, regulations and technologies, and charge real estate consulting fees.