Intermediary services mainly include:
1, see the house
Step 2 talk about the price
Step 3 sign a contract
4. Assist in handling taxes and transfers.
5. Assist in completing various delivery procedures.
6. Help you understand all the processes and answer questions.
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According to the "Special Report on Complaints in the Field of Housing and Home Furnishing" issued by China Consumers Association, four major problems of housing agency were exposed, including the serious phenomenon of arbitrary charges, the existence of overlord clauses, illegal operation in the process of fund supervision, and concealment of the real situation of the house.
For consumers who buy stock houses, most of them will choose to go through housing agencies. In some first-tier cities, the volume of stock houses has surpassed that of new houses and become the main body of market supply. As an important intermediate link of stock house transaction, intermediary service affects the smooth degree of house transaction.
According to the analysis of complaints received by the National Consumers Association, the problems existing in intermediary services mainly include:
First, the phenomenon of unreasonable charges by housing agencies is more serious. For example, a high service guarantee fee is charged, but the rights and interests of consumers are not really protected after charging. The service guarantee fee includes the content of property guarantee, with the aim of ensuring the smooth delivery of property by buyers and sellers. However, in practice, some consumers reported that the intermediary charged the service guarantee fee, but it could not guarantee the smooth delivery of the property.
Second, there are unreasonable clauses in the housing agency contract. For example, "if one party breaches the contract, the breaching party will compensate a certain amount of liquidated damages, and the expenses incurred during the transaction and the commissions and service fees of both parties will be deducted from the liquidated damages", that is to say, if the seller breaches the contract, the buyer will still take part of the liquidated damages as an intermediary fee.
Third, in the process of fund supervision, some intermediaries operate illegally, instead of banks to supervise funds for buyers, and collect the purchase money of buyers into their own company's fund pool, and lend this part of funds at high interest rates in violation of regulations as "down payment loans" for other consumers. This behavior seriously threatens the financial security of consumers.
Fourth, some real estate agents conceal the real situation of the house, such as mortgage situation and housing quality problems. Consumers will be informed only after paying the deposit and agency fee, which damages consumers' right to know.
Now the network is very convenient, the information is updated quickly, and young people have more contact with the network. Now many real estates and even intermediaries are actively using the Internet to transmit information. Due to the rapid spread of information on the Internet, some intermediary and real estate activities are colorful. You can get information online first, and then go to the field investigation.
(The above answers were published on 20 17-07- 18. Please refer to the current actual purchase policy. )
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