How much does the rental agent charge?
Generally speaking, the agency fee for renting a house is the introduction fee paid by the renter and the landlord to the intermediary company in proportion after the rent is determined. The agency fee varies according to the city and the house price. Some places accept tenants, some places accept landlords, and some places accept both sides; There are also some landlords who raise house prices, and the difference is partially exempted from the intermediary fees that landlords need to pay; In Beishangguang area, tenants usually have to pay half a month's rent as an intermediary fee.
The common practice of intermediary companies is that tenants and landlords each pay half a month's rent as intermediary fees; There are also some rentals that will be judged according to the length of the lease. Some landlords will pay a tenant-free agency fee for renting a house for more than one year in order to avoid cumbersome rental procedures. Of course, there are places where tenants will pay the agency fee in full.
In the current rental market, the general way to pay rent is to deposit one month's rent as a deposit and then pay three months' rent.
Agency-free
At present, in order to attract customers, many intermediary companies have introduced a marketing strategy of exempting tenants from intermediary fees; For these intermediary companies, tenants must pay more attention when renting a house, because such intermediary companies will generally negotiate with the landlord to increase the rent of some houses and include the agency fee in the rent. In fact, they still have to pay the agency fee. If they rent it for a long time, the loss will be even greater.
Matters needing attention in finding an intermediary to rent a house
When choosing an intermediary company, choose some ones with better scale and higher credibility; You can't just listen to the introduction of the intermediary company's housing. If you think it's suitable, go and see the house. After the initial determination, the deposit cannot be misspelled as "deposit". The deposit is determined by the payer according to law and cannot be returned after breach of contract.
Because cities and regions are different, their agency fees are different, so we should make more comparisons when renting a house; If the house is confirmed, it should be clear on the receipt that the deposit is the deposit and the rent is the rent, which cannot be written as "information fee" or "house inspection fee"; There are also some intermediary companies whose verbal promises cannot be trusted, and they need to be required to issue explanatory texts and sign and seal them.