Is it illegal to buy a second-hand house through an intermediary? If you contact the owner privately to complete the transaction, what will be the consequences? Will the intermediary find trouble?

It belongs to "jumping orders" and does not violate administrative law and criminal law, but it may violate contract law and need to bear the liability for breach of contract.

The intermediary can claim that the buyer pays the agency fee originally agreed.

Legal analysis

According to the description of the problem and the theory of debt law, if the intermediary agency limits its obligation to "complete the intermediary", then the person who enjoys the intermediary service should pay the remuneration after the contract is signed and established.

An intermediary contract is not essential, and the "contract" here does not have to be presented in written form. Therefore, as long as the intermediary can provide evidence to prove that it is really desirable, it is deemed that an intermediary contract has been concluded between the two parties. Therefore, if the relevant commitments have been made before and the intermediary has indeed performed the service, the client shall perform the contractual obligations and pay the intermediary service fee.

If the client reaches an agreement with a third party, hoping to bypass the intermediary and save relevant expenses, and then denies the existence of the contractual relationship afterwards, in this case, according to the relevant provisions of the Civil Code, the remuneration should still be paid to the intermediary-the logic behind it is that since the two parties have reached an agreement on "using the trading opportunities or media services provided by the intermediary", it is regarded as "having actually fulfilled the contents of the contract", so the contract naturally takes effect for both parties.

legal ground

Article 961 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) is a contract in which the intermediary reports the opportunity of concluding a contract to the client or provides media services for concluding a contract, and the client pays the remuneration.

Article 963 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC): If the broker facilitates the establishment of the contract, the client shall pay the remuneration as agreed. If the remuneration of the broker is not agreed or clearly agreed, and cannot be determined according to the provisions of Article 510 of this Law, it shall be reasonably determined according to the services of the broker. Where an intermediary provides media services for concluding a contract, the remuneration of the intermediary shall be borne equally by both parties to the contract. If the intermediary facilitates the establishment of the contract, the expenses of the intermediary activities shall be borne by the intermediary.

Article 179 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) bears civil liability mainly in the following ways: (1) Stop the infringement; (2) remove obstacles; (3) eliminating danger; (4) returning property; (5) restitution; (six) repair, rework and replacement; (7) continue to perform; (8) Compensation for losses; (9) Paying liquidated damages; (ten) to eliminate the influence and restore the reputation; (eleven) apologize. Where the law provides for punitive damages, such provisions shall prevail. The ways of bearing civil liability as stipulated in this article can be applied separately or in combination.

Article 577 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), if one party fails to perform the contractual obligations or the performance of the contractual obligations does not conform to the agreement, it shall bear the liabilities for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses.

Article 965 of the General Principles of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * After accepting the services of the broker, the client shall pay remuneration to the broker if he directly enters into a contract by taking advantage of the trading opportunities or media services provided by the broker.