Hello Mr. Yang! I would like to ask if the house for sale can be rented out. The agent said that the house must sign a lease before it can be sold.

Sorry, I've been busy lately and rarely go online. Let me explain your problem to you.

First of all, generally speaking, the change of ownership of a leased house does not affect the performance of the lease contract. Article 229 of the Contract Law stipulates: "If the ownership of the leased object changes during the lease period, it will not affect the validity of the lease contract." In other words, if you rent a house and the house is sold, it will not affect your As for the performance of the lease contract, you still have the right to continue renting the house during the validity period of the lease contract, but you just need to change the person who pays the rent to the new landlord. It’s just that the person paying the rent becomes the new landlord. A clearer legal provision is the second paragraph of Article 119 of the "Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the General Principles of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China and the State (for Trial Implementation)": "Private houses are During the lease period, if the property rights of the house are transferred due to sale, donation or inheritance, the original lease contract will continue to be valid for the lessee and the new owner! ".

Second, according to your situation, the intermediary is in the house lease contract! If you were notified that the house is to be rented before signing, you can also claim that the lease contract is invalid because the other party deliberately concealed important information about the rental house, and you can ask the other party to compensate you for your losses.

Third. Article 230 of the Contract Law stipulates that "if the lessor sells the leased house, it shall notify the lessee within a reasonable period of time before the sale, and the lessee shall have the right to purchase it first under the same conditions. According to you, when you rent the house , the house has not been sold, so you also want to enjoy the right of first refusal under the same conditions.

In summary, the sale of the house does not affect the lease. You also have corresponding rights when renting, but in order to avoid disputes. , it is recommended to rent a new house from an agency. After all, it is still unknown how the relationship with the new landlord will be handled after the house is sold.