In an era where housing prices are said to be worth hundreds of millions of won, there's a 'K-bobi' that feels unfair to givers and recipients to their own pain, and as housing prices rise, the 'brokerage fees' have soared. Recently, 1.1 billion won in Seoul A man in his 30s who bought an apartment said, "On the day I paid the balance, I charged the legal maximum fee of 0.5% and charged 5.5 million won, but when I was fighting with the seller over the leak repair costs, they wouldn't even answer my phone. Maybe it's my fault for not agreeing in advance, but I didn't feel good." In the past, there was a romantic superstition that "if you cut off the bonus fee, your luck will run away," but recently, apartment transactions worth at least several hundred million to over a billion won have become commonplace, and this superstition has lost its power in the face of high-value bills. Online real estate forums keep getting inquiries about welfare fees, but actual buyers often ask, "When and how should I negotiate the commission rate?", "After calculating the maximum rate, it seems the brokerage fee is way too high. How much should I negotiate for?" and other questions. Both sellers and buyers were extremely dissatisfied, but the point is that they feel unfair that they have to pay several months' salary to an office worker just by finding listings directly through an app and the agent only presses the front door password a few times. Since the enactment of the Real Estate Brokerage Act in 1983, brokerage has been operated under a 'licensing system,' and the certified real estate agent exam is held annually. Additionally, a legal upper limit was set with the intention of 'no more than this, do not charge brokerage fees.' Accordingly, the current legal maximum brokerage fee rates are set at 0.5% for 50 million~200 million won, 0.4% for 200~900 million won, 0.5% for 900 million~1.2 billion won, and 0.7% for 1.2 billion~1.5 billion won. Although the rate is set at 0.6% and 0.7% for over 1.5 billion won, paradoxically, this system has recently become the basis for the trend that almost all brokerage firms are charging the maximum limits set by the state. As of this year, Seoul If you trade properties with average apartment prices, the brokerage fee is 11.25 million won, and including value-added tax, it reaches 12.37 million won!! Ultimately, the question consumers ask boils down to one thing: 'Is the current fee structure, which takes several million~tens of millions of won in proportion to the house price, really reasonable?' That's what they say!!!!!!
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