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出售一间家是件不容易的事,那些打算要自己把房子卖掉的人其实都希望能在这个过程中省下一大笔钱。但这些省下的钱值得和你额外的付出做比较吗?

今天,我们要讨论的话题是,在没有房地产经纪人的情况下把房子售出,对你来说是否是件可行的事。

自己出售房子的长处


一、你能省下金钱

你从房子的销售所能得到的潜在节省无疑是一个主要的激励因素,但这数目到底有多少?在马来西亚,房地产代理的佣金一般是房子售价的2%至3%,如果你的房子价码不菲,这将会是一个很大的数额-500,000令吉的3%?正是15,000令吉啊!

再加上,如果你的房地产经纪人须缴纳商品及服务税(除非独立,大部分的经纪人都是)的话,那你就必须另外缴付佣金总额的6%商品及服务税。但是,如果你是自己把房子售出的话,那么这些费用将成为你所省下的钱。


二、你可以等到更好的报盘

依据你的个人情况,把房子的销售延缓可能无需花费到你任何的代价;但是如果是遇上一些不在乎于你个人需求的房地产经纪人的话,他们主要所在乎的是能快速得到佣金然后转移视力至另一项交易。有些人则可能需要达到一定的销售量目标,而那些招致更多的时间、精力和金钱来服务的销售来说对这些经纪人会日渐变得缺乏吸引力。但在另一方面,房主却可以慢慢搜索,直到找到一个合意的买家为止。

该注意的一件事是,即使你聘请房产经纪人,等待合适的售卖时机仍然是你持有的权利!


三、你可以提供有价值的房地产见解

一名潜在买家可能会对所感兴趣的房子存有种种的疑问,而你虽然可能已经与你的房产经纪人交代了有关你房子的状况,最终即可能也会遗漏了一些详情。

作为房主,你对房子的了解足以让你给予买家更好的忠告,甚至可以说服买家作出购买。此外,你还可以提供给买家有关邻居、社区安全等的辅助信息。


自己出售房子的短处


一、很费时

自己售卖房子实际上可能会与拥有一份全职工作般一样地费时,而可以确定的是大多数的房地产经纪人都会表示这是他们的全职工作!当然,大致上的房产经纪人同一时间内都管理着数个出租或出售的房产。但是,无论你是有一份全职工作又或者是一名家庭主妇,售卖自己的房子都必需耗费额外的时间,这是一件必需留意的事。

而且,有赖于你的工作要求,让潜在买家在他们方便的时候来看你的房子可能会是个问题。这最终可能会导致你错失了与合格买家见面的良机。


二、你必须妥善地与买家进行交易

人际交往能力也固然重要:如果你以前曾经聘用房产经纪人来寻找房子,进行一对一交易过程时的经验显然将影响到你的采购决定。

该房产经纪人是否勤劳与值得信赖,又或者是常常让你穷追不舍?那么,潜在的买家们预料也会以类似的方式审核你,如果你的人际交往能力有限,这很可能会影响他们的决定。


三、你可能会错失房产经纪人所拥有的资源

作为一名房地产经纪人虽然看起来似乎是件容易的事,但实际上并非如此。你必须对房地产有适当的房地产知识、了解其销售过程、以及意识到区位的因素。而且,在缺乏经验和资源的情况下可能会让你陷入诈骗者的圈套,又或者让不合格的买家让你丢失时间甚至金钱。

此外,如果你必须立即地把房子卖出,切记一些较为“老将”的房产经纪人很有可能手上已有很多的潜在客户组合。而你则需要更久的时间来搜索潜在买家。


现在你对独立的销售有了一定的了解,接着来看看以下这些提示以帮助你开始售出自己的房子:


一、事先研究周边的房地产价格
并不要扣除所谓的代理佣金。很多人把他们的房子定价时都常常犯下这样的错误,因为他们考虑到无需缴付佣金,因此就把房子的售价稍微调低。但是,其实销售价格指的是购房者所愿意支付的数额,而不是卖方所赚取的利润,所以调低销售价是没有必要的。

你也可以让专业的评价师来更准确地估计房子的价值,以纳入被批准的装修和房子具体条件的预算。需注意的事项是,收费规模是由大马估价师、评估师及产业代理局(BOVAEA)规定。


二、刊登广告并做宣传
市场上有许多的宣传途径,你无需只选择其中一项,你可以混搭这些宣传方式以获取最大的营销价值。

放置一两个广告牌于房子外容易看得见的地寻求亲戚朋友的帮助(口碑)使用社交网站在报章上刊登广告张贴广告于网上市场或房地产网站

重要提示:与陌生的潜在买家会面时需时时提高警惕。建议在会面前先向对方请求识别并避免单独带领客户看家;如果有必要,最好事先向邻居通知一声。


三、聘请一名律师
因为在你担当起房产经纪人角色的当儿,另有一名具法律学问的人在旁协助是不可缺少的。有些律师可能是房地产的专家,可以给予你超越合同和交易流程以外的建议,如税收和地契问题;他们甚至可以帮你调查并研究你的潜在买家。


四、设定一个截止日期
,如果在一段合理的时间(平均是三至六个月)后,你发现自己都没有得到可观的报盘,那么你就该决定接下来的行动。如果你不急于把房子售出,那么你可以继续等待,或者你可以寻找一位很好的房产经纪人帮你履行这责任。


你选择担当这个责任的人必须是精英中的精英。来查看我们的房地产经纪人页面以熟悉业内一些最任劳任怨的经纪人。此外,我们的房地产经纪人都很乐意地为PropSocial每天所收到的疑问做出回答。这些查询问题让我们的注册经纪人带来许多的潜在客户,而这也意味着你的房子有更好的售卖机会。

虽然自己售卖房子并且获得自己的’佣金’看起来似乎是一个好主意,但这对很多人来说并非一个实际的选择。尤其是当你急着要把房子售出或根本没有时间和精力承担这种责任的时候。

然而,这份努力所能为你省下的潜在数额毕竟还是值得让你认真思考!


(Translated by Yau Yin Wey, 24th February 2016)

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If you sell the property on your own and do the viewing yourself, you may face the risk of being robbed or kidnapped.

It may also be very time consuming as a buyer may want to view the property a few times before making a decision. To coordinate a mutually suitable viewing time is not so straight forward though.

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@vince2602, I totally agree with you. That is why until today owners still prefer to appoint agent so that they don't have to deal with all these hassle. And they don't mind paying commission to take that hassle away. 

But there are also owners who perhaps are very free (such as retiree) and don't really want to pay commission to agent, would rather do it themselves. But only minority owners are like that, I guess.

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in market there are very little of such owner who don't want to appoint an agent and do these all by themself. At last it will have to take the risk their own and i experienced it from a case of my owner at last she seek for help when the deal going half way...

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Pay abit professional fee but save you a lot of time. Depend which you think more important.

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If u have a lot of time and have the required knowledge, then u can sell it yourself

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Don't forget the role of Agent as a stakeholder..

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I can't be bothered posting up ads, taking people around to view my house and the risk of getting rob. It's quite time consuming too. I rather pay a fee to agents to get all these done.

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there are good agents and there are lousy agents. The good ones, you are more than happy to pay, maybe even with bonus for great job done. The louusy ones, you really want to scratch their car kaw kaw for wasting your time, poor service, and not knowing what to do. Appoint an agent, for sure, but make sure it's a reputable agency and quality agent.

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Nowadays, there are buyers that just enjoy joy ridding on viewing one property after another. 

I have instances whereby I had showed more than 3 property in different location to this young couple buyer, and yet they are telling you "let me think about it, but do you have more listing on your hand to show me" 

For my situation and case... I just told them straight off, "until you make up your mind on what is your requirement, I do have other more important appointment to attend to, thank-you so much for your time and wishes you a nice day ahead" 

Then walk slowly and nicely into my car then drive off. 

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true. Many times, buyers do not know what they are looking for or what price range they may be comfortable with or even qualify for in terms of loan. In such cases, it pays to take time to go through with them to narrow down what they are seeking with some good questions. Saves everybody time and resources.

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Selling your own property 
With agent:
Time saving
Extra cost
Filter qualified buyers
Suggestion and profit enhancement 
Well udnerstanding about compitators

Without agent:
Time consuming
Cost saving
Affect daily routine
Buyer mostly, friends, family
Scams and risky
not knowing what happening in the market

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For me, I definitely can't be bothered to deal with all these. If I want to sell my house, I just want to get it over with. Won't risk my safety going around to show house myself and running up and down. I rather pay a fee to agent to handle everything for me. Of course, provided the agent I appoint is a responsible one la.

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@veron 

Hi Veronica, how i wish all the seller/owner are like you, i have cases when done deal, the seller refuse to honor agency fee...

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@kate_chew, luckily all my owners are regular ones and they won't do such thing. I pity agents who do all these hard work and owners just take advantage just to save some $$$.

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Is there currently a regulation for Property REN to collect agent fee and the amount of commission?

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Hye, I'am here to share everything about property

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Truly agree. But sometimes there's some hustle to be done. Following up and making sure everything is very important. 

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selling your home without register agent is very risky & hustle, the owner sometime not really understand registered agent & broker...the goverment should implement rules & regulation like Spore, whoever wanna sell their house must be through real estate agent..

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  Is there currently a regulation for Property REN to collect agent fee and the amount of commission?

Collect from who?  

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Answering to Dato Mohd Zulkifli, Please make sure the Real Estate Negotiator you deal with is a REN Tag registered holder. You may even check their validity at www.lppeh.gov.my . Every REN is Registered with The Board of Valuers, Appraisers & Estate Agents Malaysia. And the amount of chargeable service fees is not more than 3% of the total transacted price.  and the service fees is chargeable to the Landlord/Owner of the said property.

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Good information everyone.

May i know what is the difference between registered agents and brokers?

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Answering to Dominic Ng,

Registered Agent is legal binding attach with MIEA & LPPEH which is with REN Tag & REN No. anything misconduct with REN they can reported to MIEA & LPPEH.

Brokers, is not registered with MIEA & LPPEH & no legal binding attach.


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Answering to Dominic Ng,

A registered Real Estate Negotiator is attached with a Licensed Estate Firm and are bound by the legal conduct of the profession. Whereas a Broker is not attached with a registered firm and thus not allowed to collect deposit from any individual. There will be greater risk involved if one were to deal with a broker as it involved money.

Not only you can report to MIEA & LPPEH if an agent practice misconduct you may also make claim with the company the agent attached to, if you have placed whatever deposit as it's compulsory for an agency to purchased Indemnity Insurance Cover. 

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Just curious, what's the different between a registered REN and an illegal broker if both of them commit a certain crime or scam or cheat? Doesn't necessarily mean a registered REN won't commit any misconduct, isn't it?

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Oh and just to clarify, I am NOT an agent :P  Just a property buyer.

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If a registered REN committed crime, you may report to MIEA and he or she will permanently black listed in the property industry and also will get legal action while illegal broker will continue his or her cheating with different characters and cannot be traced.

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  Just curious, what's the different between a registered REN and an illegal broker if both of them commit a certain crime or scam or cheat? Doesn't necessarily mean a registered REN won't commit any misconduct, isn't it?

James Bob,

for reg REN, if commit crime/misconduct in dealing with owner/purchaser they will easily traced, bcos for reg REN all docs related to owner/purchaser came from Register Estate Agency & also from TAG they wearing.

If Illegal broker commit crime/cheating is very hard to traced, no documentation involved in buy/selling property, no TAG.

moral of the story, we must teach people (owner/purchaser) is avoid from using Illegal Broker to Buy/Selling Properties.   


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if agents can help to sell the unit with better price and reach more potential buyer, why not? 

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Nic Ngoi,

Agree with your statement..


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If your time is more precious why you want to safe the small money. 

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Time is money... As the saying goes: "Don't be Penny Wise, but Pound Foolish"

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agreed Nic Ngoi,

Agree with your statement..

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Agree with Nic Ngoi's last statement. Unfortunately, i experienced idiot agents who help buyers to buy property.


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Agents should not only focus on their commission and let go of all responsibilities once they receive their share of the sales... "Pre Sales and After Sales Service" is important similarly important!


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May I know the commission rate for property sold is 2 percent or 3 percent?

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Depends. Some Vivahome agent demands 3% at 10-15% below seller's price. Others might go for 2% at 5-10% below seller's price. If able to sell above seller's price, renegotiate. Which was impossible. 


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Let's put it in a scenario. You're an employer and one of your Sales staff sold your product below your price to buyer and demands standard commission. Would you still give out commission to the staff? Would be lucky if not terminated immediately.


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Dato Mohd Zulkifli & Ron Tan, thanks a lot for the clarification :)  So far, I haven't really had such bad experiences with crime being involved with any agents I dealt with....YET. Hopefully I won't :)

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Penang only 1% from seller and 1% from buyer.

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Can i say the market typical commission is 2% for the agent? regardless seller or buyer bear?

Who will bear the legal cost and stamp duty etc etc

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Legal fees shall be bear by the party who appointed the lawyer. You have the seller lawyer and the buyer lawyer. Though some seller may opt to be unrepresented (this is not encouraged, as the lawyer is appointed to protect the interest of the parties, it's their duty)

For stamp duty, seems the stamp duty paid is to register the interest of the buyer into the property, it is quite clear that the buyer shall pay it. 

Buyers have to bear the commission meh? The product is provided by the owner, the agent sells it, so even though the buyer pays for it, the seller shall bear the agent commission. 

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Yup, Lee Shun Zhong is right. In Malaysia, owners bare the commission no matter what situation, not buyer, not tenant.

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@imronaldsooThis incident happened to me too, but not because of agency fees but property prices .... landlord suddenly change from low to high price after the buyer agrees to buy the property. Due to this, I will make sure the landlord agrees to sign the exclusive form and record an agreed price before advertise and bring buyers to see the property

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I really believe a good property at an attractive location will be able to sell itself... no need to promote much, let alone engage agents...

Owner need to take the initiative to self promote their property... I still think the owner should engage a trusted property lawyer for the paperwork though.

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@domng agent will come with wider network and customer base.

if hot area and owner got no rush to sell, then can find customer slowly

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@6011_3531_5354 

Agree agents will have more experience to negotiate will all sorts of people...

Not to mention the extra hassle if deal directly with potential buyer...

Some owners want to be as low profile as possible.

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@Dato_zulkifli i hope this is true. I am a property salesperson in Singapore.  28% owners sell their flat without engaging a property agent. The number is fast increasing. I see the same trend for malaysia too. Be prepared for the disruption.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/faster-resale-transactions-on-revamped-hdb-portal


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Pros and cons for both side. Area and the popularity of the property that makes it easier to sell off by ownself without engaging agent, will still be a bit time consuming, from my POV.

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Reasons why agents plays an important role in any transaction is for the benefits of both parties - the vendor and the purchaser. In most transactions both parties does not know each other's background and being human the feeling of uncertainties especially when it involves a high amount of deposit is a norm. Real estate agencies are the stakeholder for all the earnest deposits paid by the purchaser. This is also to ensure that both parties are serious in concluding the transaction as well as ensuring the process follows the standard time frame.Agents will ensure the price offered will be within the market value and will also filter the potential purchasers on their financial background. If this is not done, time,effort and money will be wasted for all parties. Always remember that agents are there to ensure both parties are protected and transaction done smoothly. Yes, at a fee but as what has been stipulated by BOVEAP. Anyhow, its always your choice or to sell it yourself or to appoint a registered agent as your representative. We are always here to assist.

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@rslan Agreed with what you said! 

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@windzneom thank you.


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@rslan 

Well said... for total peace of mind, engaging an agent to sell your property is totally worth it.

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@admin_ps great sharing. Inspiring!