Hmmm. The bf and I filled in more forms today regarding the resale checklist which they told us should be backdated as they were not able to obtain it till now. Apparantly it's something that they told us we need to do in order to buy a flat. Somehow there are suddenly 2 agents now as well, the first lady which was showing us the flat originally, and now a guy, who's going through the details of the sale with us & telling us that we will need to pay 1% commission to the lady. Fishy. Fishy. I thought she was helping the sellers sell the flat coz she said they were relatives. How come we need to pay her commission too?
We didn't want to make things difficult, so we signed... but when I got home & started searching online again... :p I think we got chopped off 1%. I mean, that lady wasn't our agent at all. She NEVER arranged viewings with us other than when we wanted to see her relative's flat, and apparantly we were supposed to go through the checklist & sign it even before we signed the option to purchase!
Geez... "$(*&%£!!!!
Told the bf about it. I was peeved. He was philosophical. Said that since they were handling it, and getting so much money out of it, they should handle it well. :p Ah well. Lesson learnt for sure.
Anyways, FYI, you CAN buy a flat on your own WITHOUT an agent. You just need to do more paperwork on your own. Click here to find out more
Sigh. Hope you guys don't get 'chopped' like me.
Anyways, here is some info on the commission for real estate agents for your reference.
Wah. My heart is still aching at the loss of money :p
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