Since the end of 2007, the real estate market has encountered a "cold spell," and as a result, many property intermediaries have closed their doors to "spend the winter" or even absconded with clients' money. Recently, Chuanghui Rent and Sale Group, claimed to be the "largest intermediary company in China with the most outlets," also saw its stores close down one after another in seven major cities in the Pearl River Delta region. Customers were demanding the return of their initial payments, employees were demanding their salaries, and there were even incidents of smashing, looting at some stores. By this point, many ordinary people's distrust of intermediaries had reached a peak.
So, when facing the complicated process of real estate transactions, do we still need to find an intermediary? How can we find a suitable real estate agent for ourselves? Xia Zuhan, General Manager of Nanjing Gangxia Real Estate Company, stated that second-hand house buying and selling is a special type of commodity transaction due to its large amount, long trading cycle, and complex professional trading process (signing contracts, loans, evaluations, transfers, repayments, payments, delivery of houses, etc.), making it easy to encounter disputes if not careful. Therefore, both buyers and sellers are better off going through real estate intermediaries for their transactions. However, when choosing a real estate intermediary company and a real estate agent, consumers should be more vigilant.
**Friendly Reminder One**
Seven Tips to Help You Guard Against Black Intermediaries
1. Check if their resource management network system is complete. Large brand intermediaries have a certain scale, wide channels, and possess rich customer information and property listings, which can meet diversified, personalized, and specialized consumer needs. Companies like Gangxia Real Estate have a perfect marketing system and conduct real estate intermediary services by collecting information and providing customers with fast and quality service.
2. Check if they have professional brokers who provide quality services. Systematically trained and certified brokers, with their professional knowledge and rich experience, will promptly introduce several sets or more of properties that fit the customer's conditions. Gangxia Real Estate Company has a complete employee training system, from etiquette image, real estate knowledge to practical operations, all giving brokers professional training, setting high requirements for them, showcasing the best image, the finest service attitude, and the most dedicated professional qualities to customers.
3. Check if they offer corresponding follow-up value-added services. During the transaction process of branded intermediaries, free renovation services are provided for some owners' vacant and neglected houses, helping them obtain better selling opportunities and ideal prices.
4. Check if the internal and external images of the brand are unified. Brands have legally valid contracts stamped with their official seal, ensuring the transaction safety of both parties and unifying the internal and external images.
5. Verify their business license, real estate brokerage institution (or branch) filing certificate, and real estate broker qualification certificate. According to relevant regulations, these certificates should all be displayed in the business premises.
6. Check if they use contract model texts formulated by the construction (housing management), industry and commerce departments, and require the practicing broker handling the case to sign the contract and note the qualification certificate number.
7. Verify the real estate broker credit archive before contacting the brokerage business. The city's real estate broker credit archive system, real estate broker contract model text, filing status of real estate brokerage institutions, branches, practicing brokers, complaints, etc., are publicly disclosed through the Nanjing Real Estate Trading Management Network.
**Friendly Reminder Two**
Eight Aspects to Choose a Real Estate Broker
1. Working Experience: The transaction of second-hand houses is a long-term, complex, and professional commodity transaction. Without long-term practice, it cannot reach perfection; therefore, a real estate broker without a certain working period cannot be considered a professional broker. Generally, brokers should have over two years of experience.
2. Professionalism: Professionalism is the primary condition for choosing a real estate broker. It includes expertise in judging housing price trends, expertise in the sale situation of developments in the operating area, expertise in the transaction process, expertise in loan taxes and contract interpretation, expertise in recommending cost-effective properties, and expertise in optimizing clients' home purchase plans.
3. Historical Transaction Records: History represents past achievements. Understanding the historical transaction records of a broker helps understand the broker's overall strength because, during the remaining home purchasing process, the broker you choose will always be your ally. No one would choose a broker less professional than themselves as a home-buying ally.
4. Integrity: The integrity of the broker directly determines your choice of him/her. Only an honest broker can let you entrust the initiative of buying a house to him/her, and only by entrusting the initiative of buying a house to a trusted broker can you buy the most satisfactory house because he/she is sincerely helping you buy a house rather than just talking about it.
5. Negotiation Skills and Techniques: The negotiation skills and techniques of the broker are the key factors in whether they can help you buy a "high-quality and cost-effective" house. Different brokers may negotiate different prices for the same house on sale, which is where the charm of brokers lies.
6. Position in Their Company: Real estate intermediary companies evaluate positions based on performance. In general, the position level is proportional to their professionalism, historical transaction records, negotiation skills, and techniques.
7. Dress Code and Appearance: Dress code and appearance are proportional to the broker's quality. Generally speaking, the dress code and appearance of good brokers will not be poor.
8. Reputation: A good professional reputation is crucial for brokers. In this highly tempting industry, maintaining a good reputation undoubtedly increases trust in them.
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