Real estate consultants pave the way for housing prices

Real estate consultants pave the way for housing prices
  • 2020-06-23
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Chairman of the Civil Engineering Commission of the Majles: The performance of real estate consulting offices in recent years has caused not only the price of housing has not decreased, but this has led to an increase in prices.

Mohammad Reza Rezaei Kochi criticized the destructive role of real estate consultants in not reducing the price of housing, according to the International Stone Exhibition of Iran. Prices have risen.

The representative of Jahrom people in the Islamic Consultative Assembly continued: "One of the issues related to the performance of real estate consultants is the issue of tariffs and commissions received in these offices. In the current situation, according to the officials of the Real Estate Advisors Union, the amount of tariffs is about half a percent." Real estate consultants charge a percentage of the sale price of housing as a commission fee.

The current mechanism of the Real Estate Advisors Commission has kept housing prices high

He continued: "The current method of receiving the commission is such that real estate consultants are encouraged to increase prices in the housing market, because the higher the price of housing, the higher the commission and their profit." With the current situation, if housing prices fall, real estate consultants will avoid lowering prices to prevent their commissions from being reduced.

The need to change the tariffs of real estate consultants

Rezaei Kochi stressed the need to change the tariffs for real estate consultants and said: "I think the right of the real estate consultants commission should be fixed, so that real estate consultants do not make huge profits from the increase in housing prices. If amended, real estate consultants can be used to manage the housing market." Did.

The head of the Civil Commission of the Majles continued: "The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, considering the critical situation of the housing market, should have special supervision over the performance of real estate consultants."