"Discount free rent", "wash house", "rent loan"... "Bait" is behind "traps"
During the graduation season, how can "rental whites" avoid the "pits" dug by black intermediaries
Reporters Liu Zhiqiang and Zhang Hailei
The rent is negotiated when the house is inspected, and when the contract is signed, additional expenses will be incurred; in order to avoid intermediary fees to solicit business, once the tenant fancy this house, he must pay half a year or pay annually...
Whenever the graduation season, a large number of "rental whites" flood into the rental market, it is difficult to resist the "traps" set by some black intermediaries. In the face of "bait" such as discounts and loans, many graduates are "confused" into the "pit".
Experts suggest that lessees should increase their legal awareness and learn to identify "routines" in contracts. At the same time, relevant departments should establish long-term regulatory mechanisms to guide the development of the industry.
Clever words make the "routines" continuous under the color
"When I saw the house, I agreed that the monthly rent was 1,400 yuan, but when signing the contract, an additional monthly property fee of 50 yuan was added." Wang Peng, who rents in Yunyan District, Guiyang City, started looking for a house after graduating from university this year. He said that when he chose personal listings in 58 same city, he found out that they were mostly intermediary companies.
Some graduates told reporters that many intermediary companies made a lot of talk when they showed up, but after signing the contract, they would always charge more.
The reporter recently contacted 58 rental housing contacts in the same city on the grounds that they needed to rent a house just after graduating from university. The other party claimed that it was not an intermediary but an agent. After taking the reporter to see the house, he said that the house can be "discounted", reminding the reporter that the original monthly rent of the house was 1920 yuan, but if it can be paid annually, the rent for 2 months can be exempted, which is equivalent to only 1600 yuan per month.
According to industry insiders, this is one of the usual routines of black intermediaries. “In fact, some illegal intermediaries use various preferential conditions to defraud the owners of the house keys and a one-month vacancy period in the name of house rental agents. At the same time, the rent can be “discounted” without intermediary fees as a “bait” to attract renters. If the tenant fancy this house, the rent must be paid at least half a year or annually. This method can allow these Unscrupulous intermediaries accumulate large amounts of cash in a short period of time, and then look for opportunities to take the money and run away."
The reporter visited and found that some second landlords "acted" to coax the tenants and quit the tenants on the grounds that the partitioned room was investigated and dealt with by relevant departments, so as to arrange for the next batch of tenants to move in again and repeatedly obtain benefits. According to industry insiders, this is called "washing" in the circle.
"You can move in without a deposit" "Relieve the burden for graduates"... Some housing leasing companies advertised straightforward and attractive slogans. Many fresh graduates were attracted because of this, but they did not know the many "tricks" hidden in the contract. . A worker who has been engaged in the rental industry for many years said that in recent years, some rental intermediaries have colluded with online loan companies to use credit renting as bait to make tenants accidentally "be loaned online."
The staff member told reporters that some companies claim that Alipay’s "Sesame Credit" score is 700 or more, and you can enjoy the "credit renting" project of "paying one by one", which is actually done by the tenant binding his own bank card. In the form of guarantee, a third-party Internet finance company applies for a loan from a designated bank. “The entire amount is cashed out by an intermediary. The profit earned by the lending platform is divided between the intermediary and the lending platform, but the risk is left to the customer.”
Unknown litigation subject makes it difficult to defend rights
In recent years, the housing rental market has continued to be regulated. In December 2019, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other six departments issued the "Opinions on Rectifying and Regulating the Order of the Housing Rental Market" to regulate the operation of the main players in the housing rental market and protect the legal rights and interests of all parties to the housing lease, especially the tenants.
On December 30, 2019, the Guizhou Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and other six departments issued the "Ten Measures for Further Strengthening the Management of Real Estate Intermediaries in Guizhou Province", proposing 10 measures such as strengthening the supervision of financial services and strengthening industry self-regulation. Sichuan has also introduced measures to regulate the release of housing information by intermediary agencies, and implements demonstration texts of housing lease contracts and online signing.
At present, renting a house is still the way of living chosen by many people, especially young people. On the one hand, there is a large demand for rental housing. On the other hand, capital rushing to the beach has caused serious housing monopoly, and the right to speak of the two parties is not equal. This has caused the chaos in the housing rental market to be difficult to eradicate.
Chen Jun, director of Beijing Anbo (Chengdu) Law Firm, believes that this also exposes many weak links in the housing rental market.
——The housing intermediary industry is not well developed and lacks a complete market guidance mechanism. With the rapid development of the housing leasing market, the housing leasing intermediary industry has rapidly developed and expanded. At the same time, it is also a mixed bag, especially in first- and second-tier cities. In the market environment where one house is hard to find in the renting season, many intermediary companies have more or less seized housing , Defrauding homeowners and tenants.
—— The housing intermediary industry has low entry barriers and insufficient supervision. The establishment of a housing intermediary company has qualification requirements, but it is not strict, and the employees are uneven. Lower illegal costs increase the difficulty of cracking down on black intermediaries. In addition, real estate intermediary activities involve multiple regulatory agencies and are prone to lack of supervision.
-The subject of the lawsuit is not clear, which increases the difficulty of handling such cases. Chen Jun believes that housing lease contract disputes and intermediary contract disputes caused by black intermediaries are often due to ambiguous contract loopholes, resulting in losses that cannot be fully compensated; there are also black intermediaries that directly lose contact or block tenants because of tenants. Failure to grasp the real information of the intermediary has led to the ambiguity of the subject of the litigation, and thus no way to protect rights.
Guo Qiuxu, a policeman from the Yunyan Branch of the Guiyang Public Security Bureau, believes that some tenants lack legal awareness and cannot correctly identify whether the housing is formal, and often let black intermediaries take advantage of the loopholes.
Supervisors teach you to identify black intermediaries
Recently, the Hefei Municipal Housing Security and Real Estate Administration issued a risk warning on the issue of graduates’ renting, stating that intermediaries that have not registered as market operators and have not registered with the real estate authority are likely to be black intermediaries; rents are too low or zero commissions It is often a "trap" set up by black intermediaries, so be vigilant.
Industry insiders suggest that housing leasing companies should be standardized and the market access mechanism and "margin" system should be further improved.
In addition, a corresponding credit certification system can also be established in the housing leasing industry, and mobile Internet technology can be used to conduct "real name + credit" dual certification for both parties in the transaction and leasing. For rent arrears, landlord and tenant breach of contract, and untrustworthy real estate transactions, it is linked to the social credit system. At the same time, it refers to the content of the credit report to further refine the power and responsibility standards.
It is understood that a lease contract with complete clauses and clear content is an important evidence in the event of a lease dispute. In the case of renting disputes, whether it is a complaint to the market supervision department or the court, the lease contract is the first review element.
Peng Peng, a lawyer from Gansu Shenzhou Law Firm, suggested that graduates should increase their legal awareness during the process of renting a house, pay attention to leaving certificates and leaving marks; verify the original power of attorney between the homeowner and the intermediary, and keep a copy of the power of attorney and real estate Copies of warrants and intermediary business licenses; the unit price of water, electricity, gas, property and other costs, the bearer, and the responsibility for the maintenance of housing facilities must be agreed in the contract.
Guo Qiuxu said that before renting a house, the tenant still needs to check whether the landlord has signed a security responsibility guarantee with the local police station, and conduct on-site inspections to avoid renting houses with hidden safety hazards.