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Recently, house prices have risen a lot in the metropolitan area, but there are complaints that the real estate brokerage fee has increased excessively. The government is also planning to find suitable alternatives.

This is reporter Je Hee-won.

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A, who bought a 1.2 billion won apartment in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, received a certificate of contents from a brokerage company a few days ago.

Mr. A has already paid 5.5 million won for the brokerage fee, but it is about 2.5 million won more.

[Mr. A/recent apartment purchase: (the commission rate) wasn't told at all, but the balance suddenly ran out, so I never received less than 0.6%.] The

current brokerage commission rate is the upper limit for each of five sections depending on the transaction amount. This is fixed.

If you sign a contract for buying and selling a house worth 1 billion won, the highest section fee rate will be applied, so you can receive 18 million won only from the buyer or seller.

Of course, it is rare to receive all of the 0.9% commission, but there is plenty of room for disputes as the parties and brokers negotiate to decide.

[Mr. A: (The brokerage agency) said,'Ah, we can't talk, we'll go legally.'] With the

median price of an apartment in Seoul exceeding 900 million won, complaints are growing that the commission is too high compared to the role of a realtor.

[Kwon Daejung/Myongji University Professor of Real Estate Department: Actually, just because the (transaction) amount is high doesn't mean that there are a lot of things a real estate agent does. I think social consensus is needed to pay a lot of fees just because the amount is high.] The

government also agrees with the necessity of restructuring the fee rate.

[Kim Hyun-mi / Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (last 25th): There are many people who raise issues (about brokerage fees). We will also try to contemplate.]

Various alternatives are discussed, such as lowering the upper limit rate by reflecting the increased house price, adjusting the section and rate together, and setting the limit amount. Not a few difficulties are expected to lead.

(Video editing: Jihye So, VJ: Seungmin Han, CG: Seunghyun Seo)