Dongguan Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau: Strictly crack down on illegal activities of real estate agencies

On September 27, the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of the Real Estate Brokerage Industry" to severely crack down on illegal activities of real estate agencies.

It is understood that the "Notice" proposes to increase the disclosure of housing price information. Further improve the monitoring and statistical mechanism of first-hand and second-hand housing prices, use geospatial information and online transaction data of first- and second-hand residential properties to establish an online "Dongguan House Price Map", and publish the online transaction prices of first-hand properties and transaction references of second-hand properties in the city Prices guide the market to rational transactions.

At the same time, standardize the housing information release and management mechanism. The intermediary association should strengthen market research on second-hand housing transaction prices and monitoring of listing prices, and develop unified standards for the release of housing information. When real estate brokerage agencies and practitioners accept entrustment to place listings, they are not allowed to exaggerate transaction information to guide owners to increase their bids at will. The price of the house displayed must be consistent with the owner's written entrustment price, and they are not allowed to accept or publish through online and offline channels that are significantly higher than the price. Listing price of second-hand housing transaction reference price in Dongguan City.

The real estate network information release platform should establish and improve relevant mechanisms, strengthen the qualification review of brokerage agencies and practitioners who publish housing information, clarify the methods for reporting complaints and reports of housing information, and the handling mechanism for illegal brokerage behavior, and find that brokerage agencies If any employee violates regulations and publishes false housing information, the real estate industry authorities and intermediary associations should be promptly notified for handling.

In terms of cracking down on illegal activities of real estate agencies, the "Notice" states that real estate brokerage institutions and practitioners are not allowed to publish false housing information through different channels such as stores and websites, create rumors, spread rumors, and speculate on housing in school districts. Speculation of false information and other behaviors that mislead consumers or market expectations; shall not induce, instigate, or assist home buyers to defraud house purchase qualifications, defraud withdrawals or loans of housing provident funds, or circumvent the The act of restricting purchase and loan;

It shall not facilitate the signing of "yin and yang contracts" with different transaction prices for the same house by customers, and illegally avoid transaction taxes and fees; it shall not violate the relevant regulations on the supervision of transaction funds, illegally misappropriate or Misappropriation of customer transaction funds, forced provision of agency services, guarantee services, or arbitrary charges in the form of bundled services.

In addition, real estate brokerage agencies and practitioners are not allowed to use information asymmetry to control sellers and housing resources through "ABC orders" and transaction chains, so as to "not be qualified to purchase houses" and "wait for loan approval" Use as an excuse to induce sellers to conduct online house purchase and sale transactions with third parties or to earn price differences; it is not allowed to collude with real estate development companies to hold back on sales, speculate on house numbers, charge "tea fees" and "inward transfer" to sell houses; no commercial housing is allowed Disturbing marketing calls, malicious phone harassment, leaking, selling or improper use of the client's personal information, and seeking improper benefits.

Finally, the "Notice" also proposes to improve industry self-discipline mechanisms and measures. Support intermediary associations to establish the "Integrity Alliance" for real estate intermediaries, accelerate the research and formulation of a unified model of the "Dongguan Real Estate Intermediary Service Contract", and promote its use among the member units of the "Integrity Alliance".