QUOTE(cempedaklife @ May 18 2014, 11:42 PM)
i heard something similar from my loan agent too, the SA mentioned around 9k and after i signed the loan agreement yesterday (the lawyer firm did not disclose the fee beforehand), they show me the details, about 9k too...
so the 35% is out of the 9k, or 35% out of the legal fee (coz part of it, around half is stamp duty or so)?
how did one need to ask for discount, in a proper way?

what you need to do is go to some websites like loan street, etc or google legal fees malaysia to see how much is the legal fees based on the loan amount.
the discount is only on the legal fees and not disbursements. how it is suppose to work is
legal fees say 13k
less discount 35% as allowed
after discount say 9k
so u write a cheque for 9k but if the Lawyer gives u additional 15% discount, the lawyer need to give u back cash of say 1k
all the figures above are for ilustration only. its not mathematically correct but it would appear that u did not get 50% discount,mjust 35%.
the correct and only way to ask for discount is to ask "eh got how much discount, my friend got 50% woh"
aks your loan agent or lawyer again.
For those who want to know how much is the entry cost, i.e. Legal Fees, Stamp Duty
Go to
http://loanstreet.com.my/Go to Tool, Mortgage Repayment and Entry Cos
This post has been edited by cfa28: May 19 2014, 10:26 AM