1st, identify the unit you wanted, go view and upfront tell agent you are not paying for the 1% buyer fee, since you are the one who contacted them, unless you request agent to find specific unit for you, then pls pay them the 1%

2ndly, once decided then can try to negotiate the pricing to your liking, once all done, its time to pay them the 2% booking fee and sign the letter of offer

3rd, best is get a lawyer you are familiar with, ,issue the 2% to them, and the rest get the seller or agent to get their lawyer to deal with you, never ever use the seller's lawyer even if they tell you can have a better discount on lawyer fee. DO NOT save on the lawyer fee, get your own to protect your ownself

Subsequently is to go apply for loan, then pay another 8% to complete the 10% downpayment, after signing of SPA got another 90 days to pay balance depending on how much the bank is lending you. Need to clear the remaining before bank release the sum to the seller

Do remember subsale u will need to fork out additional close to 6% for the stamp duties and lawyer fee for both loan n spa

any specific reason why only subsales?

no such rule, the rule is maximum they can get is 3%
but the "rule" is there to maximise their earning

well if the agent does something like tat, then let other buyer pay for the 1%, but the 1% or nego to 0.5% or a token sum also sign of good will la if you have been asking the agent to search for a particular unit that you prefer, then just pay them what is due

best is state clearly your intention in the 1st place, the 1% to agent does not happen in developer sales, only on the secondary market

in tat case just tell the agent upfront, if they are ok without the 1%, u are ok to purchase that unit, so no need waste each other time, or on contrary if they manage to reduce the pricing of the vendor, then you pay them the 1%, since its subsale anyway

when was the last time u spoke to an agent, with the tariffs issue and all, jb market shud slow down a little

I recently just purchase a subsale without the 1% buyer fee

This post has been edited by rx330: May 3 2025, 10:36 AM

thanks for the info

so its 3% max from seller?

every state macam diff pattern
johor std is 2 % seller pay for sure, the 1% buyer depends

thanks for the info

I personally never encounter seller offering higher, normally lower for those very high value sale

ic, not into commercial?

most agent will not hide the fact if its a bumi lot, especially if buyer is non bumi

waste the agent time only

macam car salesman