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housing agency and brokerage commission

The Agents law is also in the acquisition of residential premises apply. However, containing the Housing Office Act (WoVermG) Special provisions with respect to the general agent right of the Civil Code (BGB). Thus, the housing mediator may different from the realtor Living rooms offer only if he has to an order from the landlord or other owner (§ 6 paragraph 1 WoVermG).


first Scope
is applicable only when the law apartment leases. Not covered, therefore, the provision of commercial premises. Rooms are either for commercial or private use, it depends on the preponderance of use. proportion of business premises has only minor importance, the Housing Services Act by virtue of § 1 Section 2 WoVermG still apply.

second Commission claim
The apartment broker is pursuant to § 2 para 1 WoVermG a claim to a commission where as a result of his mediation or as a result of his evidence a lease agreement is concluded. It may not, however, be price-linked housing (§ 2 para 3 WoVermG). Unlike other brokers in the law it is forbidden to him advances to agree on his commission, or accepting (§ 2 para 4 WoVermG).

a) commission promises
between the tenants and the broker has to be agreed that the tenant agrees, if successful, to pay the broker a commission. This can happen explicitly or implicitly. The case law makes it regularly enough that the prospective tenant, the activity of the broker having a to be paid a commission to complete.

b) evidence - or brokering
Proof of rent is paid if the prospective tenant may occur due to the information of the agent into concrete negotiations with the landlord. Regular part of it that the tenant's name and address of the landlord be named. Exceptionally, it can be waived if the landlord himself lives in the property or the tenant has no apparent interest in these data. As a broker of the apartment agent will act if the potential on the other party has acted in such a way that a contract is concluded.

c) Causality
The activity of the agent has to complete the rental agreement have been the cause. This condition can still be met even if the brokerage contract was terminated in the meantime. The closer the contract coincides with the activity of the agent, the more likely a presumption of causation.

d) effective principal contractor

necessary precondition for the emergence of the right to commission is to conclude a valid contract. This differs from the content or in terms of staffing of the proposed lease, this is harmless, as long as the apparent target of the principal economic achieved. Regularly, this is a personal deviation at the case when renting instead of the brokerage client of his wife, life partner or his children home. Differs, however, the rent payable by more than 20% of the promised from, the result of the commission to claim a regular basis.

third Exclusion of the right to commission
Are the above conditions, there is basically a Provisonsanspruch of the broker. The law does, however, that in three cases:

• if "continued on the same living quarters of the lease is extended or renewed" (§ 2 para 2, No. 1 WoVermG)
• if the lease is complete with living rooms, the owner, manager, tenant or landlord of the estate agents (§ 2 para 2, No. 2 WoVermG)
• if the lease is complete with living rooms, the owner, manager or landlord is a legal person in which the home agent is involved in legal or business (§ 2 para 2, No. 3 WoVermG) is.

is often problematic in practice, the administrator concept. A distinction is between the property manager, the special property managers of residential properties and residential property managers. While according to the jurisdiction of the property manager and property manager under the Special § 2 para 2 no fall 2 WoVermG, this is not for the WAY-managers. Unlike the former, this is the opinion of the Court not in the camp of the landlord.

4th Specific rules for the commission amount

The Housing Services Act, the amount of the commission is limited to two months' rent plus VAT (§ 3 para 2 sentence 1 WoVermG). Basis of calculation is the net rent, so the costs are not taken into account when calculating the monthly rent. In addition, to the estate agents, no further services, such as some clerical expenses, registration fees or other expenses reimbursements. If the prospective tenant an excessive commission or improper reimbursement of expenses paid, he can claim back the payment (§ 5 para 1 WoVermG conjunction with § 812 BGB). This right shall lapse after three years (§ 195 BGB).