A very good explanation about estate agent fee in Malaysia here
http://propertymarketingmsia.blogsp...=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=19&m=0
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So, while it is the common practice in Malaysia for the REA to act for the Vendor (or the Landlord, as the case may be) as the REA's client, under our Malaysian estate agency law, a Malaysian REA may act for the Buyer (or the Tenant/Lessee) of a property instead of the Vendor (or the Landlord/Lessor). Under our estate agency law, "Estate Agency Practice" .......
.....as stipulated in Rule 89(2) of the "Valuers, Appraisers & Estate
Agents" Rules 1986 (the "VAEA" Rules) which reads:
"A registered estate agent shall not charge or attempt to charge fees on more than one party in any one transaction...".
The party that the REA can charge fee is the REA's "client" or "principal" under our estate agency law and professional practice.
Rule 89(2) means that if the Buyer (or the Tenant) is already the client or principal of the REA (who is therefore responsible for the payment of the REA's fees), the REA CANNOT also collect or attempt to collect fees from any other parties to the same transaction including the Vendor (the Landlord or the agent acting for them, whichever is relevant).
Collecting or attempting to collect fees from more than 1 party to a real estate agency transaction is illegal under our Malaysian estate agency law (i.e. contrary to Rule 89(2) of VAEA Rules) and, I believe, against the Malaysian "agency law" in general as well.
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