After buying a house in Greece, I found that the house given to me by the intermediary was not booked by myself. What should I do?

There are many local agents in Greece. We knew many agents when we started to do real estate in Greece six years ago, but the local agents in Greece are too different from those in Greece six years ago. The price difference between the real estate displayed by the same company to China people and the real estate displayed to local people is much different. Of course, it will still be cheaper than some local companies in China that earn the difference, but this is still not the real price of real estate. Greek agents will show you the house and bargain with Greek homeowners, but generally they won't let you bargain with them. They will tell you that the landlord can't speak English, but only Greek, so that you can't bargain directly with the landlord. But when the Chinese saw the faces of the Greeks, they believed them. You don't understand that Greeks are human beings and greedy. At present, there are relatively large intermediaries in Greece, and on the surface, they will charge customers a commission of 2%. In fact, they will also charge the landlord's commission to earn the difference. They have their own website, where you can choose a house. When the house you like arrives in Greece, they will say that the owner has sold it, the owner is not at home, and so on, so that you can't see the house you chose before, but I will invite you to see some other houses, because there is a price difference between the houses I show you. This difference is not too outrageous. The most outrageous thing is that some Greek intermediaries only accept China people. Domestic companies with the same name are quite famous. You pick up and drop off in a Mercedes-Benz RV, help you open the door with your bag, and call yourself a Greek gold medal broker. You should be more careful when you meet them. Wool comes from sheep, and there is no such thing as a free lunch. Haven't you heard?

In fact, let the Greeks earn some difference. China people are generous, nothing, and they are still friends! But the next thing is that you must be careful. I sum up the following points: our customers and their problem of buying a house:

1, the Greek intermediary asks you to brush the deposit to their company, and the Greek intermediary will sign a gold contract with you.

First of all: the deposit you gave to the Greek intermediary is only a constraint on you. If you don't buy it, he won't give it back to you, but it is not binding on the owner, because the owner has not received the money, and the owner will not compensate you if he doesn't sell it or increase the price.

Secondly, even if the landlord accepts your deposit and signs a reservation contract, according to our experience of more than 100 successful cases, if there is a problem with the property and you can't trade, it will be difficult to get your deposit back, and the Greek intermediary will not help you. I'm sure he'll say go to your lawyer and sue him. There is another situation, that is, there is no legal problem in the real estate itself, but the lawyer can't find something that needs to be legalized, and only the civil engineer can find it, but the notary won't let you trade if there is no legalized real estate, even if you agree, the lawyer agrees, the owner agrees and the intermediary agrees, it is useless. To put it bluntly, your transaction is illegal, and the sales contract without notarization is invalid, a piece of waste paper! However, some problems of legalization can be solved, while others cannot. According to Greek custom, it is normal to drag you on for half a year or a year. In this case, your deposit will definitely not come back, because the owner has not breached the contract, and he can sell the house to you. There are many such properties in Greece, 50% of which are legalized, but is there a solution? The answer is yes: yes! !

The most standardized operation mode is: don't pay the deposit first, let the lawyer complete the due diligence first, and see if there are any legal risks in this house, such as whether there is a loan, tax arrears and so on. Then give all the information of the owner to the notary, let the notary see if there are any missing documents, and let the civil engineer go to the real estate site to check. If there is anything that needs to be legalized, all three are indispensable. A formal deposit contract will be signed when everything is ready. Buying a house in Greece is not as simple as in China. It's very complicated. Without people who understand it, the risk is still quite high. You can say rudely, what does understanding mean? Do more cases to understand. Many Greek lawyers often ask us how to operate. Forget it. Talking too much is a bit like bragging, haha.

2. How to pay the house price is legal?

The purpose of the Greek middleman is very clear. When they sell the house to you and get the commission, they are finished. But it is difficult to transfer money overseas in China now. Everyone in China knows about buying a house, but many intermediaries let you use a credit card to transfer the house payment to their company. A few days ago, the Greek Immigration Bureau officially informed foreigners who bought houses with credit cards that they would not obtain permanent residency in Greece. Greek intermediaries are only responsible for selling houses and do not understand immigration policies. You bought it for nothing, and you can't get permanent residency. If you look for them, they will also say that the property has been transferred to you, and permanent residence is not our scope of work. There's nothing wrong with that! It's true that they only sell houses, just like in China, you buy the school district and the intermediary sells it to you, but the intermediary will never guarantee that your children will be able to study in the school you yearn for. At the beginning of buying a house, you have to avoid some risks, which requires two words: professional! So you need to find a company that understands China's foreign exchange policy to help you operate and pay the house payment formally and legally, so that you can avoid drawing water with a sieve.

The Greek intermediary will not be responsible for you.

The role of the Greek intermediary is to introduce you to real estate information, and the Greeks are extremely inefficient. It's normal not to find anyone for a few days. On Saturday and Sunday, or legal holidays, you can't find them. You have to be patient, or you have to decide whether to find a Greek agent to buy a house. In addition, they will not guarantee that you will encounter problems in real estate transactions. If you do, they will only say, I will change a house for you, and you will have to come to Greece again, which will increase your investment cost and consume time. Greek intermediaries will not guarantee that you will get permanent residency in Greece. Do you dare to write a clause in the contract that all the investment funds will be returned if you can't get permanent residence? They certainly won't dare, and they will say, this is what your lawyer is going to do, and we are just helping you find a real estate. So do lawyers dare to write it in the lawyer's entrustment agreement? I estimate that 90% of lawyers will not write this article into the lawyer's entrustment agreement, because he doesn't know the laws and regulations of China, and he is also afraid of China's counterfeiting. 95% of China customers go to Greece to buy houses in order to obtain permanent residency. You dare to buy it if no one guarantees you. Then I really admire you. Therefore, you'd better find a company that understands both Greek laws on house purchase and immigration and China laws to help you operate relatively safely. Moreover, you can write a clause in the contract that all the investment funds for permanent residence will not be returned, which will help you control everything, make your funds safe, make your transactions safe, and make the procedures simple and quick. This is the most reliable.

Signing a contract is the most important thing.

In the process of buying a house, you will talk to the owner about many details, such as what furniture to leave, liability and compensation for breach of contract, delivery time of the property and so on. Please believe me, Greek intermediaries will not be partial to you, because they will also take commissions or even the difference from the owners, and they will definitely stand on the same front with the owners to deal with you, and many unequal treaties will appear. I'm sure you'll say lawyer? He will help me. You are wrong. At most one Greek lawyer will send you a contract to sign, all in Greek. You certainly can't understand (all Greek agreements are legally binding only in Greek), but you must have returned to China by this time, so you need to find a Greek translator in China to help you translate the contract. If your conditions are modified, you can translate them again. Greek translation is very expensive in China. And let the lawyer send you a contract-you translate it-plus the terms-and then send it to the lawyer-and the lawyer will discuss it with the landlord ... endlessly and uninteresting. The best way is to face the landlord directly, or stand in the intermediary of your interests to help you make a request face to face. Even if there are different opinions, I will communicate directly by phone in Chinese to complete the contract modification.