The sale of residential properties continued to be tilted towards the first-hand building
The public’s complaints about the sale of first-hand residential properties in response to the increase were also increased. The Estate Agents Authority (“the Lands Bureau”) has pointed out that in the first half of this year, a total of 35 complaints relating to first-hand residential properties were received, representing an increase of over 50% over the same period last year.
Agent handling poor appointments accounted for 23%
The number of complaints from first-hand residential properties increased by 52.2% year-on-year, compared with 169 cases in the same period last year, a decrease of 12 cases (about 7.1%). Up to 35 cases accounted for approximately 22.3% of the total complaints.
The number of complaints about the number of complaints about the number of complaints was also increased year-on-year. In the first half of the year, 29 complaints about “issuing illegal advertisements” were recorded, an increase of 17 cases over the same period last year. 1.4 times). The Chairman of the Lands Bureau, Mr Leung Cheung-hing, believes that this is related to the practice notice issued by the Council last year to raise public awareness. The number of complaints involving unlicensed agents increased from 7 in the first half of last year to 7 (about 77.8%) to 16 in the first half of this year. He believed that more and more online property advertisements did not indicate the licence number. Reports of suspected unlicensed work in estate agents have increased.
In the first half of this year, the department received a total of 36 complaints about improper handling of provisional sale and purchase agreements or temporary tenancy agreements. This is the most common category of complaints, which is equivalent to about 23% of the total complaints.
In addition, the Estate Agents Authority took action or dispositioned 122 licensees in the first half of this year
A total of 19 licences were cancelled, a decrease of 26.7% from 26 in the same period last year. Eight licences were revoked during the period. The reduction of 13 in the first half of the year was about 38.5%. The order of new sales last year was concerned by the community. Leung Wing-hung pointed out that in the first half of this year, the Lands Bureau conducted 465 inspections at the first-hand property sales office. The order of the agents in the new sales office was significantly improved. There was no record of violations.