The Buyer Principle

If you want to rent out your apartment as an owner, the principle applies: If you appoint the broker, you also pay his commission. This has not been regulated before and very often the tenant had to pay the comission.

This means for you:

• If you hire a broker to rent the apartment, you must pay the brokerage fee yourself.
• The legislature has ruled out that the landlord passes the costs afterwards to the tenant or transfers.
• If the tenant expressly orders a broker to locate a new home, he must pay his commission.