House-hunter left shocked by ‘fee’ just to submit offer

A 3AW Drive listener has been left shocked after he was told he’d have to pay a $1160 fee, just to submit an offer on a property he was interested in buying.

The agent wouldn’t submit the offer without it.

“I’ve never heard of anything like this before,” Paul said.

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Tom Elliott hadn’t, either.

But it turns out it’s a thing!

Quentin Kilian, CEO Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV), said it was essentially a good-will gesture.

“Not every agent will do this,” he said.

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