Korea Real Estate Brokerage Fee Calculator
Calculate the legal maximum Korean real estate brokerage fee for sales, jeonse and monthly rent deals from the rate caps and fee limits, including VAT.
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Calculate the legal maximum Korean real estate brokerage fee for sales, jeonse and monthly rent deals from the rate caps and fee limits, including VAT.
Example Korea Real Estate Brokerage Fee Calculator result Rate cap: 0.4% Brokerage fee: 2,400,000 VAT: 240,000 Maximum payment: 2,640,000 Next step: If you are buying a home, add the home acquisition tax calculator to your budget.
How to use Korea Real Estate Brokerage Fee Calculator
Calculates the legal maximum real estate brokerage fee in Korea for sales, jeonse and monthly rent deals, including VAT.
Housing uses the October 2021 rate caps and fee limits, residential officetels use 0.5% for sales and 0.4% for leases, and other property is capped at 0.9%.
- Choose the deal type: sale or exchange, jeonse, or monthly rent.
- Select housing, residential officetel or other property.
- Enter the sale price or jeonse deposit; for monthly rent enter the deposit and rent.
- Review the rate cap, fee limit and the maximum payment including VAT.
Useful for
- Budgeting the agent fee before buying an apartment
- Checking whether a quoted rental commission stays within the legal cap
Limits and checks
- The result is the most an agent may charge; agree on the actual fee within the cap before signing.
- Agencies registered as simplified taxpayers may charge less than 10% VAT or none, so check their tax status.
Worked example
KRW 600 million apartment sale
Deal type: sale or exchange Property: housing Deal amount: 600,000,000 Include VAT: on
The 200-900 million bracket applies 0.4% with no fixed fee limit.
Brokerage fee result
Rate cap: 0.4% Brokerage fee: 2,400,000 VAT: 240,000 Maximum payment: 2,640,000
The fee is negotiated within the cap, so the actual amount can be lower.
Common issues
The monthly rent deal amount looks small
Monthly rent converts to deposit + rent × 100, or × 70 when that total is under KRW 50 million. Check the converted amount shown.
Officetel rates differ from housing
Only residential officetels up to 85 m² with a kitchen and bathroom use 0.5% and 0.4%; other officetels are negotiated within 0.9%.
How to interpret the result
A demand above the maximum breaks the legal cap, so fix the fee in writing before signing.
Related workflow
If you are buying a home, add the home acquisition tax calculator to your budget.
Privacy and review notes
Deal amounts and rent are calculated in your browser and stored only in the page address for sharing; ToolBada receives nothing.
Basis and limitations
Basis
- The tool applies user-entered amounts, periods, rates, and selected conditions to the calculation described on the page.
- The displayed result is a reference estimate based on that tool's formula and stated input assumptions.
- The tool organizes user-entered values into draft text, checklists, templates, or reference calculations.
- Contract, receipt, certificate, and application-style pages are browser helpers for preparing repeatable paperwork.
Limitations
- Actual tax rules, deductions, exchange rates, fees, institution policies, and market prices can change by date and personal case.
- Do not use the output as the final basis for filing, investing, borrowing, contracting, salary negotiation, or legal commitments.
- Outputs are not legal advice or confirmation of official filing, and validity can depend on jurisdiction, facts, and required forms.
- Documents involving rights, duties, disputes, signatures, or submissions should be reviewed before use.
Official check
- Before filing or making financial decisions, verify with official agencies, financial institutions, exchanges, or qualified experts.
- Before signing, submitting, or relying on a document, check official instructions or a qualified legal, tax, or labor professional.
References and methodology
- Official external source: Korea Law Information Center — The official source for the statutes used here, such as the brokerage fee rules and Housing Lease Protection Act decree.
- Official external source: Korea National Tax Service — The official source for Korean national-tax rates, filing schedules, deductions, and calculators.
- Official external source: FSS Financial Consumer Information Portal — The Financial Supervisory Service portal for final checks on financial products and transactions.
Verification label: The build automatically checks risk classification, required evidence fields, and official-link format. This does not mean a licensed medical, legal, tax, or other professional individually reviewed the tool output.
FAQ
What is the fee on a KRW 600 million apartment sale?
The 200-900 million bracket caps the rate at 0.4%, so KRW 2.4 million, or up to 2.64 million with 10% VAT.
What is the fee on a KRW 300 million jeonse?
Leases from 100 to 600 million are capped at 0.3%, giving KRW 900,000, or up to 990,000 including VAT.
How is the fee on monthly rent calculated?
The deal amount is deposit + rent × 100. A 20 million deposit with 800,000 rent equals 100 million, so the cap is 0.3% or KRW 300,000 (330,000 with VAT).