Real Estate Agency or DIY?

When buying a property, house or apartment, it is advisable to engage a real estate agency, and our services are at your disposal. The question also arises whether an agency is needed when renting out apartments without one. Our agency can also help you sell your property if you cannot find a buyer on your own. In addition, agencies today often offer energy certificates at affordable prices and checks on the property documentation, as well as many other services tailored to your needs, which you will learn about in the rest of this article.

How can a real estate agency help when buying a property?

Agents work in line with the client's wishes and quickly and easily walk you through the property, handling all the work of verifying the property documentation, drawing up the sales contract, transferring ownership and registering ownership in the land registry. This way, the buyer does not need to worry about whether the ownership of the property is in order, how the transfer of ownership will be carried out, or how utility costs will be transferred. Nor do they need to worry about submitting the relevant documents to the competent tax authority to determine or be exempted from tax liability, i.e. payment of real estate transfer tax, and so on.

How can a real estate agency help when selling a property?

A real estate agency can find you a serious buyer in a very short time. Agents with many years of experience will study market conditions for you and inform you of the terms under which your property can be sold. In addition, they will advertise your apartment or house on numerous websites, classified ad portals and the like, for sale as well as for rent and lease. They will also handle all further steps once you choose the person you want to sell the property to.

Does a property need an energy certificate when selling or buying?

Real estate agencies that advertise a property for sale in the media must display its energy certificate. Otherwise, violating this provision of the Building Act (Official Gazette 175/03) carries heavy fines of up to 30.000,00 kuna for legal entities and licensed real estate agents. Every property being sold must have an energy certificate, which must be shown to a potential buyer and, if a sale is agreed, handed over to them. If your property does not have an energy certificate, we will take care of that step for you as well, obtaining an energy certificate at affordable prices.

Our services

Every reputable real estate agency has a team of lawyers behind it who handle the legal work related to property transactions. Some agencies also hold approval from the Ministry of Finance for consumer lending and from the Croatian National Bank for housing consumer loans. They are available to assist you when taking out a housing loan in kuna or euros, or when refinancing existing loans with a more favourable one, saving you the time and effort of searching for the best financing solution. Real estate agencies work with numerous banks that offer them better terms than those available to you as an individual. In addition, modern agencies have recently expanded into many other activities, such as property valuation, real estate investment advice, interior design, energy renovation of buildings using funding from various funds, professional construction supervision, and more.

Renting out apartments without an agency

If you have enough time and patience, you can search for a suitable apartment on your own. However, if you engage an agency, you will avoid many problems, such as whether the apartment is furnished the way you want, because the agency takes care of that. Renting an apartment without an agency is therefore not a very wise decision if you are a tenant, since engaging an agency on your behalf can mean significant savings and can also speed up the search for a rental apartment.

Virtual tour

Today, some agencies offer a virtual tour service. This is a technology that provides a realistic view of a space, allowing you as a buyer to view the property you want to buy on your computer, mobile phone or tablet. This means you can view a property before visiting it, from anywhere in the world. It undoubtedly saves you time and money, and brings to your property only buyers who are determined and genuinely interested in buying it.

All of the services above can be carried out quickly and painlessly for you by our real estate agency, Imperium immobiliare d.o.o.