If citizens do not have time to carry out the process on their own, it is worth considering the possibility of carrying out privatization through a real estate agency . How much does it cost to privatize an apartment through a realtor?
Find out on our website how to determine whether an apartment has been privatized, where to start the privatization process, to whom it is better to register ownership of the apartment, what to do if there are rent arrears or the order has been lost, and also about who has the right to re-ownership privatization of living space.
What's the benefit?
Why is it profitable to privatize an apartment through an agency?
A real estate agency is an organization authorized by the Housing Code of the Russian Federation to carry out the procedure for transferring housing into the ownership of citizens.
It is subordinate to government authorities and takes into account all the necessary legal and procedural aspects of the transfer of housing into the ownership of citizens.
The privatization procedure is somewhat confusing and requires knowledge of some legal subtleties. The help of specialists in this situation will help you collect the necessary package of documents, which is quite diverse and will require a lot of time to collect it.
The process is further complicated by the work schedule of many organizations, which are open precisely when citizens are at work. And sometimes you have to go to another city to get some certificates. As a result, the process of independently collecting documents is delayed .
Citizens who independently collect certificates and extracts are often faced with the fact that some of them are compiled incorrectly. Having collected a package of papers, you can receive a refusal based on the inconsistency of some of them, which happens quite often.
Specialists of organizations involved in privatization are familiar with the rules for issuing all the necessary certificates, so by turning to them, you will protect yourself from being refused by government agencies.
You can find out whether it is possible to privatize a serviceman’s apartment, as well as a service or cooperative apartment, from our articles.
Assistance in privatizing an apartment in Moscow
Often, the privatization of an apartment is accompanied by nuances that complicate the procedure. These include:
- there is no consent of all family members to carry it out;
- the need to evict an absent tenant;
- establishing the fact of a missing tenant;
- obtaining the consent of the guardianship authorities if a child is involved in privatization.
See these materials: — Support for commercial real estate transactions — Handling land disputes — Lawyers for land survey disputes
Contract options
The real estate agency has the right to offer clients two options for the procedure :
- The client independently prepares a package of documents and provides it to an employee, who completes the process and issues a completed contract. Citizens with a document apply to Rosreestr to obtain a Certificate of Ownership. This option takes longer for the client, but is much cheaper in material terms.
The intermediary fully assumes all responsibilities , sometimes up to the preparation of the completed Certificate.
In this case, the client pays for the services of collecting certificates and statements and compensates for the costs of obtaining them.For this type of procedure you need to pay a large amount, but at the same time you will significantly save your own time. Since the process takes place completely without the participation of the persons in whose name the real estate is registered.
You can learn about what tax owners of privatized apartments will have to pay, as well as what repairs at their own expense, from our articles.
Stages of the procedure
Privatization of housing through an agency consists of the following stages:
- Drawing up an agreement between citizens and employees.
- Registration of a power of attorney for a specific employee at a notary.
- Payment for services related to the transaction.
- The work of an authorized employee in collecting documents and submitting them to an organization dealing with privatization issues in a particular region.
- Receiving a contract and a Certificate of Ownership from the employee.
If the client decides to collect papers on his own, before drawing up an agreement with the agency, he must collect and, at the time of signing, transfer the necessary papers to an authorized employee .
Read on our website about how to privatize an apartment through the MFC. You can also find a sample application for privatization here.
Legal advice on privatization
Privatization will give you a number of advantages:
- the right to dispose of property (sell it, exchange it for another, donate it, etc.), transfer it by inheritance;
- the ability to register anyone you want;
- no one will evict the owner from the apartment.
Our advantages
Experience
We did not lose a single privatization case in 2021
Guarantees
Errors are excluded - we know “what” and “how” it is necessary to win in privatization
Price
For privatization, our prices are lower - pay in installments or in stages
What does the client risk?
Rumors about fraud by realtors and numerous deceptions when conducting the process through an agency are too exaggerated . To carry out the procedure, the citizen draws up a special document called “Power of Attorney for Privatization.”
At the same time, a correctly drawn up power of attorney specifies
the specific powers of the agent, and he has no actions other than collecting information and conducting the process.
That is, there is no risk of being left without an apartment when registering real estate through an agency.
The client’s main task is to express to the notary who is drawing up the power of attorney the powers desired to be transferred. In any case, the certificate for living space will be received by those persons who are specified in the social contract. hiring
After all, privatization is actually carried out by government bodies that check and evaluate the submitted documents. Realtors in this process are solely intermediaries providing the service of collecting and transferring papers.
When drawing up a power of attorney, make sure that it contains the clause “without the right of alienation” ; in this case, it is guaranteed that no one will be able to re-register the property to a third party.
Cost of services and processing time
How much does it cost to privatize an apartment through an agency? The cost of processing a transaction through an agency depends on the powers that the client transfers to him.
If you independently collect a package of documents, services for drawing up a privatization agreement will cost between 3-5 thousand rubles. , depending on the region.
For full support of the process you need to pay an amount of 20 thousand rubles. , which will include the execution of a power of attorney and refusal of privatization (if necessary).
Obtaining certificates and extracts, as well as paying state fees, will have to be paid additionally upon delivery. This will require additional funds from 7 to 10 thousand rubles. .
The entire process of collecting documents will take approximately 15 days . 60 calendar days for registration . Thus, the entire process of privatization through an agency, starting with drawing up an agreement with it, will take about 3 months .
Privatization through a real estate agency will require the client to invest some money.
But at the same it will save time , eliminating the need to go to various authorities and, to some extent, protect you from receiving a refusal to accept a package of documents.
Privatization methods
There are two methods for privatizing a home or land plots - it can be done entirely on your own, that is, without involving outside people, or by contacting a real estate agency (and here, too, there are options - partial assistance or registration entirely by realtors). Both methods are practiced, and each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, and therefore the optimal choice depends on the circumstances, on which method will be more suitable in them.
On one's own
The main advantage of self-registration is obvious - you do not need to pay for the services of specialists who will do this work for you. Which, however, does not mean that you won’t have to pay at all - after all, documents need to be drawn up, and it is for them that costs can even increase due to problems with registration.
Another plus is that you can carry out the privatization stages at any time; you can apply for one paper on one day, and continue the process after three days, a week, three weeks. Although this plus can easily turn into a minus if the registration is very delayed due to busyness. You should be prepared for the fact that, even when you find time to visit government agencies, something will go wrong there - one of the officials will not be there, or the process will drag on for a long time, getting stuck at one of the stages. And some papers have a limited validity period, and if it expires, they will have to be issued again.
A variety of situations happen that further delay it: for example, one of the residents might have disappeared without a trace, but he is still registered. In such situations, additional certificates will again be required in order for privatization to be permitted.
Independently completing all the documents required for privatization can take a lot of time, nerves and effort, and will be completed in six months to a year. Therefore, if you need to privatize an apartment quickly, it is better to discard this option.
Through an agency
To entrust the registration to the employees of a real estate agency, you need to pay a certain amount - this is what stops many and makes them prefer to do the registration themselves. But, with the exception of the need to pay, otherwise cooperation with realtors on the issue of privatization allows you to devote much less time to it, and at the same time complete the process faster.
Please note that the cost of paid realtor services usually depends on the complexity of the registration, and the more documents you need to collect, the higher it will be. Therefore, before applying, it makes sense to independently collect those of them that are easier to process.
The registration period with the help of realtors may vary depending on the property, but on average it is from two to three months, that is, much faster than if you do it yourself. This is not surprising, because specialists will be involved in privatization, and the work processes between the real estate company and the institutions in which registration takes place have already been established.
You should be prepared to sometimes change your plans in order to sign some document, but otherwise the registration will be much less troublesome than if you do it yourself, and will take a minimum of your time. But, of course, this can only be achieved if you contact a proven company that works at a high level.
It is quite possible to privatize an apartment without the help of a realtor, especially now that much is done via the Internet, which has significantly simplified the registration process. However, if you are not confident in your abilities, or if urgent registration is required, then it is better to part with a certain amount, but trust the professionals.
