In these cases, you can call the broker contract
After the introduction of the EU-Directive in the year 2014 you can call, as a consumer, the broker contract. Consumer you are, if the purchase, sale or rental of a property to non-commercial is.
As in the case of all other contracts, the contract shall also apply to the brokers: If the contract was concluded as "distance selling" or "door-to-door business", you have a 14-day return policy.
- Distance contract (§ 312 C BGB): A distance contract is concluded, for example, via the Internet or by telephone. There is no direct contact with the broker is so.
- Door-to-door business (§ 312b BGB): A door-to-door business brokers, the contract is then, if he was not completed at the business premises of the broker, but, for example, in the house you want to buy.
- If you have dispensed with the conclusion of the contract the right of withdrawal, you cannot withdraw from the contract.
- The broker must make on your withdrawal carefully before you sign the contract.
A broker contract, you can terminate only if certain conditions apply
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Extended Withdrawal Period
As with other contracts, the contract shall also apply to the broker: If your broker has not informed you prior to the conclusion of the contract about your right of withdrawal is extended, your right of withdrawal to one year and 14 days.
The broker contract is part of private law
Broker contracts fall under private law.
- You can choose between a property owner and a broker or between a rental or purchase to interested parties and a broker will be closed.
- The Civil code (BGB) regulates that the broker may ask the Client for a remuneration, if he has successfully mediated a purchase or lease agreement (§ 652 BGB).
