Even for adverts posted by agents you should be able to avoid paying any fees, given that the agent is acting for the landlord, not the (prosepective) tenant. I state this as someone who has done that in the past.livingontheedge wrote:Whether the adv was listed by an agent or landlord doesn't really matter much. Your concern is that you want to avoid the agent fees, or as you put it, the finders fee. Generally those advs posted by landlords or agents would state "NO AGENT FEES" or "DIRECT FROM LANDLORD/OWNER". So you would know these are the accomodations you could rent without having to pay the agent fees.
I have to disagree fundamentally with the above statement. IMO (and in my experience) it is a gross misrepresentation of how the residential rental market works here. We have always negotiated on the rent, by offering a lower amount, and have never paid the rent at which a unit was advertised. There may still be an 'influx' of foreigners, but with the gahmen's repeated tightening of EP / PR conditions this is almost certainly at a lower rate than before. This plus the fact that foreigners are also leaving, and the many new rental units coming onto the market, makes it likely that rents will continue to soften and the scope for negotiation will increase.livingontheedge wrote:Rent negotation - in Singapore, for those "good" units, there is no rent negotation by the prospective tenant. It's up to offer by the landlord and they will hardly ever need to or would negotiate down their offer. It's either they offer you a rental lower than that advertised or not, but it definitely won't be up to you and your negotiation skills wouldn't matter, considering the influx of foreigners into Singapore and the quick turnover of rental units.
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