Korean Real Estate Brokerage Fee Calculator
The most an agent can charge on a housing deal — bracket, rate and cap shown, VAT optional.
Statutory maximum for housing under 공인중개사법 시행규칙 [별표 1] (rates of 2021-10-19, checked 2026-09-12). Provincial ordinances set their own ceiling within it and the actual fee is negotiated below it. Housing only — not officetels or commercial premises.Rate table (Ministry of Land, 마이홈포털)
How to use
- Pick the deal: sale, jeonse (lump-sum deposit lease) or monthly rent.
- Enter the amount in units of 10,000 won — the price, the jeonse deposit, or the deposit and monthly rent.
- Read the ceiling fee. Tick VAT if the agent is a general taxpayer, and remember the figure is a maximum to negotiate under.
Examples
Buying a ₩300,000,000 flat
A sale between 200 million and 900 million won is capped at 0.4%, so the most the agent can charge is ₩1,200,000. If the agent is a general taxpayer, 10% VAT comes on top: ₩1,320,000. The seller pays their own agent the same ceiling separately.
Why the two lowest brackets have a cap
A ₩45,000,000 sale at 0.6% would be ₩270,000, but that bracket is capped at ₩250,000, so the ceiling is the cap. At ₩40,000,000 the rate gives ₩240,000, under the cap, so the rate wins. The caps are set so the fee never jumps at ₩50,000,000: 0.6% capped at ₩250,000 meets 0.5% of ₩50,000,000 exactly.
Monthly rent: ₩10,000,000 deposit, ₩300,000 a month
Rent is converted to a transaction amount first: deposit plus rent × 100 is ₩40,000,000. Because that is under ₩50,000,000 the rule switches to rent × 70, giving ₩31,000,000. At 0.5% the ceiling is ₩155,000 — well under the ₩200,000 cap for that bracket.
Crossing ₩900,000,000
A sale of ₩899,990,000 sits in the 0.4% bracket: ₩3,599,960. Ten thousand won more and it is in the 0.5% bracket: ₩4,500,000. The rate applies to the whole amount, not just the part above the line, so the ceiling rises by about ₩900,000 at the boundary. Worth knowing when a price is being settled near one.
FAQ
Is this the fee I will pay?
It is the most you can be charged. The statutory table sets a ceiling; each province or city sets its own ceiling by ordinance within it (all of them adopted the same figures), and the actual fee is agreed between you and the agent within that. Agents often quote the ceiling as if it were fixed. It is not.
Where do the rates come from?
Annex 1 of the Enforcement Rules of the Licensed Real Estate Agents Act (공인중개사법 시행규칙 별표 1), as amended on 19 October 2021 — the revision that lowered the fees on homes above ₩600,000,000. The table here was checked against the Ministry of Land’s housing-fee page and the statute text on 12 September 2026.
How is monthly rent turned into an amount?
Deposit plus one hundred times the monthly rent. If that comes to under ₩50,000,000, it is recomputed as deposit plus seventy times the rent instead (Enforcement Rules art. 20(5)). The ×70 result is always below the threshold, so a small rental always ends up in the lowest bracket.
Does the fee include VAT?
No. An agent registered as a general taxpayer adds 10% VAT to the fee; a simplified taxpayer adds a smaller amount or none. Ask which the agent is. The VAT toggle here adds the full 10%.
Who pays — buyer or seller? Landlord or tenant?
Both. Each party to the transaction pays their own agent, up to the same ceiling. When one agent handles both sides, they may collect from each side, each up to the ceiling.
Does it work for officetels or shops?
No — housing only, which is what Annex 1 covers. Officetels have their own rates (0.5% sale, 0.4% lease, for units of 85 m² or under with residential facilities) under Annex 2, and other premises are negotiated within 0.9%. Those are not modelled here.
Why is the result truncated rather than rounded?
Because it is a ceiling. Rounding ₩617,283.9 up to ₩617,284 would put the figure one won over the legal maximum. Dropping the fraction keeps it on the right side of the line; the difference never exceeds a won.