yes.

to apply for a real estate license, you have to pay special maintenance funds for the house. The special maintenance fund for residential buildings is the maintenance fund for public parts and facilities and equipment of residential buildings, and its principal is raised by the selling unit and the purchaser, and paid before the delivery of the house at the latest. In the future, the public maintenance expenses of houses will be paid out of the maintenance fund. The use of the maintenance fund must be signed by more than half of the residents in the building and reported to the Housing Authority for approval after being signed by the owners' committee. When buying a first-hand house, that is, a house bought from a developer, you must pay the public maintenance fund when you apply for the real estate license. This money is different in every place, some are 2% of the house price, and some are 2 yuan per square meter.

1. Conditions that must be met when using the house maintenance fund:

1. The special maintenance fund is fully collected and the maintenance items are in line with the scope of use of the maintenance fund;

2. The warranty period of public parts and public facilities and equipment expires;

3. If it involves the property management area or all owners, it has been approved in writing by the owners' meeting.

2. The purposes of the property maintenance fund are as follows:

1. The purpose of the property maintenance fund is mainly used for the maintenance and renovation of the main structure, public parts and public facilities and equipment of the house after the warranty period expires.

2. Maintenance funds can only be used when the public parts, facilities and equipment of the property are repaired or updated after the warranty period expires. The specific owners shall share the cost proportion according to the determination standard of voting rights.

3. When the maintenance funds are idle, it is forbidden to use them for other purposes except for purchasing government bonds or risk-free financial management scope.

Legal basis:

Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Residential Buildings

Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the deposit, use, management and supervision of special maintenance funds for commercial housing and after-sale public housing. The term "residential special maintenance funds" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the funds earmarked for the maintenance, renewal and transformation of residential parts and facilities after the warranty period expires.

article 7 the owners of commercial houses and non-residential houses shall deposit special maintenance funds for houses according to the construction area of their own properties, and the amount of the first special maintenance fund for houses deposited per square meter of construction area shall be 5% to 8% of the construction and installation cost of local houses per square meter. The competent departments of construction (real estate) of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities and counties shall, according to the local conditions, reasonably determine and announce the amount of the first-phase residential special maintenance fund deposited per square meter of construction area, and make timely adjustments.