Legal analysis: the seller can take out his own house maintenance fund, and the buyer can re-open an account and deposit it. In practice, the maintenance fund account can also be directly transferred to the buyer (transfer), and how to deal with it is negotiated by the buyer and the seller themselves. Second-hand houses generally have no maintenance fund. Only yishoufang will have it, and there is no need to give the seller a maintenance fund. Maintenance fund, also known as "public * * * maintenance fund" and "residential special maintenance fund", means that the owners of residential properties pay a certain amount to a special account for the maintenance of public * * * parts and * * * facilities and equipment in the property area. And authorize property service enterprises or other management units to use funds.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) City Real Estate Management Law.

Article 37 The transfer of real estate refers to the act that the owner of real estate transfers his real estate to others through sale, gift or other legal means.

Article 38 The following real estates may not be transferred: (1) The land use right obtained by transfer does not meet the conditions stipulated in Article 39 of this Law; (two) the judicial organs and administrative organs have ruled or decided to seal up or restrict the real estate rights in other forms according to law; (three) to recover the land use right according to law; (four) without the written consent of other people, * * * owns real estate; (five) the ownership is controversial; (6) Failing to register according to law and obtaining the ownership certificate; (seven) other circumstances in which the transfer is prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.