When buying a house, the buyer and the seller shall sign a maintenance fund payment agreement, and the buyer shall pay the maintenance fund to the seller according to the proportion of 2-3% of the purchase price. The money belongs to all the owners and is not included in the residential sales income.

Therefore, even if there is a formal purchase contract, it is necessary to confirm whether the contract contains the agreement on the payment of maintenance funds. If there is no clear agreement, then it cannot be proved that the developer has paid the public maintenance fund.

In practice, when a general real estate agent signs a contract with a property buyer, it will definitely stipulate in the supplementary agreement when the property buyer will pay the deed tax and public maintenance fund to the real estate agent in one lump sum, otherwise it will not be handed over. Therefore, property buyers should read the contract carefully when signing the purchase contract to confirm whether it includes the agreement of public maintenance fund payment.